Inclusion Body Myopathy With Early-onset Paget Disease and Frontotemporal DementiaNCT01353430
Characterization of Inclusion Body Myopathy Associated With Paget's Disease of Bone and Frontotemporal Dementia (IBMPFD)
An observational study of Inclusion Body Myopathy With Early-onset Paget Disease and Frontotemporal Dementia and Paget Disease of Bone, run by University of California, Irvine at 1 site in United States.
Trial summary
The investigators are researching families with inherited inclusion body myopathy (IBM) and/or Paget disease of bone (PDB) and/or dementia (FTD) which is also called IBMPFD. IBMPFD is caused by mutations in the VCP gene. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 years and olderHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Inclusion Body Myopathy With Early-onset Paget Disease and Frontotemporal Dementia, Paget Disease of Bone, Frontotemporal Dementia
- How many people
- 50 participants
- Where
- 1 siteUnited States
- Study dates
- 15 Nov 2007to Dec 2030
- Phase
- Observational
- Are there results?
- Not yet: the study is under way
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 18 years and older
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Adult, Older adult
Study population: Individuals with a personal or family history of VCP associated disease.
Who may be able to join
- Inclusion criteria include all individuals with a combination of medical problems including muscle and bone disease and their family members. Because historically VCP related muscle disease has been erroneously diagnosed with the following diagnoses, therefore if these patients also have a personal or family history of bone disease they will be considered eligible for the study:
- Muscle disorders considered include:
- Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophy
- Myopathy
- FSH (Facioscapular muscular dystrophy) without the mutation
- Scapuloperoneal muscular dystrophy
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- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
- Non specific muscular dystrophy
- AND
- Bone disorders including:
- Paget disease of bone
- Fibrous dysplasia
- Diaphyseal medullary stenosis with malignant fibrous histiocytoma (DMS-MFH)
- Non-specific bone disease
- Eligible participants must also be:
- Subjects must to 18 years or older
- Subjects must to able to give consent
- Adult family members or spouses over the age of 18 of the affected individuals
Who cannot join
- Under the age of 18.
- Individuals who report a different unrelated diagnosis will be excluded from the study. Testing to confirm different diagnoses will not be performed, instead patient will be questioned for this information and records will be obtained for confirmation of appropriate testing.
- Those who are unable to provide consent for themselves will be excluded from participating in the study.
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country. Contact the study team or a site near you to ask about taking part.
United States1 site, 1 recruiting
- Recruiting
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, California, 92697-1385
Virginia Kimonis, MD, 949-824-0571, vkimonis@uci.edu
Virginia Kimonis, MD
About this study
Official title: Characterization of Familial Myopathy and Paget Disease of Bone
The investigators are researching families with inherited inclusion body myopathy (IBM) and/or Paget disease of bone (PDB) and/or dementia (FTD) which is also called IBMPFD. IBMPFD is caused by mutations in the VCP gene. Our main goal is to understand how changes in the VCP gene cause the muscle, bone and cognitive problems associated with the disease.
The investigators are collecting biological specimen such as blood and urine samples, family and medical histories, questionnaire data of patients with a personal or family history of VCP associated disease. Participants do not need to have all symptoms listed above in order to qualify. A select group of participants may be invited to travel to University of California, Irvine for a two day program of local procedures such as an MRI and bone scan.
Samples are coded to maintain confidentiality. Travel is not necessary except for families invited for additional testing.
- Conditions
- Inclusion Body Myopathy With Early-onset Paget Disease and Frontotemporal Dementia, Paget Disease of Bone, Frontotemporal Dementia, Myopathy
- Keywords
- IBMPFD - Inclusion Body Myopathy associated with, Paget's disease of bone and Frontotemporal Dementia, VCP gene - Valosin-containing protein gene
- Medical subject headings
- Inclusion Body Myopathy With Early-Onset Paget Disease And Frontotemporal Dementia, Osteitis Deformans, Frontotemporal Dementia, Muscular Diseases
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| VCP families | Patients with a personal or family history of VCP associated disease. |
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted13 May 2011 (estimated)
- Study start15 Nov 2007
- Primary completionDec 2030 (estimated)
- Study completionDec 2030 (estimated)
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Publications (34)Papers the sponsor has linked to this study.
