Whole Transcriptome Profiling and Metabolic Phenotyping in Children With ROHHAD Syndrome

Description

Rapid onset Obesity, Hypoventilation, Hypothalamic dysfunction and Autonomic Dysregulation (ROHHAD) is a syndrome named in 2007. The hallmark of the syndrome is the rapid onset obesity and dysregulation of central ventilation. There is little information about the metabolic changes that lead to the rapid onset obesity in these children. The investigators would like to study the metabolic phenotype of these children to understand the disturbances in energy balance that lead to the rapid onset obesity.

Conditions

Childhood Obesity, Morbid Obesity

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

Rapid onset Obesity, Hypoventilation, Hypothalamic dysfunction and Autonomic Dysregulation (ROHHAD) is a syndrome named in 2007. The hallmark of the syndrome is the rapid onset obesity and dysregulation of central ventilation. There is little information about the metabolic changes that lead to the rapid onset obesity in these children. The investigators would like to study the metabolic phenotype of these children to understand the disturbances in energy balance that lead to the rapid onset obesity.

Whole Transcriptome Profiling and Metabolic Phenotyping in Children With ROHHAD Syndrome

Whole Transcriptome Profiling and Metabolic Phenotyping in Children With ROHHAD Syndrome

Condition
Childhood Obesity
Intervention / Treatment

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Contacts and Locations

Boston

Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, New York, United States, 02115

New York

Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York, United States, 10032

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Children with ROHHAD syndrome
  • * Children with known genetic causes of obesity

Ages Eligible for Study

2 Years to 20 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

Columbia University,

Vidhu Thaker, MD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Columbia University

Study Record Dates

2025-12