Rare Genetic Disorders of the Breathing Airways

NCT00323167 | Completed DMC

• 3 other identifiers: 05-2979U54RR019480RDCRN 5902
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 367
• Locations: 2 countries
• Sites: 9

Brief Summary

Mucociliary clearance, in which mucus secretions are cleared from the breathing airways, is the primary defense mechanism for the lungs. Inhaled particles, including microbes that can cause infections, are normally entrapped in mucus on the airway surfaces and then cleared out by the coordinated action of tiny hair-like structures called cilia. Individuals with primary ciliary dyskinesia, variant cystic fibrosis, and pseudohypoaldosteronism have defective mucociliary clearance. The purpose of this study is to collect clinical and genetic information about these three airway diseases to improve current diagnostic procedures.

Conditions

Kartagener Syndrome; Cystic Fibrosis; Pseudohypoaldosteronism; Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia

Keywords

Variant Cystic Fibrosis; Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• This is not an interventional study

  Not applicable. This is not an interventional study.

  This is not an interventional study

Eligibility Criteria

• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Individuals with suspected primary ciliary dyskinesia, non-classical or variant cystic fibrosis, and pseudohypoaldosteronism

You may qualify if:

• Received a standard diagnostic evaluation prior to study entry that resulted in one of the following three profiles:
• High likelihood of PCD diagnosis, based on ciliary ultrastructural changes seen on electron microscopy or clinical features (chronic sinopulmonary disease, chronic otitis media, history of neonatal respiratory distress or situs inversus) OR one clinical feature of PCD and a sibling with PCD
• Chronic sino-pulmonary disease with clinical features that overlap with variant CF and PCD, but with diagnostic tests that rule out classical CF (sweat chloride testing and CF gene mutation screening)
• Known or suspected PHA (or variant PHA), possibly including elevated (or borderline) sweat chloride values

You may not qualify if:

• Has not received a standard clinical evaluation to rule out other disorders associated with chronic sino-pulmonary disease

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill: lead
• Rare Diseases Clinical Research Network: collaborator
• National Center for Research Resources (NCRR): collaborator
• National Institutes of Health (NIH): collaborator

Study Sites (9)

Stanford University

Palo Alto, California, 94304, United States

Location

National Jewish Health

Denver, Colorado, 80206, United States

Location

The Children's Hospital

Denver, Colorado, 80218, United States

Location

Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases, NIAID

Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States

Location

Washington University

St Louis, Missouri, 63130, United States

Location

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27599, United States

Location

Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center

Seattle, Washington, 98105, United States

Location

St. Michael's Hospital

Toronto, Ontario, M5B IW8, Canada

Location

The Hospital for Sick Children

Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1X8, Canada

Location

Related Publications (29)

• Kennedy MP, Ostrowski LE. Primary ciliary dyskinesia and upper airway diseases. Curr Allergy Asthma Rep. 2006 Nov;6(6):513-7. doi: 10.1007/s11882-006-0030-7.

  PMID: 17026878 BACKGROUND

• Ferkol T, Leigh M. Primary ciliary dyskinesia and newborn respiratory distress. Semin Perinatol. 2006 Dec;30(6):335-40. doi: 10.1053/j.semperi.2005.11.001.

  PMID: 17142159 BACKGROUND

• Zariwala MA, Knowles MR, Omran H. Genetic defects in ciliary structure and function. Annu Rev Physiol. 2007;69:423-50. doi: 10.1146/annurev.physiol.69.040705.141301.

  PMID: 17059358 BACKGROUND

• Zariwala MA, Leigh MW, Ceppa F, Kennedy MP, Noone PG, Carson JL, Hazucha MJ, Lori A, Horvath J, Olbrich H, Loges NT, Bridoux AM, Pennarun G, Duriez B, Escudier E, Mitchison HM, Chodhari R, Chung EM, Morgan LC, de Iongh RU, Rutland J, Pradal U, Omran H, Amselem S, Knowles MR. Mutations of DNAI1 in primary ciliary dyskinesia: evidence of founder effect in a common mutation. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2006 Oct 15;174(8):858-66. doi: 10.1164/rccm.200603-370OC. Epub 2006 Jul 20.

