The Impact of Ras/MAPK Pathway Hyperactivation on Bioenergetic Metabolism and Its Effect on Growth Profile and Bone Metabolism

Status: Recruiting
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Intervention Type: Diagnostic test
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY

Costello syndrome (CS) and cardio-facio cutaneous syndrome (CFCS) belongs to RASopathies, a group of multisystemic disorders caused by unregulated signalling through the RAS/MAPK pathway, an intracellular signalling pathway regulating multiple processes such as cellular proliferation, differentiation, survival, apoptosis and also contributing to oncogenesis. They share a recognizable facial appearance, aged appearance, growth delay, muscle-skeletal anomalies, heart defects, neuropsychological features, skin and ocular abnormalities, and cancer predisposition. Even though life expectancy of individuals with CS and CFCS has increased in the last years due to the improvement of patients' care and a more effective prevention of comorbidities, some of the most challenging aspects impacting on everyday living such as growth failure, accelerate senescence and skeletal-muscle defects, still need to be fully understood. This statement underlies the need to improve clinical research protocols with more innovative techniques (multi-omics profiling) in order to better understand the effect of RAS/MAPK pathway hyperactivations on different systems and to define possible personalized treatments.

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
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• Clinical and molecularly confirmed diagnosis of a RASopathy

Locations
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Italy
Department of Woman and Child Health and Public Health, Fondazione Policlinico A. Gemelli, IRCCS
RECRUITING
Roma
Contact Information
Primary
Chiara Leoni, MD, PhD
chiara.leoni@policlinicogemelli.it
0039063381344
Time Frame
Start Date: 2021-04-22
Estimated Completion Date: 2026-04-22
Participants
Target number of participants: 120
Treatments
Experimental: Case group
Multiomics profiling of the RASopathies
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Leads: Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS

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