- Other trials for Inclusion Body Myopathy With Early-onset Paget Disease and Frontotemporal DementiaStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by University of California, IrvineThe sponsor's other registered studies.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Observational
- Observational model
- Case-control
- Time perspective
- Cross-sectional
- Enrolment
- 50 participants (estimated)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- University of California, Irvine
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, Virginia Kimonis, University of California, Irvine
- Investigators
- Virginia Kimonis, MD, Principal investigator, University of California, Irvine
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT01353430
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- #20075832
- Status last verified
- Jun 2025
- First submitted
- 26 Jan 2011
- Last updated
- 18 Jun 2025
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
Publications
Kimonis VE, Fulchiero E, Vesa J, Watts G. VCP disease associated with myopathy, Paget disease of bone and frontotemporal dementia: review of a unique disorder. Biochim Biophys Acta. 2008 Dec;1782(12):744-8. doi: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2008.09.003. Epub 2008 Sep 18.
PubMed 18845250Llewellyn KJ, Walker N, Nguyen C, Tan B, BenMohamed L, Kimonis VE, Nalbandian A. A Fine Balance of Dietary Lipids Improves Pathology of a Murine Model of VCP-Associated Multisystem Proteinopathy. PLoS One. 2015 Jul 2;10(7):e0131995. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0131995. eCollection 2015.
PubMed 26134519Tresse E, Salomons FA, Vesa J, Bott LC, Kimonis V, Yao TP, Dantuma NP, Taylor JP. VCP/p97 is essential for maturation of ubiquitin-containing autophagosomes and this function is impaired by mutations that cause IBMPFD. Autophagy. 2010 Feb;6(2):217-27. doi: 10.4161/auto.6.2.11014. Epub 2010 Feb 22.
PubMed 20104022Hubbers CU, Clemen CS, Kesper K, Boddrich A, Hofmann A, Kamarainen O, Tolksdorf K, Stumpf M, Reichelt J, Roth U, Krause S, Watts G, Kimonis V, Wattjes MP, Reimann J, Thal DR, Biermann K, Evert BO, Lochmuller H, Wanker EE, Schoser BG, Noegel AA, Schroder R. Pathological consequences of VCP mutations on human striated muscle. Brain. 2007 Feb;130(Pt 2):381-93. doi: 10.1093/brain/awl238. Epub 2006 Sep 19.
PubMed 16984901Vesa J, Su H, Watts GD, Krause S, Walter MC, Martin B, Smith C, Wallace DC, Kimonis VE. Valosin containing protein associated inclusion body myopathy: abnormal vacuolization, autophagy and cell fusion in myoblasts. Neuromuscul Disord. 2009 Nov;19(11):766-72. doi: 10.1016/j.nmd.2009.08.003. Epub 2009 Oct 13.
PubMed 19828315Weihl CC, Pestronk A, Kimonis VE. Valosin-containing protein disease: inclusion body myopathy with Paget's disease of the bone and fronto-temporal dementia. Neuromuscul Disord. 2009 May;19(5):308-15. doi: 10.1016/j.nmd.2009.01.009. Epub 2009 Apr 19.
PubMed 19380227Kimonis VE, Mehta SG, Fulchiero EC, Thomasova D, Pasquali M, Boycott K, Neilan EG, Kartashov A, Forman MS, Tucker S, Kimonis K, Mumm S, Whyte MP, Smith CD, Watts GD. Clinical studies in familial VCP myopathy associated with Paget disease of bone and frontotemporal dementia. Am J Med Genet A. 2008 Mar 15;146A(6):745-57. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.31862.
