Smartphone sensors and apps could revolutionize monitoring of rare muscle diseases
NCT ID NCT05798325
First seen Jun 29, 2026 · Last updated Jun 30, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether digital tools like smartphone apps, wearable sensors, and home spirometers can reliably track symptoms of neuromuscular diseases. Researchers will compare data collected at home with in-clinic measurements from 40 participants aged 12–60. The goal is to develop better, less burdensome ways to monitor disease progression in clinical trials and daily life.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could enable more accurate and less burdensome remote monitoring for neuromuscular disease patients, potentially improving clinical trial design and access to care.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small feasibility study (40 participants) focused on validating tools, not testing a treatment. The tools may not work for all patients or diseases, and results may not generalize.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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40 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jun 2023
- Finished
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Jun 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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12 to 60 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Inclusion Criteria: * Aged between 12 and 60 years * Patients with a genetically confirmed/molecular-proven neuromuscular or neurometabolic disease\* * Patients experiencing walking difficulties in the home and at high risk of limiting participation and walking outside of the home. * Written informed consent * Able to comply with all protocol requirements, including video recording * Affiliated to or beneficiary of a social security scheme (for France) Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with undefined diagnosis or any diagnosis other than neuromuscular or neurometabolic disease * Patient walking 10m in less than 10s * Guardianship/trusteeship * Pregnant or nursing women * Patients having relevant concomitant pathologies that, in the appreciation of the investigator could interfere with protocol compliance * Patients not being affiliated with local social security (for France)
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Association Institut de Myologie
Paris, 75013, France
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John Walton Muscular Dystrophy Research Centre
Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 3BZ, United Kingdom
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