A Genome-Wide Association Study for Neonatal Diseases : A Genome-Wide Association Study on Chinese Preterm Neonates and Identification of Functional Variants for Susceptibility to Necrotising Enterocolitis

NEC is the most frequently encountered surgical emergencies and a life-threatening disease that predominantly affects preterm neonates. The incidence is estimated to be 7-10% in ver low birth weight (VLBW) neonates (Lin and Stoll, 2006; Neu and Walker, 2011). However, a significant proportion of affected neonates (20-30%) develops severe progressive disease with intestinal necrosis and complications resulting in gut perforation and peritonitis which require urgent surgical intervention (surgical cases) (Sharma et al., 2006). The mortality rate of surgical cases is high (25-50%), and may increase to 100% in patients with pan-necrosis of the bowel. Those neonates who survived often suffer severe morbidity, including short bowel syndrome, parenteral nutrition-associated cholestasis, poor physical growth and neurodevelopmental impairment (Neu and Walker, 2011; Salhab et al., 2004). However, the etiology and pathophysiology of NEC remain incompletely understood. The current knowledge has directed towards multiple predisposing factors which include prematurity, immature gut mucosa and host defense immunity, formula milk feeding and altered microbial colonization in the gut resulting in excessive inflammatory response, leading to irreversible intestinal cell death and gut necrosis (Neu and Walker, 2011; Chan et al., 2013). To date, no genetic risk markers or biomarkers are available for reliable prediction of neonates who are at high risk of developing NEC. Besides host genetic factors, gut bacteria have been reported to predispose neonates to disease risk (Mai et. al., 2011; Neu and Pammi, 2018).In this study, we shall conduct a GWAS on Chinese preterm neonates for identification of genetic risks for NEC and determine gut microbiome structure (enterotype) of NEC..

Medienart:

Klinische Studie

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

ClinicalTrials.gov - (2023) vom: 25. Sept. Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2023

Sprache:

Englisch

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Themen:

610
Enterocolitis
Enterocolitis, Necrotizing
Infant, Newborn, Diseases
Recruitment Status: Recruiting
Study Type: Observational

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Source: Link to the current ClinicalTrials.gov record., First posted: August 30, 2019, Last downloaded: ClinicalTrials.gov processed this data on October 04, 2023, Last updated: October 04, 2023

Study ID:

NCT04074824
2017.493

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

CTG003151050