Research Project Listing

Genetics & Pain Sensitivity

Researcher:  The Manton Center for Orphan Disease Research at Boston Children’s Hospital

The purpose is to create a patient registry and learn more about the cause, progression and underlying genetic basis of certain rare diseases – with a particular interest in EM patients/families who do not have the Nav 1.7 mutation.

Chronic Pediatric Pain

Researcher:  Stanford Health Care

The purpose will be to study the functional impact of pediatric chronic pain on children, and their families. Focus will be on the impact of pain on school functioning, social functioning, psychological functioning and family functioning of pediatric chronic pain.

https://stanfordhealthcare.org/trials/c/NCT00667238.html?fbclid=IwAR33oC0-0ZRAKUh-iJ_KGvVa_04nZtM6A6CGuBfOwd9u7eGp_GQha0Ayo48

Recruitment to Study EM

Researcher:  Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT

Currently enrolling the following two patient groups in our research studies:
1. Families in which two or more individuals have EM in more than one generation (Inherited EM).
2. People with early-onset EM, i.e., individuals with EM whose symptoms developed during their first 10-15 years of life.

Individuals with inherited EM or early-onset EM who meet the above stated criteria, and are interested in volunteering in our research, may contact us at:  [email protected].

Please note that the profiling DNA from the above two groups of EM sufferers is part of the research program at Yale. Because this is a research program and not a clinical service, Yale is prohibited from disclosing the results of DNA profiling to patients. DNA profiling is very effort-intensive and therefore, Yale is unable to study patients with non-inherited EM and patients with adult-onset EM at this time.