CERVCO is the French National Reference Centre for Rare Cerebrovascular and Retinal Diseases, accredited by the Ministry of Health since 2005. Since 2017, CERVCO has coordinated the MRVC cohort, a prospective cohort of patients with rare vascular diseases of the brain and retina, and established the associated B-MRVC biobank in 2020 to support translational research and biomarker discovery. Due to the rarity and heterogeneity of these disorders, centralized longitudinal collection of clinical data and biological samples is essential to improve understanding of disease mechanisms, identify biomarkers of progression and prognosis, and facilitate the development of new diagnostic and therapeutic approaches. The present study aims to expand this longitudinal biobank, enable national and international collaborative research through controlled sample sharing, and establish reference control samples to support biomarker validation.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
600
Additional blood collection
For healthy volunteers: neurological evaluation, blood and urine sampling
Comparative analysis of proteins
Comparative analysis of proteins and candidate biomarkers in serum or plasma between patients with a rare brain disorder and control subjects
Time frame: At inclusion
Measurement of proteins and biomarkers
Time frame: Up to 5 years
Occurrence of a significant event indicating disease progression
Stroke, cognitive decline, progressive markers in brain or retinal imaging
Time frame: Up to 5 years
Inter-method variability of assays assessed by measures of agreement between techniques
Time frame: Up to 5 years
Protein/biomarker assays according to the different conditions involved
Time frame: Up to 5 years
Protein/biomarker assays according to sex and age
Time frame: Up to 5 years
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