Clinical Phenotyping and Characterization of Neural Networks and Cognitive Processes Involved in Mental Retardation X-linked

Summary

X-linked Mental retardation (XLMR) represent 10% of the causes of mental retardation with a prevalence in both sexes around 1/296, i.e. 3.3 / 1000 births (Opitz et al., 1986). This heterogeneous group of XLMR includes dozens of rare diseases, some of them affecting only a few patients. Molecular diagnosis is currently available in France for 25 XLMR genes, within the national network of XLMR molecular diagnosis. However, whereas some syndromes such as Fragile X syndrome, are now well clinically defined, this is not the case for recently identified syndromes for which very few data is available, preventing clinicians to focus molecular diagnosis on a specific gene.

Therefore, this study aims to :

* Achieve a description of the clinical phenotype specific to each XLMR gene (Phase 1 of the study, n=200)
* Characterize the cognitive learning mechanisms and dysfunctional neural networks involved (Phase 2 of the study, n=75, i.e. 5 groups of 15 patients with a mutation in the same gene). These two elements constitute key steps to develop appropriate rehabilitation strategies and targeted pharmacological therapies.

Moreover, the impact of mental retardation on the primary caregiver within the family and the induced burden in terms of psycho-social, organizational and economic burden will also be assessed. These elements, directly related to the patient's environment, are very important to characterize in order to better understand the consequences of each gene mutation (Phase 3 of the study, n=283). For example, it is necessary to better understand the impact of Fragile X syndrome in terms of capacity and behavior, lifestyle, and health care needs of the patients While advancing knowledge allows to consider innovative therapeutics, the implementation of these therapeutics and assessment of their impact on the patients' life trajectory, require precise characterization of the population to be treated in medico socioeconomic terms.

Conditions

• X-linked Mental Retardation

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Neuropsychological, cognitive and behavioral assessment

The assessment includes mainly : * The Raven's Progressives matrices test which allow to assess the non-verbal reasoning mental age of the patient * The Wechsler scale or Brunet Lézine scale which allow to assess The Intellectual Quotient * The Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test Revised which allow to determine the Vocabulary age (receptive language). * The Vineland adaptive behavioral scale which allow to assess the adaptive behavior * The Nisonger child behavior rating form which allow to assess the behavior disorders * Analogical visual reasoning task (eye-tracking assessment and behavior assessment) which allow to identify the strategy used to solve the task and provides an objective and quantitative assessment of visual analogical reasoning and cognitive inhibition. * Kinematic analysis of a grasping movement which allow to study the effect of the orientation and the type of pinch on the movement duration and both the transport component and the grasp component.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Hospices Civils de Lyon

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Vincent DESPORTES, Pr · Groupement Hospitalier Est - Hôpital Femme Mère Enfant - Service de neurologie pédiatrique

Study Design

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Purpose

OTHER

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

2 Years

Max Age

60 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2011-04-30

Primary Completion

2015-12-31

Completion

2018-03-31

Countries

• France

Study Locations