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Swiss Pediatric Inflammatory Brain Disease Registry (Swiss-Ped-IBrainD)

Swiss Pediatric Inflammatory Bain Disease Cohort Study

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About This Trial

The Swiss-Ped-IBrainD is a national patient registry that collects information on diagnosis, symptoms, treatment, and follow-up of pediatric patients with an inflammatory brain disease in Switzerland. It was first implemented in 2020 in the pediatric clinic of the university hospital in Bern. Further centers all over Switzerland opened for recruitment after that: Aarau, Basel, Bellinzona, Chur, Geneva, Lausanne, Lucerne, St. Gallen, Winterthur and Zurich. The center in Fribourg is expected open for recruitment in 2025. The registry provides data for national and international monitoring and research. It supports research on inflammatory brain diseases in Switzerland and the exchange of knowledge between clinicians, researchers, and therapists. The registry aims to improve the treatment of children with inflammatory brain diseases and optimizing their health care and quality of life.

Who May Be Eligible (Plain English)

Who May Qualify: All patients living and/or treated in Switzerland with an IBrainD specified in the following list diagnosed from 2005 onward and with a disease onset before the age of 18. - Written willing to sign a consent form by patients (and/or legal representative(s), if applicable) - Optic Neuritis - Transverse Myelitis - Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis - Multiple Sclerosis - Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorders - Myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody-associated disease - Anti-NMDA-R Encephalitis - Anti-GAD65 Associated Autoimmune Encephalitis - Anti-AMPAR-1/2 Associated Autoimmune Encephalitis - Anti-Lgi-1 Associated Autoimmune Encephalitis - Anti-CASPR-2 Associated Autoimmune Encephalitis - Anti-GABAR-1/2 Associated Autoimmune Encephalitis - Onconeuronal Antibody (Hu, Ri, Yo, Amphiphysin, CRMP-5, Ma-1, Ma-2, SOX-1) Associated Autoimmune Encephalitis - Hashimoto Encephalopathy - CNS Vasculitis - CNS Sarcoidosis - CNS Lupus - Rasmussen Encephalitis Who Should NOT Join This Trial: - Neurological symptoms due to infectious diseases of the CNS - Genetic/metabolic causes of central demyelinating diseases - Neurological symptoms due to Guillain-Barré-Syndrome Always talk to your doctor about whether this trial is right for you.

Original Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria: All patients living and/or treated in Switzerland with an IBrainD specified in the following list diagnosed from 2005 onward and with a disease onset before the age of 18. * Written informed consent by patients (and/or legal representative(s), if applicable) * Optic Neuritis * Transverse Myelitis * Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis * Multiple Sclerosis * Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorders * Myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody-associated disease * Anti-NMDA-R Encephalitis * Anti-GAD65 Associated Autoimmune Encephalitis * Anti-AMPAR-1/2 Associated Autoimmune Encephalitis * Anti-Lgi-1 Associated Autoimmune Encephalitis * Anti-CASPR-2 Associated Autoimmune Encephalitis * Anti-GABAR-1/2 Associated Autoimmune Encephalitis * Onconeuronal Antibody (Hu, Ri, Yo, Amphiphysin, CRMP-5, Ma-1, Ma-2, SOX-1) Associated Autoimmune Encephalitis * Hashimoto Encephalopathy * CNS Vasculitis * CNS Sarcoidosis * CNS Lupus * Rasmussen Encephalitis Exclusion Criteria: * Neurological symptoms due to infectious diseases of the CNS * Genetic/metabolic causes of central demyelinating diseases * Neurological symptoms due to Guillain-Barré-Syndrome

Locations (13)

Kantonsspital Aarau
Aarau, Canton of Aargau, Switzerland
Children's Hospital of Eastern Switzerland
Sankt Gallen, Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland
University Children's Hospital Lausanne (CHUV)
Lausanne, Canton of Vaud, Switzerland
Kantonsspital Winterthur
Winterthur, Canton of Zurich, Switzerland
Pediatric Institute of Southern Switzerland, Ospedale San Giovanni
Bellinzona, Canton Ticino, Switzerland
Kantonsspital Graubünden
Chur, Kanton Graubünden, Switzerland
University Children's Hospital Basel, UKBB
Basel, Switzerland
University Children's Hospital, Inselspital Bern
Bern, Switzerland
Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern
Bern, Switzerland
Hôpital Fribourgeois - Freiburger Spital
Fribourg, Switzerland
University Hospitals of Geneva (HUG)
Geneva, Switzerland
Kinderspital Zentralschweiz
Lucerne, Switzerland
University Children's Hospital Zurich
Zurich, Switzerland