MEHMO Natural History and Biomarkers

Study Description: This is a prospective natural history study of individuals who have MEHMO syndrome or eIF2-pathway related conditions, or who are carriers of EIF2S3-related conditions to generate hypotheses for further understanding of disease pathophysiology, diagnosis, prognosis, management, and treatment. The protocol aims to enroll and follow affected or carrier individuals longitudinally to establish a repository of concurrent evaluations and biomaterials, as well as to enroll unaffected individuals for collection of informative comparable data and samples.

Objectives:

Primary Objective:

Characterize the presentation of MEHMO syndrome and eIF2 pathway related conditions.

Secondary Objectives:

• Identify disease-reflective fluid biomarkers
• Develop a disease severity rating scale or classification algorithm
• Assess tolerability and feasibility of study evaluations
• Establish a repository of participant data and samples for future research

Endpoints:

Primary Endpoint:

Frequency and time-to-event of signs and symptoms.

Secondary Endpoints:

• Mean difference of candidate fluid biomarkers level in affected versus carrier versus unaffected individuals
• Correlation of rating scale or classification algorithm to age, genotype, or other variables
• Frequency of completed evaluations and reasons for noncompletion

• INCLUSION CRITERIA:

To be eligible to participate in this study, an individual must meet the following criteria:

Be >= 1-week of age if affected, or >=1-month of age if unaffected.

For Screening:

• Have a combination of signs/symptoms suggestive of MEHMO syndrome,

AND

no or inconclusive molecular testing.

OR

• Be a relative of an individual with MEHMO syndrome/eIF2-related condition and whose genetic may be informative for research.

For Main Study:

• Have a combination of signs/symptoms suggestive of MEHMO syndrome,

AND

disease-associated variant(s) or variant(s) of uncertain significance in one of the eIF2-pathway related genes

OR

• Be a relative of an individual with MEHMO syndrome/eIF2-related condition, AND a carrier of the pathogenic or likely pathogenic variant.

OR

• Be a non-affected, non-carrier family member of an individual with MEHMO syndrome or an eIF2-pathway related condition.

Exclusion criteria

Any individual who, in the opinion of the Investigators, is unable to comply with the protocol or have medical conditions that would potentially increase the risk of participation will be excluded from participation in this study.