Swiss Cerebral Palsy Registry

NCT ID: NCT04992871

Last Updated: 2026-02-13

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Total Enrollment

15000 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2017-06-19

Study Completion Date

2071-01-31

Brief Summary

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The Swiss-CP-Reg is a national patient registry that collects information on diagnosis, symptoms, treatment and follow-up of patients with cerebral palsy (CP) in Switzerland. It was first implemented in 2017 in the paediatric clinics in Basel, Bellinzona, Bern, Geneva, Lausanne, St. Gallen and Zurich. It is currently extended to all Swiss clinics and medical practices and adults will be invited to join the register in the coming years. The registry provides data for national and international monitoring and research. It supports research on CP in Switzerland and the exchange of knowledge between clinicians, researchers and therapists, with the goal to improve the treatment of children and adults with CP and optimizing their health and quality of life.

Detailed Description

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Background: Cerebral palsy (CP) refers to chronic movement and postural disorders. It results from a non-progressive lesion or brain malformation that occurs during the prenatal, perinatal, or postnatal period (e.g. ischemic lesions of the neonatal brain or genetic predispositions leading to brain malformation). Besides motor dysfunction, persons with CP suffer from a wide variety of comorbidities, such as epilepsy, speech, hearing or vision disorders, cognitive dysfunction, behavioral disorders, and secondary musculoskeletal problems.

CP is the most common cause of physical disability in children in Switzerland and it is important that the investigators gain a better understanding of its prevalence, risk factors, current clinical profile and the needs of those affected and their families.

The cantonal Ethics Committee of Bern approved the Swiss-CP-Reg project (project ID: 2017-00873, observational study, risk category A).

Objectives: The overall objective of the Swiss-CP-Reg is to improve future care and thus well-being of CP individuals. The development of a national registry for the collection of representative, complete and longitudinal data from children, adolescents and adults with CP in Switzerland serves to achieve this goal.

Primary objectives of the Swiss-CP-Reg projects:

1. Establish a representative population-based Swiss cohort of children, adolescents and adults with CP
2. Provide epidemiological data to investigate the incidence, prevalence, risk factors, spectrum of diagnosis, survival rates and mortality
3. Provide a platform for clinical research:

* Answer questions in the following areas: health, health care, education, social aspects and quality of life
* Offer a resource to recruit patients for nested observational and intervention studies
4. Provide a platform for communication:

* Promote the exchange of knowledge between clinics, researchers, therapists and national and cantonal health authorities
* Facilitate international collaborations, in particular with the \"Surveillance of Cerebral Palsy of Europe\" (SCPE), and benchmarking of used therapeutic approaches with international partners

Inclusion/exclusion criteria: all children, adolescents and adults diagnosed with CP who are born, treated or living in Switzerland. The SCPE decision tree is used for inclusion/exclusion. Patients with pure muscular hypotonia, neurometabolic diseases (e.g. neuronal storage diseases, leukodystrophies) and other progressive neurological diseases (e.g. spinocerebellar ataxias, hereditary spastic paraplegia, Rett syndrome, epileptic encephalopathy) are excluded.

Procedure: After a CP diagnosis of a child, the treating physician informs the family during a consultation in a clinic or practice in writing and orally about the Swiss-CP-Reg. Families who wish to participate sign the consent form and the children are registered in the Swiss-CP-Reg. If families do not wish to participate, only a minimal anonymous data set is recorded.

The following data will be collected:

* Medical data
* Data from questionnaires for patients and families
* Data from links to routine statistics and medical registries

Clinical data (report of new cases and follow-up reports): CP Classification; Perinatal history; Diagnosis information; Possible CP causes; Neuroradiological examinations; Classification of motor skills (mobility, manual ability); Comorbidities, e.g. epilepsy, visual impairment, pain; Development and learning difficulties; Communication and nutrition; Hip and spinal pathologies (e.g. scoliosis); Treatments and therapies e.g. physiotherapy, hip surgery, medication; Socio-economic resources of the family.

Questionnaire data: Personal information; Health-related quality of life; Participation in daily life; Medical care and medication; Communication and dietary problems; Comorbidities; Treatments; Aids; Education and social environment; Family needs

Routine data and linkages: Communities; Federal Statistical Office (e.g. the birth register, cause of death statistics, hospital statistics); SwissNeoNet (register for premature and at-risk children).

