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Not yet recruitingNCT07712003C-RAREUpdated Jul 17, 2026

Natural History to Assess Disease in Patients With MPS IIIC

An observational study in Sanfilippo Syndrome Type C and Mucopolysaccharidosis (MPS) IIIC, sponsored by Phoenix Nest. Not yet recruiting at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 1 Year to 25 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-07-17.

Sponsored by Phoenix Nest · Observational

Study type
Observational
Model
Case-only
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
35
Ages
1 Year to 25 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

This is a REMOTE prospective observational study of participants with MPS IIIC.

No investigational medicinal product will be administered as part of this study.

Patients functional abilities will be captured using video recordings taken by patients legal representative or caregiver using a dedicated clinical video application downloaded from the internet onto a smartphone. The video application is called C-RARE.

Electronic observer-reported outcome (ObsRO) questionnaires will be completed by the legal representatives or caregivers via C-RARE.

The study will last two years with videos and questionnaires taken every 6 months for a total of 5 time points. Data will then be reviewed and measured for functional change using a scoring scale designed for the use of this study.

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The study will be conducted remotely; no in-person visits are required. Approximately 35 participants with MPS IIIC will be enrolled in the study through a study site in the United States of America (USA). Enrollment of the first 25 participants with age ≤10 years will help ensure that the data collected from these younger participants will provide a better understanding of the early phase of the disease that may be relevant for future drug development. The remaining 10 participants will be between 11 to 25 years of age. The cutoff for the study is 25 years old. Participants speaking either Spanish, Portuguese, German, French or English may enroll in the study.

At Screening (Visit 1), the site coordinator based at UT Southwestern will review the laboratory report with a confirmed diagnosis of Hgsnat-deficiency MPS IIIC and a mutational analysis report demonstrating homozygous or compound heterozygous, pathogenic, and/or potentially pathogenic variants in the Hgsnat gene to assess the eligibility of the participants. After confirming diagnosis by the site coordinator, the caregiver or legal representative(s) will read and sign the informed consent form electronically, and when possible, the participant will provide adult or pediatric assent electronically.

At Baseline (Visit 2), the legal representative(s) or caregiver will be asked to complete electronic demographics and medical record questionnaire via the C-RARE App.

At Baseline (Visit 2) and at 6-month intervals (from Visit 3 through the end of the study), the legal representative(s) or caregiver will be asked to complete questionnaires and record home video assessments using a dedicated study app called C-RARE. Functional and cognitive abilities will be captured in the home environment by video and PEDI-CAT, an electronic a caregiver reported outcome assessment.

The legal representative(s) or caregiver will be provided with a C-RARE kit (via mailing), which includes a manual and props, as well as training for using the app. Baseline at-home visit (demographics, medical/surgical history, concomitant medications/therapy history, video and PEDI-CAT assessment, and ObsRO) should be completed at Visit 2. At-home Visit 3 to Visit 6 (video, PEDI-CAT assessment, and ObsRO) should be completed within a 14-day period for each visit. The legal representative(s) or caregiver will be provided with the timeline for each visit.

The study population will include participants with a confirmed diagnosis of MPS IIIC. Participants will be recruited for approximately 3 months by patient organizations. The patient organizations will provide participants with details of the site coordinator at UTSW. Participant-level data will be obtained through C-RARE app and PEDI-CAT.

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Conditions studied

  • Sanfilippo Syndrome Type C
  • Mucopolysaccharidosis (MPS) IIIC

Keywords

  • Mucopolysaccharidosis
  • Sanfilippo syndrome
  • MPS IIIC
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In context

Mucopolysaccharidosis III

58 studies on the registry are indexed under Mucopolysaccharidosis III; 16 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 35 is above the median of 30 across 24 observational studies indexed under Mucopolysaccharidosis III.

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Lead sponsor

Phoenix Nest is the lead sponsor of 3 studies on the registry; 2 are open to participants now.

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

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
1 Year to 25 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No
Sampling method
Non-probability sample

Study population

The study population will include participants with confirmed diagnosis of MPS IIIC. Participants will be recruited for approximately 3 months by patient organizations. The patient organizations will provide participants with details of the site coordinator at University of Texas Southwestern (UTSW).

