Study of Selected X-Linked Disorders: Aicardi Syndrome

NCT00697411 | Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: BCM Aicardi H12791
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 500
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Based on our current understanding of Aicardi syndrome, the condition is hypothesized to occur due to a genetic change on the X-chromosome. The research team is investigating Aicardi syndrome to identify the specific gene location associated with the disorder. The investigators are collecting blood and skin biopsy samples from patients and their parents. A permanent cell line is prepared and DNA from the blood and skin samples and cell lines is isolated and then used for genetic testing. The current research includes microarray analysis which which is used to look for duplications or deletions of genetic material, mutation analysis of candidate genes by sequencing, genome-wide sequencing, review of medical records to identify trends suggesting possible candidate genes of interest, and X chromosome inactivation studies.

Conditions

Aicardi Syndrome; Brain Disorders

Keywords

Aicardi syndrome; Neurodevelopmental disorders; X-linked disorders

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Identifying the change in the genetic information that causes Aicardi syndrome

  The investigators will isolate genetic material from samples of individuals with Aicardi syndrome and their parents (if available). DNA sequencing and other molecular methods along with bioinformatic analysis will be used to find genetic variants (changes) in the genetic code unique to individuals with Aicardi syndrome, not seen in healthy population. When a gene that shows variants that are deleterious to its function is identified in at least 3 unrelated Aicardi syndrome individuals but not in healthy people (whose DNA sequence is in public databases), the outcome (finding the genetic cause of Aicardi syndrome) will be achieved. Aicardi syndrome is very rare, thus recruitment and enrollment of new individuals will continue when they are referred to the study. In this research a key finding in one individual can provide the clue for the entire cohort. It cannot be predicted when this will happen, thus enrollment and data collection will continue as long as the study is ongoing.

  Through study completion, an average of 20 years

Study Arms (1)

Experimental

Individuals with Aicardi syndrome and their first-degree relatives

Other: Syndrome cause identification

Interventions

Syndrome cause identification OTHER

Experimental

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

Girls with Aicardi syndrome and their unaffected parents. Sometimes additional family members are also enrolled.

You may qualify if:

• Features suggestive of Aicardi syndrome (not all features must be present)
• Agenesis of the corpus callosum
• Chorioretinal lacunae
• Seizures (infantile spasms)

You may not qualify if:

• none

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Baylor College of Medicine: lead
• Aicardi Syndrome Foundation: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Baylor College of Medicine

Houston, Texas, 77030, United States

RECRUITING

Related Publications (19)

• Aicardi, J, Levebre, J, and Lerique-Koechlin, A (1965) A new syndrome: Spasms in flexion, callosal agenesis, ocular abnormalities. Electroencephalogr Clin Neurophysiol 19, 609-610.

  BACKGROUND

• Donnenfeld AE, Packer RJ, Zackai EH, Chee CM, Sellinger B, Emanuel BS. Clinical, cytogenetic, and pedigree findings in 18 cases of Aicardi syndrome. Am J Med Genet. 1989 Apr;32(4):461-7. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.1320320405.

  PMID: 2773986 BACKGROUND

• Kitamura K, Yanazawa M, Sugiyama N, Miura H, Iizuka-Kogo A, Kusaka M, Omichi K, Suzuki R, Kato-Fukui Y, Kamiirisa K, Matsuo M, Kamijo S, Kasahara M, Yoshioka H, Ogata T, Fukuda T, Kondo I, Kato M, Dobyns WB, Yokoyama M, Morohashi K. Mutation of ARX causes abnormal development of forebrain and testes in mice and X-linked lissencephaly with abnormal genitalia in humans. Nat Genet. 2002 Nov;32(3):359-69. doi: 10.1038/ng1009. Epub 2002 Oct 15.

  PMID: 12379852 BACKGROUND

• Prakash SK, Cormier TA, McCall AE, Garcia JJ, Sierra R, Haupt B, Zoghbi HY, Van Den Veyver IB. Loss of holocytochrome c-type synthetase causes the male lethality of X-linked dominant microphthalmia with linear skin defects (MLS) syndrome. Hum Mol Genet. 2002 Dec 1;11(25):3237-48. doi: 10.1093/hmg/11.25.3237.

  PMID: 12444108 BACKGROUND

• Schaefer L, Ballabio A, Zoghbi HY. Cloning and characterization of a putative human holocytochrome c-type synthetase gene (HCCS) isolated from the critical region for microphthalmia with linear skin defects (MLS). Genomics. 1996 Jun 1;34(2):166-72. doi: 10.1006/geno.1996.0261.

  PMID: 8661044 BACKGROUND

• Schaefer L, Prakash S, Zoghbi HY. Cloning and characterization of a novel rho-type GTPase-activating protein gene (ARHGAP6) from the critical region for microphthalmia with linear skin defects. Genomics. 1997 Dec 1;46(2):268-77. doi: 10.1006/geno.1997.5040.

  PMID: 9417914 BACKGROUND

• Stromme P, Mangelsdorf ME, Scheffer IE, Gecz J. Infantile spasms, dystonia, and other X-linked phenotypes caused by mutations in Aristaless related homeobox gene, ARX. Brain Dev. 2002 Aug;24(5):266-8. doi: 10.1016/s0387-7604(02)00079-7.

  PMID: 12142061 BACKGROUND

• Van den Veyver IB. Microphthalmia with linear skin defects (MLS), Aicardi, and Goltz syndromes: are they related X-linked dominant male-lethal disorders? Cytogenet Genome Res. 2002;99(1-4):289-96. doi: 10.1159/000071606.

