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RecruitingNCT04507997Updated Apr 3, 2025

Angelman Syndrome Natural History Study

An observational study in Angelman Syndrome, sponsored by Boston Children's Hospital. Recruiting at 11 sites in 2 countries. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-04-03.

Sponsored by Boston Children's Hospital · Observational

From the registry’s dates

  • Started Aug 2018; still recruiting 8 years 2 months later.
Study type
Observational
Model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
300
Sex
All
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Study summary

The goal of this study is to conduct a prospective, longitudinal natural history study of children and adults with Angelman Syndrome using investigator-observed and parent-reported outcome measures to obtain data that will be useful for future clinical trials.

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The overall goal is to increase our understanding of the long-term natural history of Angelman syndrome and obtain Angelman-specific norms for outcome measures that can be used in clinical trials, ultimately improving the care of individuals with Angelman syndrome.

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Conditions studied

  • Angelman Syndrome

Keywords

  • Angelman syndrome
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In context

Angelman Syndrome

46 studies on the registry are indexed under Angelman Syndrome; 16 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 300 is above the median of 101 across 20 observational studies indexed under Angelman Syndrome.

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Lead sponsor

Boston Children's Hospital is the lead sponsor of 598 studies on the registry; 151 are open to participants now.

Of its 31 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 18 (58%) have results posted.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
Child (0–17), Adult (18–64), Older adult (65+)
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No
Sampling method
Non-probability sample

Study population

All individuals with a molecular diagnosis of Angelman syndrome

Inclusion criteria

  • Molecular diagnosis of Angelman syndrome

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Presence of another condition, unrelated to Angelman syndrome, that affects neurodevelopment
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Study design

Observational model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
300 participants (estimated)
Patient registry
No
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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Medical History

    Includes various medical complications, including seizure history

    Time frame: Through study completion, an average of 1 year

  2. Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales, 3rd edition

    Developmental and Adaptive skills

    Time frame: Through study completion, an average of 1 year

  3. Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development, 4th edition

    Developmental skills

    Time frame: Through study completion, an average of 1 year

  4. Observer-Reported Communication Ability (ORCA) Measure

    Communication skills

    Time frame: Through study completion, an average of 1 year

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Study locations

10 of 11 sites recruiting
  • Cedars-Sinai Guerin Children's
    Los Angeles, California 90048, United States
    • Cesar Ochoa-Lubinoff, MD, MPH · Principal investigator
    Not yet recruiting
  • Rady Children's Hospital, San Diego
    San Diego, California 92123, United States
    • Rachel Winograd, RN · Contact · rwinograd@rchsd.org · 858-966-8453
    • Lynne M. Bird, MD · Principal investigator
    Recruiting
  • Children's Hospital Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus
    Aurora, Colorado 80045, United States
    Recruiting
  • Emory University School of Medicine
    Atlanta, Georgia 30322, United States
    Recruiting
  • Rush University Children's Hospital
    Chicago, Illinois 60612, United States
    • Margaret Porwit, BA · Contact · margaret_r_porwit@rush.edu · 312-942-0079
    • Elizabeth Berry-Kravis, MD, PhD · Principal investigator
    Recruiting
  • Boston Children's Hospital
    Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
    Recruiting
  • The Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities
    Carrboro, North Carolina 27510, United States
    • Hannah Riehl, MA · Contact · Hannah.Riehl@cidd.unc.edu · 919-962-8462
    • Margaret DeRamus, MS, CCC-SLP · Principal investigator
    Recruiting
  • Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt
    Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States
    • Kaylee Lynch, BA · Contact · kaylee.lynch@vumc.org · 615-517-8225
    • Robert Carson, MD, PhD · Principal investigator
    Recruiting
  • Alberta Children's Hospital
    Calgary, Alberta, Canada
    Recruiting
  • BC Children's Hospital
    Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    Recruiting
  • Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario
    Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
    • Ioana Moldovan, MD, MSc · Contact · IMoldovan@cheo.on.ca · 613-737-7600
    • Erick Sell, MD · Principal investigator
    Recruiting
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Apr 3, 2025, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT04507997
Lead sponsor
Boston Children's Hospital
Collaborators
University of California, San Diego, Angelman Syndrome Biomarker & Outcome Measure Consortium (A-BOM), Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Angelman Syndrome Foundation Canada, Foundation for Angelman Syndrome Therapeutics Canada, Foundation for Angelman Syndrome Therapeutics, Angelman Syndrome Foundation, Inc.
Responsible party
Wen-Hann Tan (Attending Physician in Genetics, Boston Children's Hospital) — Principal investigator
First posted
Aug 11, 2020
Start date
Aug 1, 2018
Primary completion
Apr 2031 (estimated)
Completion
Apr 2031 (estimated)
Last update
Apr 3, 2025

Study contacts

Wen-Hann Tan, BMBS
Contact
wen-hann.tan@childrens.harvard.edu
617-355 6394
Batsheva Friedman, MA
Contact
Batsheva.Friedman@childrens.harvard.edu
617-355-2030
Wen-Hann Tan, BMBS
study chair · Boston Children's Hospital

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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