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NCT Number: NCT07422454

FACE.S-4-KIDS : A Deep Phenotyping Database of Craniofacial Anomalies During Development With 4 Pilot Projects

FACE.S-4-KIDS is an ambitious database project addressing the scientific question of the variable expression of craniofacial disorders in humans, to reach a sound clinical management (diagnosis, prognosis), and the establishment of personalised treatment plans.

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Key information

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

About this study

FACE.S-4-KIDS takes advantage of large cohorts of well-characterized and genotyped craniofacial anomaly patients, clinical departments (medical, surgical and imaging) with dysmorphology experts, and leading basic science laboratories, all located on a single site, and generating vast amounts of data - patient records, imaging, photographs, genomics, models - but lacking a unifying structure allowing multimodal assessments.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

for patients:

  • Patients suffering from one of the following pathologies:

craniostenosis linked to FGFR signaling, achondroplasia / hypochondroplasia, osteogenesis imperfecta, Pierre Robin sequence (with or without anatomical markers).

  • Patients who may or may not have benefited from genome sequencing as part of their care and who (or holders of parental authority where applicable) have consented to the conservation of the remains of their biological samples in one of these collections:
  • Chondroplasia and craniostenosis,
  • Constitutional Bone Diseases,
  • Developmental anomalies.
  • Patients who have undergone craniofacial imaging (CT or MRI) as part of their care.

Inclusion criteria

for controls:

  • Patients who have consulted the Genetics, Pediatrics or Maxillofacial Surgery Departments at Necker, with none of these pathologies:

FGFR-related craniosynostoses Chondroplasia / hypochondroplasia Osteogenesis imperfecta Pierre Robin sequence (with or without anatomical marker)

  • Patients who have benefited from genome sequencing as part of their care and who have (or holders of parental authority where applicable) consented to the conservation of the remains of their biological samples in the "Infectious Diseases" collection .
  • Patients who have undergone craniofacial imaging (CT or MRI) as part of their treatment.

Non-inclusion Criteria:

Opposition of the patient or his parents to the reuse of their data from care in this study

Treatment and study plan

Primary outcomes

  1. Characterization of the genotypic and phenotypic components of variability in rare genetic diseases with abnormalities of craniofacial development

    Time frame: 19 years

Secondary outcomes

  1. Post-surgical clinical evolution profiles defined by changes in clinical, biological, and radiological parameters over time

    Time frame: 19 years

  2. High-resolution craniofacial phenotyping parameters and their association with disease severity scores

    Time frame: 19 years

  3. Investigation of the origins of phenotypic variability linked to perturbations in a limited group of signaling pathways

    Time frame: 19 years

  4. Identification and classification of genetic variants associated with posterior velopalatal cleft, with or without associated craniofacial or extra-craniofacial anomalies

    Time frame: 19 years

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Imagine Institute

Other

Registry information

Official study title

FACE.S-4-KIDS : FACE and SKULL for Key Innovative Data Science. Une Base de données de phénotypage Profond Des Anomalies Craniofaciales au Cours du développement

Acronym: FACES-4-KIDS

Important dates

Study start
2025
Primary completion
2031
Study completion
2033
First posted
Feb 20, 2026
Registry last updated
Feb 20, 2026

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