Clinical Research Directory

Prescreening Study to Identify Potential Wilson Disease Participants for Gene-Editing Clinical Trial

The aim of this study is to inform and improve future clinical trials in Wilson Disease (WD) by better understanding how patients with WD are living with and managing the disease, and by identifying key factors that shape their decisions to participate in clinical research.

A Phase 1/2/3 Study of UX701 Gene Therapy in Adults With Wilson Disease

The primary objectives of this study are to evaluate the safety of single IV doses of UX701 in patients with Wilson disease, to select the UX701 dose with the best benefit/risk profile based on the totality of safety and efficacy data and to evaluate the effect of UX701 on copper regulation.

Off Treatment Urinary Copper Excretion in Wilson Disease, Pilot Study

This is a prospective study that will determine the optimal timing for 24-hour urinary copper excretion (UCE) measurement after temporary discontinuation of standard therapies in Wilson Disease (WD) patients. The primary objective is to assess whether off-treatment UCE (OT-UCE) correlates with non-ceruloplasmin-bound copper (NCC) levels, aiming to validate OT-UCE as a surrogate marker for systemic copper bioavailability and disease stability. Stable WD patients will be enrolled, temporarily taken off treatment under close monitoring, and undergo UCE and NCC testing. If OT-UCE is validated, it could serve as a practical biomarker for monitoring WD treatment and stability in clinical practice and future trials.

Wilson's Disease Treated With D-Penicillamine: Characterization of Skin Damage Secondary to Treatment by Measuring Skin Elasticity

Wilson's disease is a genetic disorder, resulting from an anomaly present on the ATP7B gene located on chromosome 13, causing a progressive accumulation of copper in various organs such as the liver, nervous system and cornea, leading to various hepatic and neurological disorders and a systemic evolution. Currently, the first-line treatment for this disease is D-Penicillamine, which acts by chelation and promotes copper excretion through the urine. Unfortunately, this treatment also has significant side-effects, particularly on the skin. However, the pathogenesis of elastopathy in patients with Wilson's disease has yet to be fully characterized, and needs to be better understood in order to adapt the therapeutic strategy. A silicon mold will be made on Wilson's disease patients, enabling the skin micro-relief to be shaped, and analyzed by confocal laser in comparison with the skin of healthy volunteers.

A Clinical Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of LY-M003 Injection in Patients With Wilson Disease

Wilson's disease (WD), also known as Wilson's disease, is a rare autosomal recessive metabolic disorder caused by a mutation of the copper transport ATPase β (ATP7B) gene located on the long arm of chromosome 13 (13q14.3). This leads to accumulation of copper ions in multiple organs such as liver, brain and kidney, resulting in organ involvement. In this study, LY-M003 Injection is a gene therapy products with rAAV8 vector. After a single intravenous infusion, LY-M003 can be transduced to the target organ of liver and express the ATP7B in hepatocytese.

Circadian Variation of Urinary Copper Excretion in Wilson Disease Patients

Wilson's disease (WD) is a genetic disorder characterized by an accumulation of copper in the body, mainly in the liver and brain. Patients suffering from this disease are monitored by liver function tests, blood copper levels, and 24-hour urinary copper determinations. Treatment is based either on chelating the copper accumulated in the body using D-penicillamine or Trientine or on limiting intestinal copper absorption with zinc salts. Monitoring copper elimination in urine collected over 24 hours is essential for estimating a patient's copper load, adapting treatment dosage, and detecting any copper deficiency. Nevertheless, urine collection is often complicated for patients, given the obvious constraints of collecting urine over 24 hours. Without this, clinical decisions are usually made based on spot urine. There is no official recommendation for monitoring urinary copper elimination other than on 24-hour urine. According to studies on healthy volunteers under physiological conditions, urinary copper elimination occurs according to a circadian rhythm, with minimal copper elimination between 8 pm and 4 am and maximum between 8 am and noon. The study would aim to find the period of the day best correlated with 24h urinary copper excretion

Institutional Registry of Rare Diseases

The goal of this observational study is to create a single macro registry system with data collection on common clinical features, grouping the different rare diseases (RD). Moreover, the specific goals are to generate an alert system for possible cases of RD with data from the electronic medical record, to describe the occurrence of RD in the evaluated population, to characterize the population, to describe patterns of diagnosis and treatment of RD present at the time, and to explore patient-reported outcomes.

Oral Health and Wilson's Disease: SOMAWI

Patients with Wilson disease have poorer dental and periodontal health and a have lower oral quality of life than control patients. Patients with a neurological form would also more frequently present limitations in the function of the masticatory apparatus. Systemic treatments for Wilson disease are associated with lesions of the oral mucosa. Analysis of copper level in saliva could testify to the effectiveness of copper depletion in treated patients The main objective is to compare the state of dental health between: patients with Wilson disease in the hepatic form and patients with the neurological form, and a population of controls.

Description of Renal Involvement in Wilson's Disease

Wilson's disease (WD) is a rare genetic disorder that leads to copper accumulation in various tissues, including the liver, nervous system, heart, and kidneys. Renal involvement in WD has been poorly studied, and systematic screening is not currently recommended. Indirect renal complications are the most common, such as hepatorenal and cardiorenal syndromes, as well as severe complications like hemolysis or rhabdomyolysis. However, literature suggests that copper may exert a direct toxic effect on renal tubular cells, leading to both proximal and distal tubular dysfunction. These may manifest through often subtle signs, such as aminoaciduria, glycosuria, hypouricemia, and low-molecular-weight proteinuria. Electrolyte imbalances of varying severity may also occur, including hypokalemia, which can cause muscle cramps and cardiac arrhythmias, as well as acid-base disorders (proximal or distal renal tubular acidosis), and/or phosphate-calcium metabolism abnormalities (phosphate diabetes and hypercalciuria). These latter issues may lead to complications such as urinary stones, nephrocalcinosis, and even fracture-related osteoporosis. In addition, long-term treatment with D-penicillamine (DPA), a common therapy for WD, can cause renal damage in 10-20% of cases, mainly affecting the glomeruli. This includes membranous nephropathy, severe proliferative glomerulonephritis, or nephrotic syndrome with minimal change disease. Without appropriate monitoring and preventive care, both direct and indirect renal complications can lead to acute or chronic kidney failure. It is likely that the prevalence and systemic impact of renal involvement in WD are currently underestimated.

