TerminatedNot Applicable

Collection of Cerebrospinal Fluid in Healthy Children

Stopped: Study interest shifted

United States32 participantsStarted 2011-12

Plain-language summary

The purpose of this study is to obtain cerebrospinal fluid from healthy children already undergoing a lumbar puncture procedure at New York Presbyterian Hospital, to act as healthy controls when compared to children with late infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (LINCL), a fatal neurodegenerative disease.

Who can participate

Age range2 Years – 8 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Males and females, ages 2 yrs to 8 yrs * Children already undergoing a lumbar puncture procedure for clinical or diagnostic purposes Exclusion Criteria: * Presence of any significant neurological diseases, as judged by the co-investigators * Presence of any significant medical conditions including cancer

What they're measuring

Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)

Timeframe: 1 time point (once)

Trial details

NCT IDNCT01698229

SponsorWeill Medical College of Cornell University

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeOBSERVATIONAL

Primary completion2015-12

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