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Study of the Value of Trio Exome Sequencing in the Etiological Assessment of Specific Non-syndromic Language and Learning Disorders
Led by Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Dijon · Updated on 2025-06-17
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Participants Needed
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Research Sites
177 weeks
Total Duration
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What this Trial Is About
Specific language and learning disorders (SLLD) affect around 5-10% of school-aged children, or 1-2 child(ren) per class. SLLDs correspond to the impairment of a specific cognitive function and are divided into 5 categories: dyslexia, dysphasia, dyspraxia, dyscalculia and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) (DSM-5). In recent years, real progress has been made in their clinical diagnosis and management, thanks to a better description of these disorders in the DSM-5 and the advent of rehabilitative treatments (neuropsychology, speech therapy, occupational therapy, orthoptics, etc.). SLLD can occur in a sporadic or familial context (sibling involvement, a symptomatic parent, other relatives who may mimic dominant inheritance with variable expressivity and incomplete penetrance). It has long been suspected that SLLD is secondary to multifactorial inheritance, with a combination of frequent genetic variations and environmental factors. In France, in the absence of an obvious syndromic diagnosis, the current strategy is to prescribe array CGH, combined in girls with a search for fragile X syndrome (in boys, this syndrome leads to systematic intellectual disability, which does not justify its study in SLLD). A few genes have been described as being specifically involved in a small proportion of SLLD, most often with de novo variations or inherited from a symptomatic parent. There are no distinctive clinical features to guide targeted sequencing of these genes. Moreover, our recent experience shows that genes implicated in intellectual disability may also be involved in SLLD. Very few studies have been published in the literature evaluating the value of exome sequencing in SLLD. Only two studies have been identified, involving 10 and 43 patients with specific SLLD. In view of the roll-out of the French Genomic Medicine Plan (PFMG 2025), it is important to set up a study aimed at assessing the value of genome-wide sequencing in the etiological work-up for SLLD. Participation in the study consists of: * an inclusion visit, where an additional blood sample will be taken during the baseline work-up * a results visit (4 months after the inclusion visit) Optional qualitative study: semi-structured interview 1 year after the inclusion visit proposed to 20 patients or families with a positive result and to 10 patients with a negative result.
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Official Title
Study of the Value of Trio Exome Sequencing in the Etiological Assessment of Specific Non-syndromic Language and Learning Disorders
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Participant with one or more severe learning disorders requiring school help or intensive therapy, confirmed by expert assessments
- Participant aged between 3 and 40 years
- Blood samples available from participant and two biological parents
- Signed consent by parents and participant if adult
- Participant and parents covered by national health insurance
You will not qualify if you...
- Conditions that contraindicate participation as judged by the investigator
- Confirmed or strongly suspected intellectual disability in participant or parents
- Clear syndromic diagnosis causing developmental disorder
- Persons deprived of liberty by judicial or administrative decision
- Adults under guardianship
- Residents of health or social institutions
- Patients in critical medical situations
- Pregnant, parturient, or nursing women
- Prior genetic testing including array CGH, Fragile X, or targeted genetic exams (except standard karyotype)
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
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CHU Dijon Bourgogne
Dijon, France
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Research Team
J
Julian DELANNE
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How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
NONE
Allocation
NA
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Number of Arms
0
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