Familial and Functional Study of Genetic Variants Identified in People With Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder, Autism Spectrum Disorder or Resistant Depression

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorFondation FondaMental

About this trial

Genetic analyses conducted on patient with psychiatric disorders assessed at the expert centres resulted in the identific action of genetic variants associated with psychiatric disorders (Courtois, 2020). These data require further genetic and functional analyses. The first objective of this study is to investigate the disease-related inheritance of genetic variants in the families of individuals in whom these variants have been identified. The second objective is to explore the functional consequences of disease-associated genetic variants in patients cells and those of their relatives with and without these variants.

The present project aims to enrich existing biocollections with DNA from blood or saliva from relatives of patients identified with genetic variants. In addition, we wish to collect hair follicules from patients with identified genetic variants of interest and their family members who wish to participate in the study. These hair samples with SNA will be used to dedifferentiate the isolated cells into induced pluripotent stem cells (IPSCs), and then to differentiate them into cells expressing the gene of interest, such as neurons or astrocytes, or into more complex systems, such as brain organoids.

Eligibility criteria

This trial accepts healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Subjects suffering from (according to DSM IV criteria) : Bipolar disorder, Unipolar depression, Schizophrenia, Autism spectrum disorder

Age over 18 years

Subject affiliated to the social security system

Including patients under guardianship, curatorship,

Disqualifiers

Any condition that, in the opinion of the investigator, would make the subject's participation in the study undesirable or that would compromise compliance with the protocol

Persons deprived of liberty

Inability to understand French

Trial design

Design model

Parallel

Treatments tested in this trial

  • study of the transmission of genetic variants

    Genetic

    the genetic variants of interest will be investigated by sequencing or genotyping on genomic DNA

Treatment groups

50 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups
Group A: PatientsOther 1 intervention
Group B: RelativesOther 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Measure of the probability of having a psychiatric disorder given the presence of the genetic variant studied.

Test for psychiatric disorders Study of the genetic variant of interest by sequencing or genotyping on genomic DNA.

Time frame
through study completion, an average of 5 years

Secondary outcomes

Other outcomes

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