Phase I/II Clinical Study to Evaluate the Safety, Tolerability, and Efficacy of GC310 Injection in Patients With Wilson's Disease (WD)

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if GC310 (AAV5-ATP7B) gene therapy can treat Wilson's Disease (WD) in patients over the age of 18 years old. The main questions it aims to answer are: Is GC310 safe and tolerable to WD patients? What is the recommended phase II dose (RP2D)? What is the change from baseline in 24-hour urinary copper concentration after 52 weeks of administration? Participants will be administrated GC310 intravenously and be followed up for 52 weeks to observe drug safety, tolerability and efficacy .

Gene Therapy for Wilson Disease Evaluated by 64Cu PET/CT

The primary objective of this study is to investigate the effect of gene therapy (UX704) on copper distribution and excretion in Wilson disease patients. The effect is investigated using 64Cu positron emission tomography scans combined with a CT scan.

Natural History of Wilson Disease

The purpose of the registry/repository is to provide a mechanism to store data and specimens to support the conduct of future research about Wilson disease (WD). The overall aim is to determine the optimal testing for diagnosis and parameters for monitoring treatment of WD that will aid product utilization and development.

Early Check: Expanded Screening in Newborns

Early Check provides voluntary screening of newborns for a selected panel of conditions. The study has three main objectives: 1) develop and implement an approach to identify affected infants, 2) address the impact on infants and families who screen positive, and 3) evaluate the Early Check program. The Early Check screening will lead to earlier identification of newborns with rare health conditions in addition to providing important data on the implementation of this model program. Early diagnosis may result in health and development benefits for the newborns. Infants who have newborn screening in North Carolina will be eligible to participate, equating to over 120,000 eligible infants a year. Over 95% of participants are expected to screen negative. Newborns who screen positive and their parents are invited to additional research activities and services. Parents can enroll eligible newborns on the Early Check electronic Research Portal. Screening tests are conducted on residual blood from existing newborn screening dried blood spots. Confirmatory testing is provided free-of-charge for infants who screen positive, and carrier testing is provided to mothers of infants with fragile X. Affected newborns have a physical and developmental evaluation. Their parents have genetic counseling and are invited to participate in surveys and interviews. Ongoing evaluation of the program includes additional parent interviews.

French Wilson Disease Registry

This registry concerns adults and children with Wilson's disease. The collection of a large amount of data will allow a better understanding of the epidemiology of this rare disease, in particular the age of onset according to the hepatic or hepato-neurological forms, but also the geographical distribution of patients consulting in France. This database will also make it possible to know all the therapies prescribed to "Wilsonian" patients. The genetic study of these patients will make it possible to specify the various genetic mutations involved in Wilson's disease. The information (clinical, biological, radiological and genetic) relating to the disease will be entered by a doctor or a professional specialising in Wilson's disease.

Daily Versus Alternate Day Plasma Exchange in Wilson Disease With Acute Liver Failure in Children

Wilson disease in children has a varied presentation. Wilson disease with acute liver failure is associated with very high mortality and morbidity. The standard therapy i.e chelation (with either D- penicillamine or trientene can be used as a temporizing agent to treat the enormous release of copper into the blood stream; however, substantial removal is not achieved for at least 1 to 3 months. Plasma exchange provides a means of rapid means of removal of copper. As per American Society for Apheresis, TPE in wilson disease with acute liver failure can rapidly remove an average of 20 mg of copper per TPE treatment. Decreased serum copper may decrease hemolysis, prevent progression of kidney failure and provide clinical stabilization. TPE can also remove large molecular weight toxins (aromatic amino acids, ammonia, endotoxins) and other factors, which may be responsible for hepatic coma. The frequency of said TPE is not defined as most evidence is based on case reports and case series. Copper is highly protein bound and the volume of distribution for copper is large. Under normal conditions, 90-95% of serum copper is ceruloplasmin-bound with the remaining 5-10% being nonceruloplasmin-bound. TPE efficiently removes both ceruloplasmin- and albumin-bound copper. FFP used for exchange can be helpful in treating the associated coagulopathy. TPE has been used as a bridge to liver transplantation as well as seen to improve survival with native liver, the optimum protocol for same remains uncertain.

An Exploratory Study to Evaluate the Tolerability and Safety of MWAV201 in Subjects With Wilson Disease

The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the tolerability and safety of MWAV201 in patients with Wilson disease.

Spanish Wilson Disease Registry

The main objective and purpose of the Registry is to know the current status of Wilson Disease in Spain. As secondary objectives, the prevalence and incidence of the disease will be analysed. Likewise, the analysis aims to define future areas of interest in its pathogenesis, diagnosis, natural history, follow-up, prognosis and treatment. Improving knowledge at a national level can help to design screening strategies and improve diagnostic circuits.

Role for Biochemical Assays and Kayser-Fleischer Rings in Diagnosis of Wilson Disease

The investigators aimed to identify factors associated with symptoms and features of Wilson disease from a large cohort during long-term follow-up