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Impact of Optimized Recruitment and Follow-up of Patients With Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum (PXE)

Recruitingn/aAges 6 Years - anyAllUniversity Hospital, Angers
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In plain words

What the trial is, and whether it could suit you

Pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE) is a rare genetic disorder characterized by ectopic calcifications in the skin, retina and arterial walls. Angers University Hospital is the national rare disease reference center (CRMR) for PXE. Although PXE is hereditary, its main clinical manifestations (unsightly skin lesions, intermittent arterial claudication, stroke, retinal bleeding and blindness) are delayed and slowly progress over the course of a lifetime. They are rarely life-threatening but have a major functional impact. To date, management of PXE is purely preventive and symptomatic. Three successive "states" can be individualized during PXE course, corresponding to three very different patient profiles in terms of age, clinical manifestations, occurrence of complications and their treatment. PXE is essentially a severe disease in adults in the second half of life. This contrasts with the pr

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๐Ÿ“‹ Eligibility rules (as published)
Inclusion Criteria: * For the main objective and the first secondary objectives : The population taken into account corresponds to all the support and requests managed by the CRMR over the periods of interest (period A1-2 and period A5-6). * Inclusion in REMOTE-PXE is offered to any patient with a PXE, defined phenotypically or genotypically (see below), treated at the CRMR during the periods of interest. Note that inclusions are independent between the 2 periods (a patient included during period A1-2 can be included again if he/she is treated during period A5-6). PXE is defined phenotypically: * by the presence of specific skin lesions (clinically suggestive and showing dermal elastorrhexis on skin biopsy) in patients under 25 years of age * OR by the combination of specific skin lesions (clinically suggestive and showing dermal elastorrhexis on skin biopsy) and specific ophthalmologic lesions, complicated or not (depending on age: orange peel, angioid streaks, retinal dystrophy) over 25 years of age PXE is defined genotypically, regardless of the patient\'s age, by the identification of two variants in the ABCC6 gene. * Participation in the qualitative study (semi-directed interviews) will be offered to a sample of patients included in the RIPH during the A5-A6 period among patients who were already followed before the A3-A4 period since the objective is to collect their experiences and perceptions of this reorganization of care. Only patients agreeing to participate in this sub-study and giving their consent for the recording of the interviews will be included. Exclusion Criteria: * Person objecting to participating in the research * Patient under curatorship, guardianship and legal protection
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What it tests

  • Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum
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Where

1 site
CHU Angers
Angers, France
๐Ÿค Taking part is your choice, and you can leave at any time. Only the trial team can confirm you are eligible โ€” always decide together with your own doctor.
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