The Patient-Focused Drug Development (PFDD) meeting on Fragile X syndrome is just around the corner! We need caregivers and self-advocates to participate to make this a valuable meeting. This will help you understand what to expect and what the goal is and how to share your story.
Parents or caregivers of individuals with Fragile X syndrome who has received services via telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic may be eligible to participate.
Jun Yi Wang and the study team out of the UC Davis MIND Institute are interested in learning more about the premutation carrier condition in relations to brain development and its impact on cognition. These mental processes impact the higher-level functions of the brain including language, learning new things, and making decisions.
Dr. Hall and his team at Stanford University are learning about potential behavioral treatments for problem behaviors. Previous research suggests that problem behaviors, like aggression, self-injury, and property destruction, may occur at higher rates in individuals with FXS.
We know that FMRP is expressed throughout our body, including our blood, tissues, and brain. Levels of FMRP in the blood of patients with FXS have been positively correlated with cognitive performance, specifically intelligence quotient and adaptive behavior.
NFXF has partnered with an advisory committee of international fragile X professionals to create an international fragile X premutation research registry. Find out how to participate.
RESEARCH RESULTS ROUNDUP — The authors sought to clarify how often other health-related conditions, such as migraines and sleep problems, occur among women with a premutation.
RESEARCH RESULTS ROUNDUP — Investigation into how aging as a premutation carrier of the FMR1 gene may affect sensorimotor (exactly as it sounds, both sensory and motor) brain systems.
RESEARCH RESULTS ROUNDUP — Older mothers of children with Fragile X syndrome who have mid-range CGG repeats (~80–100) may be at increased risk for difficulties with inhibition.
RESEARCH RESULTS ROUNDUP — Describe cognition and language in FXS using the data from a large group, while trying to understand if the standard assessments are feasible (able to be done accurately) and valid (reflect reality) in FXS and then compared the assessment results to caregiver report.
RESEARCH RESULTS ROUNDUP — What restricted and repetitive behaviors looked like in 154 individuals with FXS, 2–50 years old, based on age, ASD diagnosis, and IQ score.
RESEARCH RESULTS ROUNDUP — The psychopharmacologic management of irritability, agitation, aggression, and self-injurious behaviors and drug therapy treatment.
Research Summary // FORWARD data on 633 individuals with FXS filled the gap for much needed information on when children with FXS learn bladder and bowel toileting skills.
RESEARCH RESULTS ROUNDUP — This research can help identify preventive care services that patients with FXS may need and focus on reaching recommended preventative care objectives.
The FORWARD Registry is open to individuals with any type of Fragile X disorder, and the FORWARD Database is open to individuals with a full mutation (including mocaicism).
