Can a personalized support program ease the burden of MSA?
NCT ID NCT04965922
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested a personalized counseling and support program for 130 people with multiple system atrophy (MSA) and their caregivers. The program aimed to identify individual needs and improve daily life management. Researchers measured quality of life and depression symptoms to see if the program helped.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- personalized caregiver counseling and support intervention
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this approach could point toward better ways to support daily living and emotional well-being for families affected by MSA.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, completed study without a control group, so results may not apply broadly. The intervention is behavioral, not a treatment for the disease itself.
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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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130 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jul 2021
- Finished
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Jul 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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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Patients Inclusion Criteria : * Patients suffering from "possible" or "probable" MSA according to clinical consensus criteria * Living at home * Presence of at least one close person (family caregiver or not) in the entourage * Unified Multiple System Atrophy Rating Scale (UMSARS) IV ≤4 * Written informed consent * Patient covered by the national health system Caregivers Inclusion Criteria : * Age \> 18 * Able to answer to study scales and survey * Written informed consent Patients Exclusion Criteria: * Unified Multiple System Atrophy Rating Scale (UMSARS) IV \> 4 * Absence of at least one close person Caregivers Inclusion Criteria : \- Enable to answer to study scales and survey
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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CHU Bordeaux
Bordeaux, 33 076, France
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