NCT04292574Recruiting
UK SMA Patient Registry
Spinal Muscular Atrophy Patient Registry of the United Kingdom and Ireland
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 20 Aug 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a form of motor neuron disease, most commonly caused by a mutation in the survival motor neuron 1 gene (SMN1) which results in a wide disease spectrum affecting children and adults. It is an autosomal recessive disorder and is therefore caused by inheritance of a mutated gene from each parent. All forms of SMA have an estimated combined incidence of 1 in 6,000 to 1 in 10,000 live births, with a carrier frequency of 1/40 to 1/60. The patient registry aims to facilitate a questionnaire-based research study in order to better characterise and understand the disease in the UK and in Ireland. Entry is via self-registration over a secure internet connection (https://www.sma-registry.org.uk/). Online, patients are asked to read an information sheet about the research project and then indicate their consent to demonstrate willingness to participate. Following online consent, subjects will be entered into the registry. This is an on-going database and all participants are invited to update their information on a biannual basis.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 800 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 28 Feb 2020
- Start date
- 13 Jul 2008
- Primary completion date
- 1 Jan 2040
- Lead sponsor
- Newcastle University
- Diseases
- Spinal muscular atrophy
- NCT number
- NCT04292574
What you commit to
- Study type: Observational
- Planned participants: 800
- From 13 Jul 2008 to the primary completion date, 1 Jan 2040
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
Copied verbatim from ClinicalTrials.gov and grouped by topic. Only the trial team decides who can take part.
Other
- There are no exclusion criteria for the registry
Who the study is looking for
- All patients with a confirmed SMA diagnosis (or pending diagnosis) are eligible for inclusion. Diagnosis will be confirmed via genetic testing results
Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
Sites in registry order. Save your city in your profile to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Walton Muscular Dystrophy Research Centre Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Newcastle upon Tyne | United Kingdom | Recruiting |
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