New DNA mapping technique may reveal hidden causes of cleft lip and palate
NCT ID NCT06880094
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study aims to find genetic changes that cause orofacial clefts (like cleft lip and palate) but are missed by standard tests. Researchers will use a new, high-resolution DNA mapping method called optical genome mapping on 26 people with clefts who have no known genetic diagnosis. The goal is to better understand the genetic roots of these common birth defects.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
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- Participants
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About 26 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Feb 2025
- Expected to finish
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Apr 2027
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- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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Children (under 18), adults (18 to 64) and older adults (65 and over)
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Individuals with syndromic, complex or familial oral-facial clefts * With no established genetic diagnosis * Followed up at the Amiens-Picardie University Hospital Exclusion Criteria: * genetic diagnosis of oral-facial cleft * No health insurance affiliation * Patient under guardianship or curatorship, under safeguard of justice or deprived under public law * Pregnant, parturient or breast-feeding woman
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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CHRU Amiens
RECRUITINGAmiens, 80480, France
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