  PMID: 12900577 BACKGROUND

• Van den Veyver IB, Cormier TA, Jurecic V, Baldini A, Zoghbi HY. Characterization and physical mapping in human and mouse of a novel RING finger gene in Xp22. Genomics. 1998 Jul 15;51(2):251-61. doi: 10.1006/geno.1998.5350.

  PMID: 9722948 BACKGROUND

• Zhang W, Amir R, Stockton DW, Van Den Veyver IB, Bacino CA, Zoghbi HY. Terminal osseous dysplasia with pigmentary defects maps to human chromosome Xq27.3-xqter. Am J Hum Genet. 2000 Apr;66(4):1461-4. doi: 10.1086/302868. Epub 2000 Mar 17.

  PMID: 10739772 RESULT

• Sutton VR, Hopkins BJ, Eble TN, Gambhir N, Lewis RA, Van den Veyver IB. Facial and physical features of Aicardi syndrome: infants to teenagers. Am J Med Genet A. 2005 Oct 15;138A(3):254-8. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.30963.

  PMID: 16158440 RESULT

• Glasmacher MA, Sutton VR, Hopkins B, Eble T, Lewis RA, Park Parsons D, Van den Veyver IB. Phenotype and management of Aicardi syndrome: new findings from a survey of 69 children. J Child Neurol. 2007 Feb;22(2):176-84. doi: 10.1177/0883073807300298.

  PMID: 17621479 RESULT

• Wang X, Reid Sutton V, Omar Peraza-Llanes J, Yu Z, Rosetta R, Kou YC, Eble TN, Patel A, Thaller C, Fang P, Van den Veyver IB. Mutations in X-linked PORCN, a putative regulator of Wnt signaling, cause focal dermal hypoplasia. Nat Genet. 2007 Jul;39(7):836-8. doi: 10.1038/ng2057. Epub 2007 Jun 3.

  PMID: 17546030 RESULT

• Fruhman G, Eble TN, Gambhir N, Sutton VR, Van den Veyver IB, Lewis RA. Ophthalmologic findings in Aicardi syndrome. J AAPOS. 2012 Jun;16(3):238-41. doi: 10.1016/j.jaapos.2012.01.008.

  PMID: 22681940 RESULT

• Wang X, Sutton VR, Eble TN, Lewis RA, Gunaratne P, Patel A, Van den Veyver IB. A genome-wide screen for copy number alterations in Aicardi syndrome. Am J Med Genet A. 2009 Oct;149A(10):2113-21. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.32976.

  PMID: 19760649 RESULT

• Eble TN, Sutton VR, Sangi-Haghpeykar H, Wang X, Jin W, Lewis RA, Fang P, Van den Veyver IB. Non-random X chromosome inactivation in Aicardi syndrome. Hum Genet. 2009 Mar;125(2):211-6. doi: 10.1007/s00439-008-0615-4. Epub 2009 Jan 1.

  PMID: 19116729 RESULT

• Hopkins B, Sutton VR, Lewis RA, Van den Veyver I, Clark G. Neuroimaging aspects of Aicardi syndrome. Am J Med Genet A. 2008 Nov 15;146A(22):2871-8. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.32537.

  PMID: 18925666 RESULT

• Van den Veyver IB, Panichkul PP, Antalffy BA, Sun Y, Hunter JV, Armstrong DD. Presence of filamin in the astrocytic inclusions of Aicardi syndrome. Pediatr Neurol. 2004 Jan;30(1):7-15. doi: 10.1016/s0887-8994(03)00311-4.

  PMID: 14738943 RESULT

• Wong BK, Sutton VR, Lewis RA, Van den Veyver IB. Independent variant analysis of TEAD1 and OCEL1 in 38 Aicardi syndrome patients. Mol Genet Genomic Med. 2017 Jan 25;5(2):117-121. doi: 10.1002/mgg3.250. eCollection 2017 Mar.

  PMID: 28361097 RESULT

Biospecimen

Retention: SAMPLES WITH DNA

lymphoblast DNA; tissue

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Aicardi Syndrome; Brain Diseases; Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Agenesis of Corpus Callosum; Nervous System Malformations; Nervous System Diseases; Eye Diseases, Hereditary; Eye Diseases; Congenital Abnormalities; Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities; Genetic Diseases, Inborn; Genetic Diseases, X-Linked; Central Nervous System Diseases; Mental Disorders

Study Officials

• Ignatia B Van den Veyver, MD

  Baylor College of Medicine

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Ignatia Van den Veyver, PMD

CONTACT

832-824-8125; iveyver@bcm.edu

Imen Chakchouk, PhD

CONTACT

832-824-8156; imen.chakchouk@bcm.edu

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: OTHER
• Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: June 11, 2008
• First Posted: June 13, 2008
• Study Start: October 1, 2002
• Primary Completion (Estimated): January 1, 2030
• Study Completion (Estimated): January 1, 2030
• Last Updated: May 5, 2026

Record last verified: 2026-04

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share
• Time Frame: At the end of the study.
• Access Criteria: Patient data with all identification removed will be published following peer review in journals and/or presented at scientific meetings. Reasonable requests from other researchers working on the same disease will be reviewed by the PI and sharing will be done after full deidentification and with institutionally approved of data and material transfer agreements.

Locations

US (1)