PubMed 18260132Watts GD, Thomasova D, Ramdeen SK, Fulchiero EC, Mehta SG, Drachman DA, Weihl CC, Jamrozik Z, Kwiecinski H, Kaminska A, Kimonis VE. Novel VCP mutations in inclusion body myopathy associated with Paget disease of bone and frontotemporal dementia. Clin Genet. 2007 Nov;72(5):420-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.2007.00887.x.
PubMed 17935506Mehta SG, Watts GD, Adamson JL, Hutton M, Umberger G, Xiong S, Ramdeen S, Lovell MA, Kimonis VE, Smith CD. APOE is a potential modifier gene in an autosomal dominant form of frontotemporal dementia (IBMPFD). Genet Med. 2007 Jan;9(1):9-13. doi: 10.1097/gim.0b013e31802d830d.
PubMed 17224685Forman MS, Mackenzie IR, Cairns NJ, Swanson E, Boyer PJ, Drachman DA, Jhaveri BS, Karlawish JH, Pestronk A, Smith TW, Tu PH, Watts GD, Markesbery WR, Smith CD, Kimonis VE. Novel ubiquitin neuropathology in frontotemporal dementia with valosin-containing protein gene mutations. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol. 2006 Jun;65(6):571-81. doi: 10.1097/00005072-200606000-00005.
PubMed 16783167Mehta SG, Watts GD, McGillivray B, Mumm S, Hamilton SJ, Ramdeen S, Novack D, Briggs C, Whyte MP, Kimonis VE. Manifestations in a family with autosomal dominant bone fragility and limb-girdle myopathy. Am J Med Genet A. 2006 Feb 15;140(4):322-30. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.31008.
PubMed 16419137Kimonis VE, Watts GD. Autosomal dominant inclusion body myopathy, Paget disease of bone, and frontotemporal dementia. Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord. 2005 Oct-Dec;19 Suppl 1:S44-7. doi: 10.1097/01.wad.0000183081.76820.5a.
PubMed 16317258Lucas GJ, Mehta SG, Hocking LJ, Stewart TL, Cundy T, Nicholson GC, Walsh JP, Fraser WD, Watts GD, Ralston SH, Kimonis VE. Evaluation of the role of Valosin-containing protein in the pathogenesis of familial and sporadic Paget's disease of bone. Bone. 2006 Feb;38(2):280-5. doi: 10.1016/j.bone.2005.07.014. Epub 2005 Sep 30.
PubMed 16199218Watts GD, Wymer J, Kovach MJ, Mehta SG, Mumm S, Darvish D, Pestronk A, Whyte MP, Kimonis VE. Inclusion body myopathy associated with Paget disease of bone and frontotemporal dementia is caused by mutant valosin-containing protein. Nat Genet. 2004 Apr;36(4):377-81. doi: 10.1038/ng1332. Epub 2004 Mar 21.
PubMed 15034582Watts GD, Thorne M, Kovach MJ, Pestronk A, Kimonis VE. Clinical and genetic heterogeneity in chromosome 9p associated hereditary inclusion body myopathy: exclusion of GNE and three other candidate genes. Neuromuscul Disord. 2003 Sep;13(7-8):559-67. doi: 10.1016/s0960-8966(03)00070-1.
