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TerminatedNCT04156022

Dystonia Coalition Projects

Natural History and Biospecimen Repository for Dystonia; Comprehensive Rating Tools for Cervical Dystonia; Validity & Reliability of Diagnostic Methods & Measures of Spasmodic Dysphonia

Status
Terminated
Phase
Study type
Observational
Enrollment
2 (actual)
Sponsor
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center · Academic / Other
Sex
All
Age
18 Years – 99 Years
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted

Summary

Dystonia is a disorder characterized by excessive involuntary contraction of muscles with repetitive and patterned movements. The primary focal dystonias are the most common type of dystonia and include Limb dystonias (like writer's cramp), Cervical dystonia (spasmodic torticollis), Laryngeal dystonias (like spasmodic dysphonia), and Craniofacial dystonias (like blepharospasm). The purpose of this study is to create resources to help learn more about the primary focal dystonias and to develop and validate various dystonia rating scales.

Detailed description

This collaborative, international effort has two primary goals. The first is to create a biospecimen repository and associated clinical database to be used as a resource for dystonia and related disease research. The second goal is to create and validate various rating scales for focal dystonias to be used during a typical clinical examination. Across sites, the investigators hope to enroll at least 5,000 adult patients. Subjects of this study will be asked to complete a neurological exam which will be videotaped, complete some questionnaires, and donate a blood sample. A study visit will take between 45 minutes and 1 hour depending upon which portions of the study a subject completes. A subset of subjects will be asked to return no more often than once a year for a one hour follow-up visit.

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
OTHERDystonia Coalition is an observational study.This is not an interventional study.

Timeline

Start date
2015-05-01
Primary completion
2017-08-01
Completion
2017-08-01
First posted
2019-11-07
Last updated
2019-11-07

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT04156022. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.