Patient-reportedimpact of myasthenia gravis in the real world: protocol for a digital observational study (MyRealWorld MG)
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Patient-reportedimpact of myasthenia gravis in the real world: protocol for a digital observational study (MyRealWorld MG)
Sonia Berrih-Aknin1, Kristl G Claeys2,3, Nancy Law4, Renato Mantegazza5,6, Hiroyuki Murai7, Francesco Saccà8, Sarah Dewilde9, Mathieu F Janssen10, http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7208-1303Emma Bagshaw11, Hara Kousoulakou11, Mark Larkin11, Jon Beauchamp12, Trevor Leighton12, Sandra Paci12
INSERM, Institute of Myology, Center of Research in Myology, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
Department of Neurology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Laboratory for Muscle Diseases and Neuropathies, Department of Neurosciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America Inc, Westborough, Massachusetts, USA
Fondazione IRCCS, Istituto Nazionale Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milan, Italy
Associazione Italiana Miastenia e Malattie Immunodegenerative, Milan, Italy
Department of Neurology, International University of Health and Welfare, Narita, Japan
DNSRO Department, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
Services in Health Economics, Brussels, Belgium
Section Medical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Department of Psychiatry, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Vitaccess Limited, London, UK
argenx BV, Ghent, Belgium
Introduction Myasthenia gravis (MG) is a rare, chronic, autoimmune disease, mediated by immunoglobulin G antibodies, which causes debilitating muscle weakness. As with most rare diseases, there is little patient-reported data with which to understand and address patient needs. This study explores the impact of MG in the real world from the patient perspective.
Methods and analysis This is a 2-year prospective, observational, digital, longitudinal study of adults with MG, resident in the following countries: the USA, Japan, Germany, France, the UK, Italy, Spain, Canada and Belgium. The planned sample size is 2000. Recruitment will be community based, via patient advocacy groups, social media and word of mouth. Participants will use a smartphone application (app) to check eligibility, provide consent and contribute data. Planned data entry is as follows: (1) personal profile on enrollment—covering demographics, MG characteristics and previous care; (2) monthly event tracker—current treatments, healthcare visits, treatment-related adverse events, productivity losses; (3) monthly selection of validated generic and disease-specific patient-reported outcomes instruments: EQ-5D-5L, Myasthenia Gravis Activities of Daily Living, Myasthenia Gravis Quality of Life 15-item revised scale, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale and Health Utilities Index III. Analyses are planned for when the study has been running in most countries for approximately 6, 12, 18 and 24 months.
Ethics and dissemination The study protocol has been reviewed and granted ethics approval by Salus IRB for participants resident in the following countries: Germany, the UK and the US. Local ethics approval is being sought for the following study countries: Belgium, Canada, France, Italy, Japan and Spain. Study results will be communicated to the public and participants via conference presentations and journal publications, as well as regular email, social media and in-application communication.
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