New study aims to map social challenges in rare genetic syndrome
NCT ID NCT07469566
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Aug 04, 2026 · Updated 3 times
Summary
This study will follow 15 people aged 5 to 50 with 7q11.23 microduplication syndrome, a rare genetic condition linked to autism and social difficulties. Researchers will track developmental milestones, social skills, and behavior using interviews and questionnaires. The goal is to better understand how social impairments change over time, which could help design future treatment trials.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this study could identify key developmental milestones and outcome measures needed to design future clinical trials for potential treatments.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study with only 15 participants, so findings may not apply to everyone with the syndrome. It does not test any treatment directly.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 15 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jul 2026
- Expected to finish
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Jan 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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5 to 50 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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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: * Diagnosis of 7q11.23 microduplication confirmed by Chromosomal Microarray Analysis or qPCR. * Aged \> 5 to \< 50 years * Whose maternal language is French * Having signed the informed consent and/or for whom parents/legal guardian have signed the informed consent. * Affiliated to national Health Insurance system (sécurité sociale) or parents/legal guardian affiliated to national health insurance system Each 7DUP patient will be matched to a sex- and chronological age-matched control. Data from controls will come from the CREAT\_criteria study (NCT 06018519). Each 7DUP patient will be matched to a sex- and mental age-matched control. Data from controls will come from the CREAT\_criteria study (NCT 06018519). Exclusion Criteria: * Refusal of the subject and/or the subject's parents/legal guardian to sign the informed consent * Refusal of the subject and/or the subject's parents/legal guardian to be informed of possible abnormalities detected during the neuropsychological assessment. Regarding specifically the neuroimaging data (MRI): * Having a contraindication to the MRI examination (people using a pacemaker or an insulin pump, people wearing a metal prosthesis or an intracerebral clip, and claustrophobic subjects). * Refusal of the subject and/or the subject's parents/legal guardian to be informed of possible abnormalities detected by MRI.
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Conditions
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As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
2 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Developmental Anomalies Reference Center, Genetics Department Woman Mother and Child Hospital, University Hospital of Lyon, Hospices Civils de Lyon
RECRUITINGBron, 69677, France
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Reference Center of Rare Disease with Intellectual Disability- in Lyon, Woman Mother and Child Hospital, University Hospital of Lyon, Hospices Civils de Lyon
RECRUITINGBron, 69677, France
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