NCT02497534Recruiting
Biomarkers in Friedreich's Ataxia
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 6 Oct 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The purpose of this project is to characterize measures of cardiac performance and neuromuscular physiology in FA patients using novel techniques, including echocardiography and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), metabolic exercise testing, and neurophysiological outcomes.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 203 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 7 Jul 2015
- Start date
- 28 Sept 2015
- Primary completion date
- 3 Jun 2030
- Lead sponsor
- University of Florida
- Diseases
- Friedreich ataxia
- NCT number
- NCT02497534
What you commit to
- Study type: Observational
- Planned participants: 203
- From 28 Sept 2015 to the primary completion date, 3 Jun 2030
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Prior treatment
- Any concurrent medical condition which, in the opinion of the investigators, would make the subject unsuitable for the study
Other illness
- Presence of unstable heart disease
- Receipt of cardiac transplant
Who the study is looking for
- Genetic diagnosis of Friedreich's ataxia by DNA sequencing, mutational analysis or protein assay OR be a healthy subject with no evidence of a neuromuscular disorder
- Between the ages of 6 and 70 (inclusive)
- Are able to tolerate metabolic exercise testing
- Are stable on cardiac medication regimen for 3 months prior to screening
Age in the registry: 6 years to 70 years · Sex: All · Accepts healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Florida Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Gainesville | United States | Recruiting |
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