NCT01698229

Collection of Cerebrospinal Fluid in Healthy Children

• Status: Terminated
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 32 (actual)
• Sponsor: Weill Medical College of Cornell University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 2 Years – 8 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to obtain cerebrospinal fluid from healthy children already undergoing a lumbar puncture procedure at New York Presbyterian Hospital, to act as healthy controls when compared to children with late infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (LINCL), a fatal neurodegenerative disease.

Detailed description

obtain cerebrospinal fluid from healthy children already undergoing a lumbar puncture procedure at New York Presbyterian Hospital, to act as healthy controls when compared to children with late infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (LINCL), a fatal neurodegenerative disease.

Conditions

• Late Infantile Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis
• Batten Disease

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Group 1	Collecting a small amount of cerebrospinal fluid (5 mL) from healthy children, ages 2 yrs - 8 yrs, who are already undergoing a lumbar puncture procedure at New York Presbyterian Hospital for clinical or diagnostic purposes.

Timeline

• Start date: 2011-12-01
• Primary completion: 2015-12-01
• Completion: 2015-12-01
• First posted: 2012-10-02
• Last updated: 2016-05-04

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States