Status:

RECRUITING

VIGOR: Virtual Genome Center for Infant Health

Lead Sponsor:

Boston Children's Hospital

Collaborating Sponsors:

Boston Medical Center

Baystate Medical Center

Conditions:

Genetics Disease

Genetics/Birth Defects

Eligibility:

All Genders

Up to 99 years

Brief Summary

This study will provide rigorous evaluation of implementing a virtual genome center into community clinical settings without highly specialized resources, thereby offering generalizable insights as to...

Detailed Description

Genomic medicine has rapidly advanced in the past decade enabling earlier diagnosis and personalized treatment. However, only a few highly specialized centers in the US have the resources to take adva...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Newborns presenting with probable genetic conditions inpatient on the NICU. These may include (but is not limited to) those with unexplained hypotonia, seizures, metabolic disorders, disorders of sex development, interstitial lung disease, immunodeficiency or multiple congenital anomalies.
  • Babies must have at least one biologic parent available for consent and participation.
  • The criteria for inclusion are 100% phenotype based and do not include any demographic parameters.

Exclusion

  • Presence of a likely nongenetic explanation for the phenotype (e.g., perinatal asphyxia explained by uterine rupture or placental pathology;
  • Clinical features pathognomonic for a recognizable chromosomal abnormality, such as trisomy 21;
  • Associations already known to have low genetic diagnostic yield, including VATER/VACTERL association and OEIS complex;
  • Infants who die before enrollment;
  • Known family history of genetic disease that is plausibly the cause of the infant's illness; - Those with a prenatal genetic diagnosis.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

March 22 2022

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

March 1 2027

Estimated Enrollment :

750 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT05205356

Start Date

March 22 2022

End Date

March 1 2027

Last Update

June 24 2024

Active Locations (9)

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1

USA Children's and Women's Hospital

Mobile, Alabama, United States, 36604

2

Holtz Children's Hospital at Jackson Memorial Medical Center

Miami, Florida, United States, 33136

3

Boston Medical Center

Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02118

4

Baystate Medical Center

Springfield, Massachusetts, United States, 01199