PubMed 12921793
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 18 Jun 2025. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Characterization of Familial Myopathy and Paget Disease of Bone
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT01353430
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- #20075832
- Conditions
- Inclusion Body Myopathy With Early-onset Paget Disease and Frontotemporal Dementia, Paget Disease of Bone, Frontotemporal Dementia, Myopathy
- Keywords
- IBMPFD - Inclusion Body Myopathy associated with, Paget's disease of bone and Frontotemporal Dementia, VCP gene - Valosin-containing protein gene
- Study type
- Observational
- Recruitment status
- Recruiting
- Enrolment
- 50 participants (estimated)
- Lead sponsor
- University of California, IrvineUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- 15 Nov 2007 (actual)
- Primary completion
- Dec 2030 (estimated)
- Study completion
- Dec 2030 (estimated)
- First posted
- 13 May 2011 (estimated)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
The investigators are researching families with inherited inclusion body myopathy (IBM) and/or Paget disease of bone (PDB) and/or dementia (FTD) which is also called IBMPFD. IBMPFD is caused by mutations in the VCP gene. Our main goal is to understand how changes in the VCP gene cause the muscle, bone and cognitive problems associated with the disease.
The investigators are collecting biological specimen such as blood and urine samples, family and medical histories, questionnaire data of patients with a personal or family history of VCP associated disease. Participants do not need to have all symptoms listed above in order to qualify. A select group of participants may be invited to travel to University of California, Irvine for a two day program of local procedures such as an MRI and bone scan.
Samples are coded to maintain confidentiality. Travel is not necessary except for families invited for additional testing.
Study design
- Observational model
- Case-control
- Time perspective
- Cross-sectional
- Number of arms
- 1
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| VCP families | – | –Patients with a personal or family history of VCP associated disease. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
- Study population
- Individuals with a personal or family history of VCP associated disease.
Key inclusion criteria (18 listed)
- Inclusion criteria include all individuals with a combination of medical problems including muscle and bone disease and their family members. Because historically VCP related muscle disease has been erroneously diagnosed with the following diagnoses, therefore if these patients also have a personal or family history of bone disease they will be considered eligible for the study:
- Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophy
- Myopathy
- FSH (Facioscapular muscular dystrophy) without the mutation
- Scapuloperoneal muscular dystrophy
Key exclusion criteria (3 listed)
- Under the age of 18.
- Individuals who report a different unrelated diagnosis will be excluded from the study. Testing to confirm different diagnoses will not be performed, instead patient will be questioned for this information and records will be obtained for confirmation of appropriate testing.
- Those who are unable to provide consent for themselves will be excluded from participating in the study.
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Primary outcome
Not reported in the source record.
Results and safety
This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 18 Jun 2025.
- Background: PubMed 18845250Kimonis VE, Fulchiero E, Vesa J, Watts G. VCP disease associated with myopathy, Paget disease of bone and frontotemporal dementia: review of a unique disorder. Biochim Biophys Acta. 2008 Dec;1782(12):744-8. doi: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2008.09.003. Epub 2008 Sep 18.
- Background: PubMed 26134519Llewellyn KJ, Walker N, Nguyen C, Tan B, BenMohamed L, Kimonis VE, Nalbandian A. A Fine Balance of Dietary Lipids Improves Pathology of a Murine Model of VCP-Associated Multisystem Proteinopathy. PLoS One. 2015 Jul 2;10(7):e0131995. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0131995. eCollection 2015.
- Results publication: PubMed 20104022Tresse E, Salomons FA, Vesa J, Bott LC, Kimonis V, Yao TP, Dantuma NP, Taylor JP. VCP/p97 is essential for maturation of ubiquitin-containing autophagosomes and this function is impaired by mutations that cause IBMPFD. Autophagy. 2010 Feb;6(2):217-27. doi: 10.4161/auto.6.2.11014. Epub 2010 Feb 22.
- Results publication: PubMed 16984901Hubbers CU, Clemen CS, Kesper K, Boddrich A, Hofmann A, Kamarainen O, Tolksdorf K, Stumpf M, Reichelt J, Roth U, Krause S, Watts G, Kimonis V, Wattjes MP, Reimann J, Thal DR, Biermann K, Evert BO, Lochmuller H, Wanker EE, Schoser BG, Noegel AA, Schroder R. Pathological consequences of VCP mutations on human striated muscle. Brain. 2007 Feb;130(Pt 2):381-93. doi: 10.1093/brain/awl238. Epub 2006 Sep 19.
