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Collaboration aims to improve design of FSHD clinical trials

WHY IT MATTERS

Better-designed clinical trials mean faster progress toward treatments for FSHD, and patient input through the FSHD Society ensures trials are structured in ways that actually work for people living with the disease.

Three organizations that work with facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) patients are joining together to make clinical trials better. FSHD is a rare muscle disease that causes weakness in the face, shoulders, and upper arms. This partnership wants to improve how these trials are designed so they can test new treatments more effectively.

A new collaboration aims to improve the design of clinical trials testing potential treatments for facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD). The FSHD Society, a patient-driven advocacy organization, is teaming with two other groups — Solve FSHD, a venture philanthropic organization focused on speeding the development of new FSHD treatments, and the FSHD Clinical Trial Research Network, […] The post Collaboration aims to improve design of FSHD clinical trials appeared first on Muscular

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