Characterization of Inclusion Body Myopathy Associated With Paget's Disease of Bone and Frontotemporal Dementia (IBMPFD)

NCT ID: NCT01353430

Last Updated: 2025-06-18

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Total Enrollment

50 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2007-11-15

Study Completion Date

2030-12-31

Brief Summary

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The investigators are researching families with inherited inclusion body myopathy (IBM) and/or Paget disease of bone (PDB) and/or dementia (FTD) which is also called IBMPFD. IBMPFD is caused by mutations in the VCP gene. Our main goal is to understand how changes in the VCP gene cause the muscle, bone and cognitive problems associated with the disease.

The investigators are collecting biological specimen such as blood and urine samples, family and medical histories, questionnaire data of patients with a personal or family history of VCP associated disease. Participants do not need to have all symptoms listed above in order to qualify. A select group of participants may be invited to travel to University of California, Irvine for a two day program of local procedures such as an MRI and bone scan.

Samples are coded to maintain confidentiality. Travel is not necessary except for families invited for additional testing.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Inclusion Body Myopathy With Early-onset Paget Disease and Frontotemporal Dementia Paget Disease of Bone Frontotemporal Dementia Myopathy

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

CASE_CONTROL

Study Time Perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Study Groups

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VCP families

Patients with a personal or family history of VCP associated disease.

No interventions assigned to this group

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

Muscle disorders considered include:

* Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophy
* Myopathy
* Inclusion body myopathy
* FSH (Facioscapular muscular dystrophy) without the mutation
* Scapuloperoneal muscular dystrophy
* Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
* Non specific muscular dystrophy

AND

* Bone disorders including:

* Paget disease of bone
* Fibrous dysplasia
* Diaphyseal medullary stenosis with malignant fibrous histiocytoma (DMS-MFH)
* Non-specific bone disease

Eligible participants must also be:

* Subjects must to 18 years or older
* Subjects must to able to give consent
* Adult family members or spouses over the age of 18 of the affected individuals

Exclusion Criteria

* Under the age of 18.

Individuals who report a different unrelated diagnosis will be excluded from the study. Testing to confirm different diagnoses will not be performed, instead patient will be questioned for this information and records will be obtained for confirmation of appropriate testing.

Those who are unable to provide consent for themselves will be excluded from participating in the study.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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University of California, Irvine

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Virginia Kimonis

Professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Virginia Kimonis, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of California, Irvine

Locations

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University of California, Irvine

Irvine, California, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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United States

Central Contacts

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Virginia Kimonis, MD

Role: CONTACT

949 824 0571

Facility Contacts

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Virginia Kimonis, MD

Role: primary

949-824-0571

References

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Kimonis VE, Fulchiero E, Vesa J, Watts G. VCP disease associated with myopathy, Paget disease of bone and frontotemporal dementia: review of a unique disorder. Biochim Biophys Acta. 2008 Dec;1782(12):744-8. doi: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2008.09.003. Epub 2008 Sep 18.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
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Llewellyn KJ, Walker N, Nguyen C, Tan B, BenMohamed L, Kimonis VE, Nalbandian A. A Fine Balance of Dietary Lipids Improves Pathology of a Murine Model of VCP-Associated Multisystem Proteinopathy. PLoS One. 2015 Jul 2;10(7):e0131995. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0131995. eCollection 2015.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
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Tresse E, Salomons FA, Vesa J, Bott LC, Kimonis V, Yao TP, Dantuma NP, Taylor JP. VCP/p97 is essential for maturation of ubiquitin-containing autophagosomes and this function is impaired by mutations that cause IBMPFD. Autophagy. 2010 Feb;6(2):217-27. doi: 10.4161/auto.6.2.11014. Epub 2010 Feb 22.

Reference Type RESULT
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Reference Type RESULT
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Vesa J, Su H, Watts GD, Krause S, Walter MC, Martin B, Smith C, Wallace DC, Kimonis VE. Valosin containing protein associated inclusion body myopathy: abnormal vacuolization, autophagy and cell fusion in myoblasts. Neuromuscul Disord. 2009 Nov;19(11):766-72. doi: 10.1016/j.nmd.2009.08.003. Epub 2009 Oct 13.