- Results publication: PubMed 19828315Vesa J, Su H, Watts GD, Krause S, Walter MC, Martin B, Smith C, Wallace DC, Kimonis VE. Valosin containing protein associated inclusion body myopathy: abnormal vacuolization, autophagy and cell fusion in myoblasts. Neuromuscul Disord. 2009 Nov;19(11):766-72. doi: 10.1016/j.nmd.2009.08.003. Epub 2009 Oct 13.
- Results publication: PubMed 19380227Weihl CC, Pestronk A, Kimonis VE. Valosin-containing protein disease: inclusion body myopathy with Paget's disease of the bone and fronto-temporal dementia. Neuromuscul Disord. 2009 May;19(5):308-15. doi: 10.1016/j.nmd.2009.01.009. Epub 2009 Apr 19.
- Results publication: PubMed 18260132Kimonis VE, Mehta SG, Fulchiero EC, Thomasova D, Pasquali M, Boycott K, Neilan EG, Kartashov A, Forman MS, Tucker S, Kimonis K, Mumm S, Whyte MP, Smith CD, Watts GD. Clinical studies in familial VCP myopathy associated with Paget disease of bone and frontotemporal dementia. Am J Med Genet A. 2008 Mar 15;146A(6):745-57. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.31862.
- Results publication: PubMed 17935506Watts GD, Thomasova D, Ramdeen SK, Fulchiero EC, Mehta SG, Drachman DA, Weihl CC, Jamrozik Z, Kwiecinski H, Kaminska A, Kimonis VE. Novel VCP mutations in inclusion body myopathy associated with Paget disease of bone and frontotemporal dementia. Clin Genet. 2007 Nov;72(5):420-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.2007.00887.x.
- Results publication: PubMed 17224685Mehta SG, Watts GD, Adamson JL, Hutton M, Umberger G, Xiong S, Ramdeen S, Lovell MA, Kimonis VE, Smith CD. APOE is a potential modifier gene in an autosomal dominant form of frontotemporal dementia (IBMPFD). Genet Med. 2007 Jan;9(1):9-13. doi: 10.1097/gim.0b013e31802d830d.
- Results publication: PubMed 16783167Forman MS, Mackenzie IR, Cairns NJ, Swanson E, Boyer PJ, Drachman DA, Jhaveri BS, Karlawish JH, Pestronk A, Smith TW, Tu PH, Watts GD, Markesbery WR, Smith CD, Kimonis VE. Novel ubiquitin neuropathology in frontotemporal dementia with valosin-containing protein gene mutations. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol. 2006 Jun;65(6):571-81. doi: 10.1097/00005072-200606000-00005.
- Results publication: PubMed 16419137Mehta SG, Watts GD, McGillivray B, Mumm S, Hamilton SJ, Ramdeen S, Novack D, Briggs C, Whyte MP, Kimonis VE. Manifestations in a family with autosomal dominant bone fragility and limb-girdle myopathy. Am J Med Genet A. 2006 Feb 15;140(4):322-30. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.31008.
- Results publication: PubMed 16317258Kimonis VE, Watts GD. Autosomal dominant inclusion body myopathy, Paget disease of bone, and frontotemporal dementia. Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord. 2005 Oct-Dec;19 Suppl 1:S44-7. doi: 10.1097/01.wad.0000183081.76820.5a.
- BibliographyLink provided by the sponsor.
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Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
An observational study of Inclusion Body Myopathy With Early-onset Paget Disease and Frontotemporal Dementia and Paget Disease of Bone, run by University of California, Irvine at 1 site in United States.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 18 inclusion and 3 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: looking for participants now, as of the sponsor's last update on 18 Jun 2025. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
Contact Virginia Kimonis, MD (949 824 0571, vkimonis@uci.edu), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
Where can I read the original study information?
On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT01353430, which also lists 34 linked publications.
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 18 Jun 2025.