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ArticleBrain sciences2019

Voice of People with Fragile X Syndrome and Their Families: Reports from a Survey on Treatment Priorities.

Jayne Dixon Weber, Elizabeth Smith, Elizabeth Berry-Kravis, Diego Cadavid, David Hessl, Craig Erickson

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Article in Brain sciences, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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36citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
3.9field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

36 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 57 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. The Impact of Fragile X Syndrome on Caregivers: A Systematic Review.Journal of intellectual disability research : JIDR · 2026
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  5. Effects of AFQ056 on language learning in fragile X syndrome.The Journal of clinical investigation · 2023
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  7. Profile of Behavioral Comorbidities in Children With Fragile X Syndrome.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Jayne Dixon WeberNational Fragile X Foundation, McLean, VA 22102, USA. jayne@fragilex.org.
Elizabeth SmithCincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Division of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA. elizabeth.smith3@cchmc.org.ORCID 0000-0003-4661-0050
Elizabeth Berry-KravisDepartments of Pediatrics, Neurological Sciences, Biochemistry, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60612, USA. Elizabeth_Berry-Kravis@rush.edu.
Diego CadavidFulcrum Therapeutics, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. dcadavid@fulcrumtx.com.
David HesslMIND Institute and Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA. drhessl@ucdavis.edu.
Craig EricksonCincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Division of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry and the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA. craig.erickson@cchmc.org.
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center · USFulcrum Therapeutics (United States) · USNational Fragile X Foundation · USRush University Medical Center · USUniversity of California, Davis · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To date, there has been limited research on the primary concerns and treatment priorities for individuals with fragile X syndrome (FXS) and their families. The National Fragile X Foundation in collaboration with clinical investigators from industry and academia constructed a survey to investigate the main symptoms, daily living challenges, family impact, and treatment priorities for individuals with FXS and their families, which was then distributed to a large mailing list. The survey included both structured questions focused on ranking difficulties as well as qualitative analysis of open-ended questions. It was completed by 467 participants, including 439 family members or caretakers (family members/caretakers) of someone with FXS, 20 professionals who work with a person with FXS, and 8 individuals with FXS. Respondents indicated three main general areas of concern: Anxiety, behavioral problems, and learning difficulties. Important differences were noted, based on the sex and age of the individual with FXS. The results highlight the top priorities for treatment development for family members/caretakers, as well as a small group of professionals, and an even smaller group of individuals with FXS, while demonstrating challenges with "voice of the patient" research in FXS.

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characteristics that have the greatest impactdevelopmental disordersFMR1 genefragile X syndromevoice of the patientvoice of the person

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PMID30678024
PMCPMC6406416
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