Current status: From 2017-2021, the investigators have included 580 persons diagnosed with CP (Status May 31 2021; from birth year 1998)

The Swiss-CP-Reg contact new diagnosed persons with CP at regular intervals, and continuously analyse and publish data and findings.

Funding: Swiss Cerebral Foundation, Anna Mueller Grocholski Foundation, Swiss Academy of Childhood Disability SACD, Hand in Hand Anstalt, Ostschweizer Kinderspital and ACCENTUS Charitable Foundation (Walter Muggli Fund).

Conditions

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Cerebral Palsy

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Patient population

Children, adolescents and adults diagnosed with cerebral palsy who are born, treated or living in Switzerland

No interventions assigned to this group

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Who were diagnosed with CP, confirmation of the diagnosis at the age of 5 years is required
* Who are born, treated for CP or living in Switzerland, and
* Who gave informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

* Pure muscular hypotonia
* Neurometabolic diseases (e.g. neuronal storage diseases, leukodystrophies)
* Other progressive neurological diseases (e.g. spinocerebellar ataxias, hereditary spastic paraplegia, Rett syndrome, epileptic encephalopathy)
Minimum Eligible Age

0 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Schweizerische Stiftung für das cerebral gelähmte Kind

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

SwissPedNet

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Bern

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Claudia E Kuehni, Prof. MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM), University of Bern

Locations

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Aarau Cantonal Hospital

Aarau, , Switzerland

Site Status RECRUITING

University Children's Hospital Basel, UKBB

Basel, , Switzerland

Site Status RECRUITING

Pediatric Institute of Southern Switzerland, Ospedale San Giovanni

Bellinzona, , Switzerland

Site Status RECRUITING

Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM), University of Bern

Bern, , Switzerland

Site Status RECRUITING

University Children's Hospital Bern, Inselspital

Bern, , Switzerland

Site Status RECRUITING

Zentrum für Entwicklungsförderung und pädiatrische Neurorehabilitation

Biel, , Switzerland

Site Status RECRUITING

University Hospitals of Geneva

Geneva, , Switzerland

Site Status RECRUITING

University Children's hospital Lausane, CHUV

Lausanne, , Switzerland

Site Status RECRUITING

Lucerne Cantonal Hospital

Lucerne, , Switzerland

Site Status RECRUITING

Children's Hospital of Eastern Switzerland

Sankt Gallen, , Switzerland

Site Status RECRUITING

Zentrum für Kinder mit Sinnes- und Körperbeeinträchtigung

Solothurn, , Switzerland

Site Status RECRUITING

University Children's Hospital Zurich

Zurich, , Switzerland

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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Switzerland

Central Contacts

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Claudia E Kuehni, Prof. MD

Role: CONTACT

+41 31 684 35 07

Facility Contacts

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Christina Rüsch, Dr. med

Role: primary

Stephanie Jünemann, Dr. med

Role: primary

Barbara B Goeggel-Simonetti, PD Dr. med

Role: primary

Claudia E Kuehni, Prof. MD

Role: primary

+41 31 684 35 07

Sebastian Grunt, PD Dr. med

Role: primary

Chantal Gammenthaler-Zaugg, Dr. med

Role: primary

Joel Fluss, PD Dr

Role: primary

Christopher Newman, PD Dr

Role: primary

Mareike Schimmel, Dr. med

Role: primary

Steffen Berweck, Prof Dr med

Role: primary

Letizia von Laer, Dr. med

Role: primary

Andreas Meyer-Heim, PD Dr. med

Role: primary

References

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Belle FN, Hunziker S, Fluss J, Grunt S, Juenemann S, Kuenzle C, Meyer-Heim A, Newman CJ, Ramelli GP, Weber P, Claudia E K, Tscherter A. Cohort profile: the Swiss Cerebral Palsy Registry (Swiss-CP-Reg) cohort study. Swiss Med Wkly. 2022 Feb 21;152:w30139. doi: 10.4414/smw.2022.w30139. eCollection 2022 Feb 14.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 35230014 (View on PubMed)

Related Links

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https://www.swiss-cp-reg.ch/

Website of the registry

Other Identifiers

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2017-00873

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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