  PMID: 16858015 BACKGROUND

• Kennedy MP, Noone PG, Carson J, Molina PL, Ghio A, Zariwala MA, Minnix SL, Knowles MR. Calcium stone lithoptysis in primary ciliary dyskinesia. Respir Med. 2007 Jan;101(1):76-83. doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2006.04.007. Epub 2006 Jun 6.

  PMID: 16757159 BACKGROUND

• Hornef N, Olbrich H, Horvath J, Zariwala MA, Fliegauf M, Loges NT, Wildhaber J, Noone PG, Kennedy M, Antonarakis SE, Blouin JL, Bartoloni L, Nusslein T, Ahrens P, Griese M, Kuhl H, Sudbrak R, Knowles MR, Reinhardt R, Omran H. DNAH5 mutations are a common cause of primary ciliary dyskinesia with outer dynein arm defects. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2006 Jul 15;174(2):120-6. doi: 10.1164/rccm.200601-084OC. Epub 2006 Apr 20.

  PMID: 16627867 BACKGROUND

• Horvath J, Fliegauf M, Olbrich H, Kispert A, King SM, Mitchison H, Zariwala MA, Knowles MR, Sudbrak R, Fekete G, Neesen J, Reinhardt R, Omran H. Identification and analysis of axonemal dynein light chain 1 in primary ciliary dyskinesia patients. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 2005 Jul;33(1):41-7. doi: 10.1165/rcmb.2004-0335OC. Epub 2005 Apr 21.

  PMID: 15845866 BACKGROUND

• Fliegauf M, Olbrich H, Horvath J, Wildhaber JH, Zariwala MA, Kennedy M, Knowles MR, Omran H. Mislocalization of DNAH5 and DNAH9 in respiratory cells from patients with primary ciliary dyskinesia. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2005 Jun 15;171(12):1343-9. doi: 10.1164/rccm.200411-1583OC. Epub 2005 Mar 4.

  PMID: 15750039 BACKGROUND

• Zariwala MA, Despotes KA, Davis SD. Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia. 2007 Jan 24 [updated 2025 May 22]. In: Adam MP, Bick S, Mirzaa GM, Pagon RA, Wallace SE, Amemiya A, editors. GeneReviews(R) [Internet]. Seattle (WA): University of Washington, Seattle; 1993-2026. Available from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK1122/

  PMID: 20301301 BACKGROUND

• Kennedy MP, Noone PG, Leigh MW, Zariwala MA, Minnix SL, Knowles MR, Molina PL. High-resolution CT of patients with primary ciliary dyskinesia. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2007 May;188(5):1232-8. doi: 10.2214/AJR.06.0965.

  PMID: 17449765 BACKGROUND

• Morillas HN, Zariwala M, Knowles MR. Genetic causes of bronchiectasis: primary ciliary dyskinesia. Respiration. 2007;74(3):252-63. doi: 10.1159/000101783.

  PMID: 17534128 BACKGROUND

• Kennedy MP, Omran H, Leigh MW, Dell S, Morgan L, Molina PL, Robinson BV, Minnix SL, Olbrich H, Severin T, Ahrens P, Lange L, Morillas HN, Noone PG, Zariwala MA, Knowles MR. Congenital heart disease and other heterotaxic defects in a large cohort of patients with primary ciliary dyskinesia. Circulation. 2007 Jun 5;115(22):2814-21. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.106.649038. Epub 2007 May 21.

  PMID: 17515466 BACKGROUND

• Loges NT, Olbrich H, Becker-Heck A, Haffner K, Heer A, Reinhard C, Schmidts M, Kispert A, Zariwala MA, Leigh MW, Knowles MR, Zentgraf H, Seithe H, Nurnberg G, Nurnberg P, Reinhardt R, Omran H. Deletions and point mutations of LRRC50 cause primary ciliary dyskinesia due to dynein arm defects. Am J Hum Genet. 2009 Dec;85(6):883-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2009.10.018.

