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

Pechmann, A, Behrens, M, Dörnbrack, K, Tassoni, A, Wenzel, F, Stein, S et al.. Improved upper limb function in non-ambulant children with SMA type 2 and 3 during nusinersen treatment: a prospective 3-years SMArtCARE registry study. Orphanet J Rare Dis. 2022.17 (1)384 PMID:36274155

Pechmann, A, Behrens, M, Dörnbrack, K, Tassoni, A, Stein, S, Vogt, S et al.. Effect of nusinersen on motor, respiratory and bulbar function in early-onset spinal muscular atrophy. Brain. 2022. PMID:35857854

Lochmüller, H, Ramirez, AN, Kakkis, E. Disease monitoring programs of rare genetic diseases: transparent data sharing between academic and commercial stakeholders. Orphanet J Rare Dis. 2021.16 (1)141 PMID:33743771

Hodgkinson, V, Lounsberry, J, M'Dahoma, S, Russell, A, Jewett, G, Benstead, T et al.. The Canadian Neuromuscular Disease Registry 2010-2019: A Decade of Facilitating Clinical Research Througha Nationwide, Pan-NeuromuscularDisease Registry. J Neuromuscul Dis. 2021.8 (1)53-61 PMID:32925088

Hodgkinson, VL, Oskoui, M, Lounsberry, J, M'Dahoma, S, Butler, E, Campbell, C et al.. A National Spinal Muscular Atrophy Registry for Real-World Evidence. Can J Neurol Sci. 2020.47 (6)810-815 PMID:32493524

Murphy, LB, Schreiber-Katz, O, Rafferty, K, Robertson, A, Topf, A, Willis, TA et al.. Global FKRP Registry: observations in more than 300 patients with Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophy R9. Ann Clin Transl Neurol. 2020.7 (5)757-766 PMID:32342672

Higgs, C, Hilbert, JE, Wood, L, Martens, WB, Marini-Bettolo, C, Nikolenko, N et al.. Reproductive Cancer Risk Factors in Women With Myotonic Dystrophy (DM): Survey Data From the US and UK DM Registries. Front Neurol. 2019.10 1071 PMID:31681146

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