Marfan mystery: scientists launch biobank to predict disease progression
NCT ID NCT04970459
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study aims to create a collection of blood and urine samples from 300 people with Marfan syndrome or related conditions. Researchers will use these samples to study how the disease works and find clues that might predict how it will progress. Participants provide extra samples during regular visits, but no new treatments are tested.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 300 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jan 2022
- Expected to finish
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Aug 2031
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.
Who is studied
Patients followed at the Rare Diseases Reference Centre (CRMR) for Marfan syndrome at the Toulouse University Hospital.
- Ages
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3 to 99 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: * Children aged at least 3 years old or adult with Marfan syndrome or related syndromes * Patients affiliated to or beneficiaries of a social security scheme * Patients able to receive information on the progress of the study and understand the information form to participate in the study. That implies to master the French language and not to be subject to a restriction of rights by the judicial authorities * Patients or legal representative who have given their consent to participate in the study (expression of no objection) Exclusion Criteria: * Patients subject to a legal protection measure (guardianship, curators, or safeguard of justice) * Pregnant or breastfeeding women
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
How to take part
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The places running it
1 site. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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A doctor treating you
A doctor who knows your case can contact a study site on your behalf, and can tell you whether this study is worth pursuing at all.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Purpan University Hospital
RECRUITINGToulouse, 31059, France
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