Other Research Opportunities

Cure SMA works independently and with a variety of stakeholders to support research into the experiences, goals, opportunities and challenges of our community.

These additional research oppportunities include interviews, surveys, experiments and other activities. For example, if you choose to take part in one or more of these research activities, you might:

  • Participate in studies that explore different aspects of living with SMA, including nutrition, breathing, or mobility.
  • Offer your opinions and experiences to key decision makers, to help shape current and future development of treatments.
  • Share your goals and priorities to help improve the standard of care for SMA.

Below is a list of research activities currently recruiting new participants. Please note that this page does not include clinical trials that are currently recruiting participants. For that, please see our clinical trials currently recruiting page.

Research Activites Currently Recruiting

Unmet Needs of Spinal Muscular Atrophy

What: A 20-minute online survey on understanding to what extent existing treatments meet Spinal Muscular Atrophy individuals' medical needs; and to understand the perception and experiences with existing conditions. 
Who Can Participate: Individuals with all types of SMA aged 18+, in addition to caregivers, family members and friends aged 18+ of those with all types of SMA.
How to Participate: Visit http://s-21.onesurvey.com/wix/p1430662.aspx

Policy

Participation in any survey, focus group, or other patient voice project is entirely voluntary. You may complete all, some or none of questions asked in each exercise. Before deciding to participate, please take a moment to review this privacy notice. This explains how the information in the survey might be used, and also explains the steps that we take to safeguard your information:

This information may be shared with Cure SMA grant recipients, content providers, sponsors, service providers or other third parties to advance the goals of research, education, dissemination of information and otherwise in fulfillment of the goals of Cure SMA. Cure SMA uses Personal Information to assist in recruiting individuals into clinical studies and trials, providing aggregate disease statistics to third parties, providing de-identified individual patient disease information to third parties, contributing data to third party journal publications, and to refer patients to specialized SMA clinical centers. Such third parties are obligated to maintain the confidentiality of Personal Information and are not authorized to use such information for any purpose other than its intended purpose. Unless we have your consent or as required by law, Cure SMA will not share your Personal Information with any person or entity other than those affiliated with Cure SMA, entities acting on behalf of Cure SMA and relevant third parties such as Cure SMA research grant recipients. By submitting Personal Information through the Sites or to a Cure SMA contact, you authorize Cure SMA to share this Personal Information for the purposes identified above.

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