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Inclusion criteria

  • 1. ≥1 year and ≤ 25 years of age 2. Confirmed diagnosis of MPS IIIC by all of the following:

    1. Deficiency in the Hgsnat enzyme activity
    2. Genetic analysis demonstrating homozygous or compound heterozygous, pathogenic, and/or potentially pathogenic variants in the Hgsnat gene
    3. Signs/symptoms consistent with MPS IIIC, or individuals who have not presented with signs/symptoms of disease but meet inclusion criteria 2a and 2b 3. Electronic from legal representative(s) or caregivers and when possible, pediatric or adult assent from the participant 4. One of the legal representative(s) or the caregivers is willing to perform at home visits and assessments per instruction 5. Ability to comply with protocol requirements, in the opinion of the Investigator 6. Able to take food or liquid by mouth, able to walk with or without assistance 7. Participants must have health insurance 8. Caregiver willing and able to comply with protocol requirements, including performing at-home visits and assessments 9. Participants must have smart phone or tablet and reliable internet connection 10. Have one of these languages as their first language: English, Spanish, French, German or Portuguese

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Have received prior gene therapy or ERT for the treatment of MPS IIIC ever or any other drug for any reason within 30 days prior to the Screening visit (Visit 1)
  2. Have concomitant illness or medical condition that, in the opinion of the Investigator, might compromise the participant's ability to comply with protocol requirements or the participant's wellbeing or safety, or the interpretability of the participant's clinical data
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(2)

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Informed consent

Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.

You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.

Investigational drug or device

A drug or device being studied in a clinical trial.

It may be new, or already approved and being studied for another use, dose or form. Criteria often leave out people who took part in another study of one within a recent period, commonly 30 days or five half-lives.

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Study design

Observational model
Case-only
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
35 participants (estimated)
Patient registry
No
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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Daily living functions captured by video

    Ability to perform activities of daily living.

    Time frame: Baseline to up to 2 years with 6-month time points.

  2. Expressive and receptive language assessed by standard questionnaires

    Ability to understand, comprehend and respond to communication.

    Time frame: Baseline to up to 2 years with 6-month time points.

  3. Speech as assessed by standard questionnaires

    Analysis of speech quality.

    Time frame: Baseline to up to 2 years; with 6-month time points.

  4. Behavior as assessed by ability to perform daily functions as captured by video

    Quality of behavior as defined by ability to perform defined functions

    Time frame: Baseline to up to 2 years with 6-month time points.

  5. Mobility as assessed by video and standard questionnaires

    Assessment of fine and gross motor abilities

    Time frame: Baseline up to 2 years with 6-month time points.

Secondary outcomes

  1. What Matters Most

    Questionnaire asking caregiver to rank skills from most important to least

    Time frame: Baseline up to 2years with 6-month time points.

  2. Assessment of Behavioral Changes in Sanfilippo (ABCS)

    Questionnaire asking families to rank changes in patients behavior over time.

    Time frame: Baseline up to 2 years with 6-month time points.

  3. PEDI-CAT standard questionnaire

    Observer reporter cognitive outcome questionnaire

    Time frame: Baseline up to 2 years with 6-month time points.

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Study locations

1 site
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Yes — Results of study findings will be published.

Supporting information: Study protocol, Statistical analysis plan, Informed consent form

Time frame: 2030, indefinitely.

Access criteria: Once published anyone can access study results online.

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reached

Start is estimated for Nov 2026; primary completion for Nov 2028, 24 months later.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Jun 15, 2026
First posted
Jul 17, 2026
StartEst.
Nov 1, 2026
Primary completionEst.
Nov 1, 2028
CompletionEst.
Feb 1, 2029
Last update
Jul 17, 2026
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jul 17, 2026, 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
NCT07712003
Lead sponsor
Phoenix Nest
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Jul 17, 2026
Start date
Nov 1, 2026 (estimated)
Primary completion
Nov 1, 2028 (estimated)
Completion
Feb 1, 2029 (estimated)
Last update
Jul 17, 2026

Study contacts

Holly Lawrence
Contact
Holly.Lawrence@utsouthwestern.edu
2144044239

Oversight

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