Status:
COMPLETED
Autonomic Failure Patients for RNA Blood Sampling
Lead Sponsor:
Vanderbilt University
Collaborating Sponsors:
Western Michigan University
Conditions:
Pure Autonomic Failure
Multiple System Atrophy
Eligibility:
All Genders
50-75 years
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to identify 15 patients with autonomic failure and obtain blood samples for RNA from those participants and 15 control subjects within the same age range. The stabilized b...
Detailed Description
Patients with one of the following autonomic problems will be recruited to participate in this study: multiple systems atrophy (MSA), pure autonomic failure (PAF) or Parkinson's Plus. The study consis...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Inclusion Criteria for patients:
- presumed or probably diagnosis of autonomic disorder characterized by orthostatic hypotension
- age between 50 - 75 years
- Male or female
- Able and willing to provide consent
- Inclusion Criteria for controls:
- Absence of neurological disorder
- age between 50 - 75 years
- Male or female
- Able and willing to provide consent
- Exclusion Criteria:
- inability to provide consent
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
July 1 2008
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
February 1 2009
Estimated Enrollment :
30 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00742586
Start Date
July 1 2008
End Date
February 1 2009
Last Update
October 18 2016
Active Locations (1)
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Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, Tennessee, United States, 37232