Pediatric Acute-Onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome (PANS)
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Official title
Clinical, Laboratory, and Biomedical Characterization of Pediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome (PANS)
Brief summary
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Background: PANS is an illness that comes on suddenly in children. The full name is Pediatric Acute-Onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome. It can cause sudden obsessive-compulsive behaviors. It can also cause children to suddenly restricte their food intake. Researchers want to learn more about children with PANS. They also want to learn more about the illness. Objective: To study some disorders of behavior and emotion that start in childhood. Eligibility: Children 3 14 years old who have had severe obsessive-compulsive symptoms or food restriction start quickly Design: Parents will answer questions. The topics include: Their child s medical history Their child s physical and mental health Their family history. The focus will be on neurodevelopmental and psychiatric conditions. A family tree will be drawn. Participants will have a physical exam. Participants may take tests on paper or computer. These will focus on thinking, memory, and behavior. Participants and parents will give a blood sample. Participants will have magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). A strong magnetic field and radio waves take pictures of the brain. Participants will lie on a table that slides in and out of a metal scanner. Participants may have photos or videos taken. Participants may have other tests. These may include heart tests, sleep tests, and lumbar puncture. Sponsoring Institute: National Institute of Mental Health
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT03507218
- Recruitment status
- Terminated
- Study type
- Observational
- Phase
- Not listed
- Enrollment
- 9 participants
Conditions and interventions
Interventions
Not listed
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 3 Years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepts healthy volunteers
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Mar 19, 2018
- Primary completion
- Oct 22, 2019
- Completion
- Oct 22, 2019
- Last update posted
- Oct 24, 2019
2018 – 2019
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 8
- U.S. states
- 8
- U.S. cities
- 8
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Arizona | Tucson | Arizona | 85724 | — |
| Lucille Salter Packer Children's Hospital | Stanford | California | 94304 | — |
| Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children | Wilmington | Delaware | 19803 | — |
| University of Southern Florida | Tampa | Florida | 33620 | — |
| National Institutes of Health Clinical Center | Bethesda | Maryland | 20892 | — |
| Harvard Medical School | Boston | Massachusetts | 02115 | — |
| University of Minnesota | Minneapolis | Minnesota | 55415 | — |
| University of Missouri | Columbia | Missouri | 65205 | — |
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