Swiss launch major registry to track rare muscle diseases
NCT ID NCT05102916
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study is a registry that collects health information from people in Switzerland who have neuromuscular disorders like SMA, DMD, BMD, and others. It aims to track symptoms, treatments, and outcomes over time to help researchers and doctors improve care. No new treatments are being tested; instead, the registry gathers real-world data to support future research and therapy access.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 2,000 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jun 2018
- Expected to finish
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Jan 2071
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
All individuals living or treated in Switzerland with a diagnosis of a NMD. Currently, Spinal muscular atrophy, Duchenne muscular dystrophy, Merosin negative congenital muscular dystrophy MDC1A and Collagen 6 related muscular dystrophy are included. In the future, patients with other NMDs (e.g. Charcot-Marie-Tooth neuropathy, Myotonic Dystrophy or rare myopathies) may also be included if it appears relevant to clinicians and researchers active in the field of NMDs, patient organisations, and public health representatives.
- Ages
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0 years and older
- 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.
Inclusion Criteria: * Children, adolescents and adults diagnosed with a NMD * Who are living or treated for a NMD in Switzerland, and * Who gave informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * None if diagnosis is confirmed, whenever possible, by genetic testing, or at least by biopsy and/or electroneuromyography, according to international standards for the diagnosis of the given NMD.
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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.
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
19 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
ClinicalTrials.gov lists the study team's own contact details, including names and phone numbers. We don't republish those.
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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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Cantonal Hospital Aarau
RECRUITINGAarau, Canton of Aargau, Switzerland
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Cantonal Hospital of Eastern Switzerland
RECRUITINGSankt Gallen, Switzerland
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Cantonal Hospital of Lucerne LUKS
RECRUITINGLucerne, Switzerland
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Cantonal Hospital of Lucerne, LUKS
RECRUITINGLucerne, Switzerland
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Children's Hospital of Eastern Switzerland
RECRUITINGSankt Gallen, Switzerland
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Inselspital Bern
RECRUITINGBern, Switzerland
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Inselspital Bern, Children's Hospital
RECRUITINGBern, Switzerland
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Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM), University of Bern
RECRUITINGBern, Switzerland
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Neuro Centre of Italian Switzerland, Ospedale Regionale di Lugano
RECRUITINGLugano, Canton Ticino, Switzerland
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Pediatric Institute of Southern Switzerland, Ospedale San Giovanni
RECRUITINGBellinzona, Canton Ticino, Switzerland
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Private Practice Alpenquai
RECRUITINGLucerne, Switzerland
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University Children's Hospital Basel
RECRUITINGBasel, Switzerland
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University Hospital Basel
RECRUITINGBasel, Switzerland
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University Hospital Lausanne CHUV
RECRUITINGLausanne, Vaude, Switzerland
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University Hospital Lausanne CHUV, Children's Hospital
RECRUITINGLausanne, Vaude, Switzerland
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University Hospital Zuerich
RECRUITINGZurich, Switzerland
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University Hospital Zuerich, Children's Hospital
RECRUITINGZurich, Switzerland
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University Hospitals of Geneva
RECRUITINGGeneva, Switzerland
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University Hospitals of Geneva, Children's Hospital
RECRUITINGGeneva, Switzerland
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