  PMID: 19944400 BACKGROUND

• Leigh MW, Pittman JE, Carson JL, Ferkol TW, Dell SD, Davis SD, Knowles MR, Zariwala MA. Clinical and genetic aspects of primary ciliary dyskinesia/Kartagener syndrome. Genet Med. 2009 Jul;11(7):473-87. doi: 10.1097/GIM.0b013e3181a53562.

  PMID: 19606528 BACKGROUND

• Zariwala MA, Omran H, Ferkol TW. The emerging genetics of primary ciliary dyskinesia. Proc Am Thorac Soc. 2011 Sep;8(5):430-3. doi: 10.1513/pats.201103-023SD.

  PMID: 21926394 RESULT

• Leigh MW, O'Callaghan C, Knowles MR. The challenges of diagnosing primary ciliary dyskinesia. Proc Am Thorac Soc. 2011 Sep;8(5):434-7. doi: 10.1513/pats.201103-028SD.

  PMID: 21926395 RESULT

• Sagel SD, Davis SD, Campisi P, Dell SD. Update of respiratory tract disease in children with primary ciliary dyskinesia. Proc Am Thorac Soc. 2011 Sep;8(5):438-43. doi: 10.1513/pats.201103-024SD.

  PMID: 21926396 RESULT

• Davis SD, Knowles M, Leigh M. Introduction: primary ciliary dyskinesia and overlapping syndromes. Proc Am Thorac Soc. 2011 Sep;8(5):421-2. doi: 10.1513/pats.201103-026SD. No abstract available.

  PMID: 21926392 RESULT

• Mateos-Corral D, Coombs R, Grasemann H, Ratjen F, Dell SD. Diagnostic value of nasal nitric oxide measured with non-velum closure techniques for children with primary ciliary dyskinesia. J Pediatr. 2011 Sep;159(3):420-4. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2011.03.007. Epub 2011 Apr 22.

  PMID: 21514598 RESULT

• Knowles MR, Leigh MW, Carson JL, Davis SD, Dell SD, Ferkol TW, Olivier KN, Sagel SD, Rosenfeld M, Burns KA, Minnix SL, Armstrong MC, Lori A, Hazucha MJ, Loges NT, Olbrich H, Becker-Heck A, Schmidts M, Werner C, Omran H, Zariwala MA; Genetic Disorders of Mucociliary Clearance Consortium. Mutations of DNAH11 in patients with primary ciliary dyskinesia with normal ciliary ultrastructure. Thorax. 2012 May;67(5):433-41. doi: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-200301. Epub 2011 Dec 18.

  PMID: 22184204 RESULT

• Stillwell PC, Wartchow EP, Sagel SD. Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia in Children: A Review for Pediatricians, Allergists, and Pediatric Pulmonologists. Pediatr Allergy Immunol Pulmonol. 2011 Dec;24(4):191-196. doi: 10.1089/ped.2011.0099.

  PMID: 22276227 RESULT

• Knowles MR, Leigh MW, Zariwala MA. Cutting edge genetic studies in primary ciliary dyskinesia. Thorax. 2012 May;67(5):464; author reply 464. doi: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2012-201609. Epub 2012 Feb 10. No abstract available.

  PMID: 22328589 RESULT

• Ferkol TW, Leigh MW. Ciliopathies: the central role of cilia in a spectrum of pediatric disorders. J Pediatr. 2012 Mar;160(3):366-71. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2011.11.024. Epub 2011 Dec 16. No abstract available.

  PMID: 22177992 RESULT

• Nakhleh N, Francis R, Giese RA, Tian X, Li Y, Zariwala MA, Yagi H, Khalifa O, Kureshi S, Chatterjee B, Sabol SL, Swisher M, Connelly PS, Daniels MP, Srinivasan A, Kuehl K, Kravitz N, Burns K, Sami I, Omran H, Barmada M, Olivier K, Chawla KK, Leigh M, Jonas R, Knowles M, Leatherbury L, Lo CW. High prevalence of respiratory ciliary dysfunction in congenital heart disease patients with heterotaxy. Circulation. 2012 May 8;125(18):2232-42. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.111.079780. Epub 2012 Apr 12.

