Clinical trial · Observational
Unravelling the Role of KCTD Protein Family in the Clinical Management of Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemias
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
A transcriptomic analysis of bone marrow from B-ALL patients was performed by our research group for identifying novel protein/factor with a putative role of disease biomarker. Along with some already known B-ALL biomarkers, our analysis highlighted deregulation of some members of an emerging protein class denoted as KCTD (Potassium ChannelTetramerization Domain-containing proteins). Starting from our preliminary observations, and considering that KCTDs havenever been studied in ALL, we decided to study these proteins in B- and T-ALL affected pediatric patients, enrolled by our research group in collaboration with AORN Santobono-Pausilipon pediatric oncological hospital.Indeed, the present research program aims at opening a new scenario for the study of KCTD proteins in childhood leukemias. The final goal of the project will be to evaluate the translational relevance of selected deregulated KCTDs as novel biomarkers useful for B-ALL and T-ALL diagnostics, and patient management.
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia | Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia | ONTOLOGY_EXACT | 0.98 |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| observational study | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- label
- Pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia patients
- description
- pediatric patients of 1-16 years old affected by acute lymphoblastic leukemia
- interventionNames
- Other: observational study
- label
- healthy subjects
- description
- cord blood from healthy donors that cannot be used for clinical purposes
- interventionNames
- Other: observational study
Primary outcomes (3)
- measure
- KCTD expression levels, by RNAseq approach, in a cohort of B and T cell ALL affected patients compared to unaffected controls
- timeFrame
- 1-12 months
- description
- We enroll during this project about 15-20 B-ALL, and 3-6 T-ALL patients.RNAseq experiments for transcriptome analysis will be performed on a study cohort of at least 8 B-ALL patients, 3-4 T-ALL patients, and naive B or T cells purified from cord blood as control for B- and T-ALL correspondingly. Raw counts will be used and an empirical Bayes approach applied (DESeq2, R package). The results will include, for each gene, log-fold change (log2), base mean, p-value and adjusted p-values (Benjamimi-Hochberg). DEgenes output will be exported into format suitable for IPA Ingenuity pathway AnalysisSoftware (Qiagen), for gene annotations, functional analysis and biomarker prediction. The KCTD proteins that will be dereguleted in B-ALL and T-ALL will be studied in detail.
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 1 Year
- Maximum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Patients aged 1-18 years of both sexes diagnosed with B- ALL and T-ALL; * Patients who will have signed the informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Patients who refuse to participate in the study; * Patients who do not fall within the age range mentioned above
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