Registry and Natural History Study for Early Onset Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia

This study is a registry and natural history study for people with early-onset Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia (HSP), a group of neurological diseases that cause progressive decline. The study aims to collect information and biological samples (like skin, blood, or saliva) from up to 700 participants under 30 years old who developed HSP symptoms before age 18. You can join if you have a confirmed genetic change linked to HSP, or if you are a relative of someone with such a diagnosis. The main goals are to understand the range of the disease, collect long-term data, and create a bank of samples for future research. This information will help doctors better understand HSP and plan future treatment studies.

Study design
This is an observational study, meaning no specific intervention is being tested. It aims to enroll up to 700 participants to gather information about early-onset Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia.
What's involved
Participants will provide longitudinal clinical data and biological samples (skin, blood, and/or saliva) over an average of one year.
Compensation
Not stated in the trial record.
Follow-up
Participants will be followed through study completion, which is an average of one year.

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NCT04712812

Registry and Natural History Study for Early Onset Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia

Recruiting
Not specifiedUp to 30Observational
Boston Children's Hospital
~700 participants
Updated 2026-03-18 on ClinicalTrials.gov

At a glance

Recruiting sites
1 of 1 listed site is recruiting right now
RecruitingSuspended, closed, or not yet open
What they're measuring
Establishment of disease spectrum
Measured over Through study completion, an average of 1 year
+3 more outcomes measured
Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia
SPG47
SPG50
SPG51
SPG52
AP4-related Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia
Early Onset Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia
SPG4
SPG3A
SPG15
SPG11

NCT04712812

Where you'd take part

This study runs at 1 site. They're the same protocol — you choose where, and that choice sets who your contact draft is addressed to.

  • Boston Children's Hospital

    Boston, Massachusettsstudy coordinator listed

    Recruiting

Sites open and close at different times, so the status above is per site — it can differ from the study's overall status.

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Eligibility criteria

Inclusion

Onset of hereditary spastic paraplegia symptoms before the age of 18 years
Under the age of 30 years old
Must have a genetically confirmed variant in HSP-related genes and a relative of an individual with a confirmed diagnosis (if applicable).

Exclusion

Not having such a diagnosis and/or not being related to such individual
  • Establishment of disease spectrumThrough study completion, an average of 1 year

    Establish the disease spectrum through a cross-sectional analysis of clinical, imaging and molecular data

  • Establishment of longitudinal dataThrough study completion, an average of 1 year

    Establish the natural history of early-onset HSP through longitudinal clinician- and patient-reported outcome measures

  • Creation of biorepositoryThrough study completion, an average of 1 year

    Create a biorepository (blood samples, fibroblasts, induced pluripotent stem cells)

  • Creation of patient registryThrough study completion, an average of 1 year

    Create a registry that allows for re-identification and re-contact of participants by appropriate investigators