Multiple System Atrophy Multidisciplinary Clinic



Status:Recruiting
Conditions:Other Indications
Therapuetic Areas:Other
Healthy:No
Age Range:18 - Any
Updated:1/23/2019
Start Date:March 2016
End Date:March 2026
Contact:GIselle Huet, M.S., CCRP
Email:Giselle.Huet@utsouthwestern.edu

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This is a prospective cohort study to examine the disease burden of multiple system atrophy
and the impact of multidisciplinary care on quality of life and caregiver burden. Data will
be collected through valid rating scales completed by patients and caregivers at home or in
the MSA clinic.

Study Procedures:

Participants and caregivers will attend a multidisciplinary MSA clinic one day every four
months. In addition to the standard of care, they will be asked to complete both online and
paper questionnaires, including the following:

- UMSARS (Unified MSA Rating Scale)

- MSA QOL

- CES-D

- OHQ

- Compass-31

- BIC

- UPDRS

- SARA

- MDS Scale

- CGI

- MoCA

Participants will be part of the study as long as they are a patient of the MSA clinic, and
will be contacted for follow-up information up to five years.

Inclusion Criteria:

- Subject must be a patient in the UT Southwestern MSA clinic and be able to attend the
multidisciplinary clinic every 4 months

- Patients with possible or probable MSA based on established criteria

- Subjects must be 18 years or older

Exclusion Criteria:

- Patients that are unable to give consent

- Minor patients (younger than age 18)

- Non-English speaking patients

- Subjects that are diagnosed with dementia
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2201 Inwood Rd
Dallas, Texas 75235
(214) 645-8300
Principal Investigator: Steven Vernino, MD
Phone: 214-648-9464
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