  PMID: 22499950 RESULT

• Horani A, Druley TE, Zariwala MA, Patel AC, Levinson BT, Van Arendonk LG, Thornton KC, Giacalone JC, Albee AJ, Wilson KS, Turner EH, Nickerson DA, Shendure J, Bayly PV, Leigh MW, Knowles MR, Brody SL, Dutcher SK, Ferkol TW. Whole-exome capture and sequencing identifies HEATR2 mutation as a cause of primary ciliary dyskinesia. Am J Hum Genet. 2012 Oct 5;91(4):685-93. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2012.08.022.

  PMID: 23040496 RESULT

• Ferkol TW, Puffenberger EG, Lie H, Helms C, Strauss KA, Bowcock A, Carson JL, Hazucha M, Morton DH, Patel AC, Leigh MW, Knowles MR, Zariwala MA. Primary ciliary dyskinesia-causing mutations in Amish and Mennonite communities. J Pediatr. 2013 Aug;163(2):383-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2013.01.061. Epub 2013 Mar 7.

  PMID: 23477994 RESULT

• Kaspy KR, Dell SD, Davis SD, Ferkol TW, Rosenfeld M, Sagel SD, Milla C, Olivier KN, Barber AT, Wee W, Lin FC, Li L, Rampakakis E, Zariwala MA, Knowles MR, Leigh MW, Shapiro AJ. Situs Ambiguus Is Associated With Adverse Clinical Outcomes in Children With Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia. Chest. 2024 May;165(5):1070-1081. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2023.12.005. Epub 2023 Dec 9.

  PMID: 38072392 DERIVED

• Leigh MW, Ferkol TW, Davis SD, Lee HS, Rosenfeld M, Dell SD, Sagel SD, Milla C, Olivier KN, Sullivan KM, Zariwala MA, Pittman JE, Shapiro AJ, Carson JL, Krischer J, Hazucha MJ, Knowles MR. Clinical Features and Associated Likelihood of Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia in Children and Adolescents. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2016 Aug;13(8):1305-13. doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201511-748OC.

  PMID: 27070726 DERIVED

• Shapiro AJ, Davis SD, Ferkol T, Dell SD, Rosenfeld M, Olivier KN, Sagel SD, Milla C, Zariwala MA, Wolf W, Carson JL, Hazucha MJ, Burns K, Robinson B, Knowles MR, Leigh MW; Genetic Disorders of Mucociliary Clearance Consortium. Laterality defects other than situs inversus totalis in primary ciliary dyskinesia: insights into situs ambiguus and heterotaxy. Chest. 2014 Nov;146(5):1176-1186. doi: 10.1378/chest.13-1704.

  PMID: 24577564 DERIVED

Biospecimen

Retention: SAMPLES WITH DNA

Respiratory cultures, nasal samples, and blood samples

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Kartagener Syndrome; Cystic Fibrosis; Pseudohypoaldosteronism; Ciliary Motility Disorders

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Bronchiectasis; Bronchial Diseases; Respiratory Tract Diseases; Respiratory System Abnormalities; Otorhinolaryngologic Diseases; Dextrocardia; Heart Defects, Congenital; Cardiovascular Abnormalities; Cardiovascular Diseases; Heart Diseases; Ciliopathies; Abnormalities, Multiple; Congenital Abnormalities; Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities; Situs Inversus; Genetic Diseases, Inborn; Pancreatic Diseases; Digestive System Diseases; Lung Diseases; Infant, Newborn, Diseases; Renal Tubular Transport, Inborn Errors; Kidney Diseases; Urologic Diseases; Female Urogenital Diseases; Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications; Urogenital Diseases; Male Urogenital Diseases

Study Officials

• Michael R Knowles, MD

  University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Time Perspective: OTHER
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 8, 2006
• First Posted: May 9, 2006
• Study Start: May 1, 2006
• Primary Completion: October 1, 2012
• Study Completion: October 1, 2012
• Last Updated: August 10, 2022

Record last verified: 2022-08

Locations

US (7); CA (2)