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Lochmüller Lab

Hanns Lochmüller and team - research and clinical activities

Patient registries

Patient registries collect information about individuals who are affected by a particular condition. The data collected may be used for a range of purposes, from research into specific features of the disease to clinical trial feasibility planning and recruitment. In many cases, patients self-register and provide their own data in a safe and secure manner, meaning they can be contacted with information relevant to their condition and notified when they may be eligible for research studies and clinical trials.

Read a recent publication about neuromuscular patient registries here.

Hanns is a key opinion leader in rare disease registry activities internationally and has published extensively on research data gained from patient registries. From 2007-2012 he co-led the development of patient registries for TREAT-NMD, the international neuromuscular network. He continues to be involved in international registries for several neuromuscular conditions and recruits patients into the Canadian Neuromuscular Disease Registry (CNDR).

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Relevant publications

König, K, Pechmann, A, Thiele, S, Walter, MC, Schorling, D, Tassoni, A et al.. De-duplicating patient records from three independent data sources reveals the incidence of rare neuromuscular disorders in Germany. Orphanet J Rare Dis. 2019.14 (1)152 PMID:31234869

Ambrosini, A, Quinlivan, R, Sansone, VA, Meijer, I, Schrijvers, G, Tibben, A et al.. "Be an ambassador for change that you would like to see": a call to action to all stakeholders for co-creation in healthcare and medical research to improve quality of life of people with a neuromuscular disease. Orphanet J Rare Dis. 2019.14 (1)126 PMID:31174585

Ricci, G, Cammish, P, Siciliano, G, Tupler, R, Lochmuller, H, Evangelista, T et al.. Phenotype may predict the clinical course of facioscapolohumeral muscular dystrophy. Muscle Nerve. 2019.59 (6)711-713 PMID:30895627

Pogoryelova, O, Wilson, IJ, Mansbach, H, Argov, Z, Nishino, I, Lochmüller, H et al.. GNE genotype explains 20% of phenotypic variability in GNE myopathy. Neurol Genet. 2019.5 (1)e308 PMID:30842975

Lochmüller, H, Ambrosini, A, van Engelen, B, Hansson, M, Tibben, A, Breukel, A et al.. The Position of Neuromuscular Patients in Shared Decision Making. Report from the 235th ENMC Workshop: Milan, Italy, January 19-20, 2018. J Neuromuscul Dis. .6 (1)161-172 PMID:30714970

Pechmann, A, König, K, Bernert, G, Schachtrup, K, Schara, U, Schorling, D et al.. SMArtCARE - A platform to collect real-life outcome data of patients with spinal muscular atrophy. Orphanet J Rare Dis. 2019.14 (1)18 PMID:30665421

Wood, L, Bassez, G, Bleyenheuft, C, Campbell, C, Cossette, L, Jimenez-Moreno, AC et al.. Eight years after an international workshop on myotonic dystrophy patient registries: case study of a global collaboration for a rare disease. Orphanet J Rare Dis. 2018.13 (1)155 PMID:30185236

Lochmüller, H, Evans, D, Farwell, W, Finkel, R, Goemans, N, de Lemus, M et al.. Position Statement: Sharing of Clinical Research Data in Spinal Muscular Atrophy to Accelerate Research and Improve Outcomes for Patients. J Neuromuscul Dis. 2018.5 (2)131-133 PMID:29865093

Lochmüller, H, Badowska, DM, Thompson, R, Knoers, NV, Aartsma-Rus, A, Gut, I et al.. RD-Connect, NeurOmics and EURenOmics: collaborative European initiative for rare diseases. Eur. J. Hum. Genet. 2018.26 (6)778-785 PMID:29487416

Thompson, R, Robertson, A, Lochmüller, H. Natural History, Trial Readiness and Gene Discovery: Advances in Patient Registries for Neuromuscular Disease. Adv. Exp. Med. Biol. 2017.1031 97-124 PMID:29214567