This is a prospective three-year natural history study of adults with hypoparathyroidism. The goal is to monitor patients with hypoparathyroidism to define end-organ damage in the context of the disease. The study objectives are to: 1. Build a prospective cohort of patients to study HPT-associated end-organ damage. 2. Determine end-organ physiologic consequences of HPT. 3. Elucidate determinants of HPT-associated end-organ damage. Funding Source - FDA OOPD
The goal of this study is to prospectively collect data on the natural history of hypoparathyroidism (HPT). This will enable longitudinal data collection of complications in this disease, specifically defining the epidemiology of end-organ complications of HPT that are related to high calcification propensity. It will also determine relationships between calcification burden and end-organ disease severity and progression risk and assess the utility of traditional and novel biomarkers of mineral and bone metabolism on disease diagnosis and monitoring. These data will inform future investigations on the development, study, and implementation of HPT end-organ disease modifying strategies and impact clinical practice in hypoparathyroidism.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
106
Columbia University Medical Center - Harkness Pavillion
New York, New York, United States
RECRUITINGKidney function
blood test for changes in eGFR (in mL/min/1.73m\^2)
Time frame: baseline, 6, 12, 18, 24, 30, 36 Months
Kidney calcification
Changes in kidney calcification and stones will be assessed by abdominal CT in an optional imaging sub group. Results will be assessed and reported by a clinician.
Time frame: Baseline and 36 Months
Brain calcification
Changes in brain calcification will be assessed by head CT in an optional imaging sub-group. Results will be assessed and reported by a clinician.
Time frame: Baseline and 36 Months
Vascular calcification
Changes in vascular calcification will be assessed by leg arterial calcifications on high resolution quantitative computed tomography in all, and aortic calcifications on abdominal CT and vertebral fracture assessment by DXA in optional imaging sub-group
Time frame: Baseline and 36 Months
Bone mineral density
Changes in dual energy X-ray absorptiometry will be assessed in an optional imaging sub-group
Time frame: Baseline and 36 Months
Bone microarchitecture and bone strength
Changes in high resolution peripheral quantitative computed tomography will be assessed
Time frame: Baseline and 36 Months
Cardiac function
Changes in EKG will be assessed
Time frame: Baseline and 36 Months
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Transcriptomic signaling for calcification
Changes in microRNA will be assessed
Time frame: Baseline and 36 Months
Biomarkers blood
Changes in complete metabolic panel to see changes with eGFR (including albumin-corrected serum calcium), PTH, phosphorus, magnesium, 25(OH)D, 25(OH)D2, TSH, FT4.
Time frame: baseline, 6, 12, 18, 24, 30, 36 Months
Biomarkers urine
24 hour urine will be collected for changes in calcium, creatinine, total volume and protein
Time frame: baseline, 6, 12, 18, 24, 30, 36 Months
Dietary Intake
Food frequency questionnaires will be administered to measure changes in calcium, phosphorus, vitamin D, and sodium intake
Time frame: baseline, 12, 24 and 36 Months
Cognitive Function
Changes in cognitive function will be assessed by NIH Toolbox®; Letter Fluency by the Controlled Oral Word Association Test with the letters FAS; Sematic Fluency by Animal Fluency; List Learning and Memory by the Hopkins Verbal Learning Test; subjective cognitive function by FACT-Cog
Time frame: baseline, 12, 24 and 36 Months
Neurologic Tests of Motor Function
Repeated Chair Stand (RCS) test will be administered to see how many times a patient can sit in and stand from a chair in 30 seconds and "Timed Up and Go" Test will measure how many seconds it takes for a patient to walk to assess changes in motor function
Time frame: baseline, 12, 24 and 36 Months
Quality of Life Through Self-Reported Questionnaires
Quality of life will be assessed by SF-36, FACIT-IF (self-reported fatigue), PGI-S and PGI-I (patient global impression of severity and impact), Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) and the HPT Symptom Diary and changes will be tracked through visits
Time frame: baseline, 12, 24 and 36 Months
Calcioprotein Maturation Time
Will be obtained through blood collection and measured in minutes and changes will be tracked through visits
Time frame: Baseline and 36 months
Sclerostin
Will be obtained through blood collection and measured in pmol/L and changes will be tracked through visits
Time frame: Baseline and 36 months
FGF23
Will be obtained through blood collection and measured in pg/mL and changes will be tracked through visits
Time frame: Baseline and 36 months