Duchenne Electronic Health Record Study
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In plain language
An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Observational study with patients who may be treated with various disease-modifying therapies.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD), Becker Muscular Dystrophy, Dystrophinopathy, Dystrophinopathy Symptomatic Female Carrier. Basic parameters: No limits · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- United States
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
Duchenne Outcomes Research Interchange Data Enrichment Through EHR Extraction
Overview
This study aims to collect retrospective and prospective, long-term data of patients with dystrophinopathy (including Duchenne, Becker, and female carriers) through electronic transfer. At select clinics across the United States, electronic health record (EHR) data from consented patients will be pushed into PPMD's Duchenne Outcomes Research Interchange (the Interchange), where the EHR data can be combined with patient-reported data from The Duchenne Registry. By combining this data in a central hub, we will gain a more complete picture of Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy, allowing researchers and clinicians to develop treatments faster and to improve and refine the standards of care for Duchenne and Becker. The ultimate goal is to optimize function, quality of life, and survival of Duchenne and Becker patients. EHR data collected will be fully identifiable retrospective data for core clinical data elements going back ten years (as available) from the date of consent; going back one year for retrospective clinical notes from the date of consent; and prospectively collecting both core clinical data elements and clinical notes. Information collected will align with the FHIR U.S. core data elements, also known as the Common Clinical Data Set. PPMD partnered with Prometheus Research (an IQVIA company), an industry leader in health data informatics, to launch both the EHR Study and the Interchange. All data is stored securely and in accordance with strict industry standards and patient privacy laws. Participation in the EHR data extraction is voluntary, and a patient can withdraw consent at any time.
Interventions
- Other Observational study with patients who may be treated with various disease-modifying therapies
Patients may be on any combination of therapies to participate, including FDA-approved therapies (corticosteroids, exon skipping therapy, gene therapy) or therapies in clinical trial.
Primary outcome measures
- Progressive Muscle Weakness [Time frame: Date of initiation of corticosteroids and date of first wheelchair/DME order; Steroid use recorded at baseline (day 1) and each annual follow-up visit (until patient is no longer seen at institution or withdraws consent), anticipated average of 20 years.]
- Cardiac Function [Time frame: Date of first echo, cardiac MRI, and EKG and all follow-up scans recorded at each annual visit (until patient is no longer seen at institution or withdraws consent), anticipated average of 20 years; Date of first ACE inhibitor or ARB prescription.]
- Pulmonary Function [Time frame: FVC and PCF recorded at baseline (day 1) and at each annual follow-up visit (until patient is no longer seen at institution or withdraws consent), anticipated average of 20 years.]
- Bone Health [Time frame: BMI, Xray of spine and DEXA scan recorded at baseline (day 1) and at each annual follow up visit (until patient is no longer seen at institution or withdraws consent), anticipated average of 20 years; Date of first bisphosphonates prescription.]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Duchenne or Becker muscular dystrophy or female carrier
- Must be a patient at an institution that has an established EHR integration set up with PPMD's Interchange
- Must provide consent to have their EHR data pushed to the Interchange and linked to existing Registry data, if applicable
Exclusion criteria
- Individuals with other forms of muscular dystrophy
- Individuals who do not provide consent
Individuals with Duchenne/Becker who have severe mobility/strength issues need to provide consent and participate with assistance from a caregiver. Adults with communication impairments and/or intellectual disabilities (considered the "decisionally impaired" group for purposes of this study) will be able to consent with the assistance of the adults who are designated Legally Authorized Representative (LAR). Without assistance, this group will be excluded from participation because the consent process.
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Observational model
- Cohort
Study locations
United States · 10 centers
- Arkansas Children's Hospital — Little Rock
- UC Davis Health — Sacramento
- Children's Hospital Colorado — Aurora
- Yale Children's Hospital — New Haven
- Children's National Medical Center — Washington D.C.
- University of Iowa Health Care — Iowa City
- Duke University Medical Center — Durham
- UT Southwestern Medical Center — Dallas
- … and 2 more centers
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07609394 · EHR-PPMD-2026