New tools to track FSHD in wheelchair users
NCT ID NCT05453461
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study aims to find better ways to measure disease progression in people with advanced facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) who use wheelchairs. Researchers will test various muscle strength and function tests over two years in 30 adults. The goal is to develop reliable tools for future treatment trials in this group.
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Study facts
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- 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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30 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Apr 2023
- Expected to finish
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Apr 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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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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Not accepted
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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: * Genetically confirmed FSHD1 or clinical diagnosis of FSHD with characteristic findings on exam and an affected parent or offspring * Age 18-75 years * Symptomatic limb weakness * FSHD patients who use the wheelchair daily and are able to stand or to walk at most 30 meters with assistance, and wheelchair-bound patients who are unable to walk. * Clinical severity score (CSS) ≥ 8 * Patient affiliated to the social security system * Patient giving written consent after written and oral information. * If taking over the counter supplements, willing to remain consistent with supplement regimen throughout the course of the study Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with comorbidity not related to the disease that can modify the natural evolution of the disease or would interfere with safe testing in the opinion of the Investigator * Regular use of available muscle anabolic/catabolic agents such as corticosteroids, oral testosterone or derivatives, or oral beta agonists * Use of an experimental drug in an FSHD clinical trial within the past 30 days * Pregnancy * Vulnerable person (person deprived of their administrative and legal liberty, hospitalized person for other purposes than research)
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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CHU de Nice
Nice, Alpes Maritimes, 06000, France
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