Duchenne Electronic Health Record Study

This study is collecting long-term health information from people with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD), Becker Muscular Dystrophy, or who are symptomatic female carriers. It's an observational study, meaning researchers will gather information from your existing electronic health records (EHR) and combine it with information you might have already shared with The Duchenne Registry. This includes details about your muscle weakness, heart function, and lung function over many years. You can participate even if you are taking various treatments like corticosteroids, exon skipping therapy, or gene therapy, or therapies in other clinical trials. The goal is to create a more complete picture of these conditions to help doctors and researchers develop better treatments and improve care. The study aims to enroll 2500 participants, but its current recruitment status is unclear.

Study design
This is an observational study that aims to enroll 2500 participants. It collects data from electronic health records and combines it with patient-reported data.
What's involved
You would need to be a patient at a clinic that has an established electronic health record integration with PPMD's Interchange and provide consent for your EHR data to be shared. This data will be collected over an anticipated average of 20 years.
Compensation
Not stated in the trial record.
Follow-up
Your health data, including muscle weakness, cardiac function, and pulmonary function, will be followed for an anticipated average of 20 years.

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NCT07609394

Duchenne Electronic Health Record Study

Recruiting
Not specifiedAll AgesObservational
The Duchenne Registry
~2,500 participants
Updated 2026-05-27 on ClinicalTrials.gov
What's tested:Observational study with patients who may be treated with various disease-modifying therapies

At a glance

Recruiting sites
9 of 10 listed sites are recruiting right now
RecruitingSuspended, closed, or not yet open
What they're measuring
Progressive Muscle Weakness
Measured over 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.
+3 more outcomes measured
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD)
Becker Muscular Dystrophy
Dystrophinopathy
Dystrophinopathy Symptomatic Female Carrier

NCT07609394

Where you'd take part

This study runs at 10 sites. They're the same protocol — you choose where, and that choice sets who your contact draft is addressed to.

  • Arkansas Children's Hospital

    Little Rock, Arkansasno site contact published

    Recruiting

  • Children's Hospital Colorado

    Aurora, Coloradono site contact published

    Recruiting

  • Children's National Medical Center

    Washington D.C., District of Columbiano site contact published

    Recruiting

  • Duke University Medical Center

    Durham, North Carolinano site contact published

    Recruiting

  • Primary Children's Hospital

    Salt Lake City, Utahno site contact published

    Recruiting

  • UC Davis Health

    Sacramento, Californiano site contact published

    Not yet recruiting

  • University of Iowa Health Care

    Iowa City, Iowano site contact published

    Recruiting

  • University of Utah Health

    Salt Lake City, Utahno site contact published

    Recruiting

Sites open and close at different times, so the status above is per site — it can differ from the study's overall status.

  • Ann Martin, MS, CGC · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy
  • Eric Camino, PhD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy
  • Rachel Schrader, MS, APRN, CPNP-PC · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy

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Eligibility criteria

Inclusion

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

Individuals with other forms of muscular dystrophy
Individuals who do not provide consent
  • Progressive Muscle WeaknessDate 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.

    Characterize progressive muscle weakness in dystrophinopathy patients over time by measuring 1) age at start of corticosteroids (age at first prescription); 2) corticosteroid use including name, dose, regimen; and 3) dependence on wheelchair or age at fulltime wheelchair use (date of wheelchair/DME order).

  • Cardiac FunctionDate 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.

    Characterize cardiac standard of care and cardiac function in dystrophinopathy patients by measuring 1) age at first echocardiogram, cardiac MRI, and EKG; 2) age at first ACE inhibitor or ARB prescription; and 3) recording LVEF on echocardiogram and cardiac MRI throughout study.

  • Pulmonary FunctionFVC 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.

    Characterize pulmonary standard of care and pulmonary function in dystrophinopathy patients by measuring spirometry results including 1) forced vital capacity (FVC), % predicted; and 2) peak cough flow (PCF) in L/min.

  • Bone HealthBMI, 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.

    Characterize orthopedic standard of care and bone health in dystrophinopathy patients by measuring 1) date of first Xray of spine and DEXA scan; 2) age at first bisphosphonates prescription; and 3) recording BMI throughout study.