Mayo clinic launches quest for custom drugs for rare genetic diseases
NCT ID NCT05236595
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study at Mayo Clinic aims to find people with rare genetic diseases who might benefit from a custom-made drug designed to target their specific genetic change. Researchers will collect samples like blood and skin biopsies to develop and test potential treatments. The goal is to eventually create new therapies for conditions that currently have no good options.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- individualized drug matching per genetic disease
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could lead to new personalized treatments for people with rare genetic diseases that currently have no options.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-stage research study focused on identifying candidates and developing drugs, not testing them yet. Many potential drugs may not work or be safe.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 50 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Nov 2021
- Expected to finish
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Nov 2026
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
Individuals who have been diagnosed with a rare genetic disorder for which adequate or curative treatment is not currently available.
- Ages
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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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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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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: * Has Mayo Clinic or other medical health system ID, or another unique identifier. * Able to provide informed consent. * Individual must have evidence of a genetic disorder as determined by a provider or genetic counselor with causative or likely causative genetic variants identified by molecular testing. * Genetic variants must be hypothesized to be targetable using antisense oligonucleotide drugs (such as: knockdown gain of function alterations, increase protein production for reduced function alterations, or modulate mRNA splicing to correct abnormal splicing, promote normal splicing, or return reading frame to an out-of-frame transcript to restore function, etc.) based on current acceptable understanding of ASO mechanisms of action and tissue/organ targeting efficiency. * Biological family member of an enrolled individual. * Would be able to travel to a Mayo Clinic site for ongoing treatment should a therapeutic be developed. * Treatment at the individual's current disease state would likely provide benefit based on current clinical data and understanding of the progression of the disease. -Or- * Biological family member of an enrolled individual * Able to provide informed consent or has a LAR available to provide informed consent Exclusion Criteria * Individuals who have situations that would limit compliance with the study requirements. * Institutionalized (i.e. Federal Medical Prison).
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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
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
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The places running it
3 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
The full official record for this study. This one lists no contact details, but it is the first place any would appear.
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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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Mayo Clinic Florida
Jacksonville, Florida, 32224, United States
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Mayo Clinic Rochester
Minneota, Minnesota, 55905, United States
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Mayo Clinic in Arizona
Scottsdale, Arizona, 85259, United States
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