Join the fight: new registry connects muscle disease patients with scientists
NCT ID NCT00082108
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This registry aims to connect people diagnosed with myotonic dystrophy (DM) or facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) with researchers. By joining, participants help scientists better understand these inherited muscle-weakening diseases and develop future treatments. The registry is open to patients and their unaffected family members.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 3,000 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Start date
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Sep 2000
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- 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.
Who is studied
Participants will volunteer to participate in this study. The study will be advertised through neuromuscular disease clinics, the National Registry website, Patient Advocacy Groups and MDA Clinics through out the United States.
- Ages
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Children (under 18), adults (18 to 64) and older adults (65 and over)
- 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.
Inclusion Criteria: * Diagnosed with DM, FSHD, or related diseases or are an unaffected family member of someone diagnosed with one of these diseases
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
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The places running it
1 site. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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A doctor treating you
A doctor who knows your case can contact a study site on your behalf, and can tell you whether this study is worth pursuing at all.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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University of Rochester Medical Center, Department of Neurology
RECRUITINGRochester, New York, 14642, United States
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