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Reference Type RESULT
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Kimonis VE, Mehta SG, Fulchiero EC, Thomasova D, Pasquali M, Boycott K, Neilan EG, Kartashov A, Forman MS, Tucker S, Kimonis K, Mumm S, Whyte MP, Smith CD, Watts GD. Clinical studies in familial VCP myopathy associated with Paget disease of bone and frontotemporal dementia. Am J Med Genet A. 2008 Mar 15;146A(6):745-57. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.31862.

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Reference Type RESULT
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Mehta SG, Watts GD, Adamson JL, Hutton M, Umberger G, Xiong S, Ramdeen S, Lovell MA, Kimonis VE, Smith CD. APOE is a potential modifier gene in an autosomal dominant form of frontotemporal dementia (IBMPFD). Genet Med. 2007 Jan;9(1):9-13. doi: 10.1097/gim.0b013e31802d830d.

Reference Type RESULT
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Reference Type RESULT
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Reference Type RESULT
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Reference Type RESULT
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Lucas GJ, Mehta SG, Hocking LJ, Stewart TL, Cundy T, Nicholson GC, Walsh JP, Fraser WD, Watts GD, Ralston SH, Kimonis VE. Evaluation of the role of Valosin-containing protein in the pathogenesis of familial and sporadic Paget's disease of bone. Bone. 2006 Feb;38(2):280-5. doi: 10.1016/j.bone.2005.07.014. Epub 2005 Sep 30.

Reference Type RESULT
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Watts GD, Wymer J, Kovach MJ, Mehta SG, Mumm S, Darvish D, Pestronk A, Whyte MP, Kimonis VE. Inclusion body myopathy associated with Paget disease of bone and frontotemporal dementia is caused by mutant valosin-containing protein. Nat Genet. 2004 Apr;36(4):377-81. doi: 10.1038/ng1332. Epub 2004 Mar 21.

Reference Type RESULT
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Watts GD, Thorne M, Kovach MJ, Pestronk A, Kimonis VE. Clinical and genetic heterogeneity in chromosome 9p associated hereditary inclusion body myopathy: exclusion of GNE and three other candidate genes. Neuromuscul Disord. 2003 Sep;13(7-8):559-67. doi: 10.1016/s0960-8966(03)00070-1.

Reference Type RESULT
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Reference Type RESULT
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Plewa J, Surampalli A, Wencel M, Milad M, Donkervoort S, Caiozzo VJ, Goyal N, Mozaffar T, Kimonis V. A cross-sectional analysis of clinical evaluation in 35 individuals with mutations of the valosin-containing protein gene. Neuromuscul Disord. 2018 Sep;28(9):778-786. doi: 10.1016/j.nmd.2018.06.007. Epub 2018 Jun 27.

Reference Type RESULT
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Nalbandian A, Ghimbovschi S, Radom-Aizik S, Dec E, Vesa J, Martin B, Knoblach S, Smith C, Hoffman E, Kimonis VE. Global gene profiling of VCP-associated inclusion body myopathy. Clin Transl Sci. 2012 Jun;5(3):226-34. doi: 10.1111/j.1752-8062.2012.00407.x. Epub 2012 Apr 4.

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Farpour F, Tehranzadeh J, Donkervoort S, Smith C, Martin B, Vanjara P, Osann K, Kimonis VE. Radiological features of Paget disease of bone associated with VCP myopathy. Skeletal Radiol. 2012 Mar;41(3):329-37. doi: 10.1007/s00256-011-1193-4. Epub 2011 Jun 4.

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Fanganiello RD, Kimonis VE, Corte CC, Nitrini R, Passos-Bueno MR. A Brazilian family with hereditary inclusion body myopathy associated with Paget disease of bone and frontotemporal dementia. Braz J Med Biol Res. 2011 Apr;44(4):374-80. doi: 10.1590/s0100-879x2011007500028. Epub 2011 Mar 11.

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Shmara A, Perez-Rosendahl M, Murphy K, Kwon A, Smith C, Kimonis V. A clinicopathologic study of malignancy in VCP-associated multisystem proteinopathy. Orphanet J Rare Dis. 2022 Jul 15;17(1):272. doi: 10.1186/s13023-022-02403-9.

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