P.175 Global FKRP registry - the research database for limb girdle muscular dystrophy R9 (2I)

Abstract

The Global FKRP Registry is an international registry for individuals with conditions caused by mutation of the Fukutin-Related Protein gene (<i>FKRP</i>): limb girdle muscular dystrophy R9 (LGMDR9, formerly LGMD2I) and the congenital muscular dystrophies (MD) MDC1C, Muscle-Eye-Brain Disease and Walker-Warburg Syndrome. The registry seeks to further understanding of the natural history and prevalence of FKRP-related MD and to aid the rapid identification of eligible patients for clinical studies. It disseminates FKRP-relevant information; provides a source of information to academics, industry and healthcare professionals; and supports the FKRP community. Registration is patient-initiated through a secure online portal (www.fkrp-registry.org). Participants give their consent and are invited to complete a questionnaire about their condition. Data is reported by both patients and their healthcare professionals and includes gene mutation, age of onset, presenting symptoms, motor function and muscle strength, respiratory and cardiac function, and medication. In addition, participants are invited to complete validated questionnaires on quality of life (INQoL) and pain (McGill). In recent years, the registry has assisted recruitment to natural history studies and clinical trials in LGMDR9. It has facilitated research by responding to data enquiries and circulating surveys, demonstrating its effectiveness as a repository of patient data, a tool for data collection and assembly of a trial-ready patient cohort. This year, the registry will implement the newly developed TREAT-NMD LGMD Core Dataset. Collection of a shared dataset by individual LGMD patient registries from around the world will enable a larger and potentially more powerful body of data to be collected on this diverse patient cohort. As knowledge of rare neuromuscular conditions increases and advances in the development of potential therapies are made, the registry is centrally placed to help support the accumulation of natural history and post-marketing surveillance data and facilitate recruitment to clinical trials.