Can more Hands-On therapy and home devices help children with SMA?
NCT ID NCT06419322
First seen Sep 15, 2026 · Last updated Sep 16, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
Researchers at the University of Oxford are studying an optimized rehabilitation program for children with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) who are already on a stable disease-modifying treatment. The program adds goal-oriented rehabilitation, hands-on physiotherapy sessions, and a home rehabilitation device to the current standard of care. The study aims to see whether families find the program acceptable and feasible, and whether it is safe and effective compared to the rehabilitation children currently receive. Fourteen children aged 1 to 10 will take part.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- an optimized rehabilitation program combining goal-oriented therapy, hands-on physiotherapy, and a home rehabilitation device
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could give families a clearer, more supportive way to deliver rehabilitation at home and ease the burden on parents who currently manage therapy alone.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, single-center study of 14 children, so the results may not apply broadly. Rehabilitation programs can be time-consuming and may not show measurable benefit over standard care.
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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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14 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jun 2024
- Finished
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Aug 2026
- 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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1 year to 10 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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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Patient participant Eligibility Criteria: Inclusion Criteria: * Genetically confirmed SMA considered as a non-sitter, sitter or walker * Post-symptomatically treated and on stable dose for 12 months with any disease-modifying market-approved drug * Patients from 1-10 years of age at baseline * Parent(s)/legal guardian(s) of patients less than 16 years of age must provide written informed consent prior to the patient's participation in the study * Willing and able to comply with all protocol requirements and procedures. Exclusion Criteria: The participant may not enter the trial if ANY of the following apply: * Any acute or chronic condition which, as assessed by the investigator, significantly interferes with the rehabilitation of the patient * Need of diurnal and/or invasive ventilation, naps excluded * Currently enrolled in a treatment study; or treatment with an experimental therapy * Any surgical and/or medical intervention, according to the investigator, 3 months before baseline and/or during the study participation. Carer (considered as participant) Eligibility Criteria: Inclusion Criteria: * Willing and able to comply with all protocol requirements and procedures * Carer's child has been included in study. Exclusion Criteria: • No exclusion criteria.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Oxford Brookes University
Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX3 0BP, United Kingdom
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