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ReviewCerebellum (London, England)2024

Consensus Recommendations for Clinical Outcome Assessments and Registry Development in Ataxias: Ataxia Global Initiative (AGI) Working Group Expert Guidance.

Thomas Klockgether, Matthis Synofzik, AGI working group on COAs and Registries

Open access · hybridAbstract readReviewConsensus Statement
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Review in Cerebellum (London, England), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
16citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.0field-weighted citation impact, top 9% 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

16 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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  10. Hereditary Ataxias in Argentina.Cerebellum (London, England) · 2025
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  15. Cognitive-Affective Functions of the Cerebellum.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 20 institutions in 17 countries.

Thomas KlockgetherDepartment of Neurology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany. klockgether@uni-bonn.de.
Matthis SynofzikGerman Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Venusberg-Campus, 53127, Bonn, Germany.
AGI working group on COAs and Registries
University Hospital Bonn · DEGerman Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases · DEHeidelberg University · DEHospital Universitari i Politècnic La Fe · ESRadboud University Nijmegen · NLAmicus Therapeutics (United Kingdom) · GBBambino Gesù Children's Hospital · ITBiogen (United States) · USBiohaven Pharmaceuticals (United States) · USBrown University · USCentre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal · CACentre Hospitalier Régional et Universitaire de Nancy · FRCentre National de la Recherche Scientifique · FRChildren's Medical Center · IRChinese University of Hong Kong · HKColumbia University Irving Medical Center · USFondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta · ITFriedreich's Ataxia Research Alliance · USHertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research · DEHospitais da Universidade de Coimbra · PT

Funding

Deciphering the Role of the Pumilio1 in Two Distinct Neurological DiseasesR01NS109858 · NINDS · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI Vincenzo Alessandro Gennarino · 2019 to 2026
$4.1M
NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS109858Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To accelerate and facilitate clinical trials, the Ataxia Global Initiative (AGI) was established as a worldwide research platform for trial readiness in ataxias. One of AGI's major goals is the harmonization and standardization of outcome assessments. Clinical outcome assessments (COAs) that describe or reflect how a patient feels or functions are indispensable for clinical trials, but similarly important for observational studies and in routine patient care. The AGI working group on COAs has defined a set of data including a graded catalog of COAs that are recommended as a standard for future assessment and sharing of clinical data and joint clinical studies. Two datasets were defined: a mandatory dataset (minimal dataset) that can ideally be obtained during a routine clinical consultation and a more demanding extended dataset that is useful for research purposes. In the future, the currently most widely used clinician-reported outcome measure (ClinRO) in ataxia, the scale for the assessment and rating of ataxia (SARA), should be developed into a generally accepted instrument that can be used in upcoming clinical trials. Furthermore, there is an urgent need (i) to obtain more data on ataxia-specific, patient-reported outcome measures (PROs), (ii) to demonstrate and optimize sensitivity to change of many COAs, and (iii) to establish methods and evidence of anchoring change in COAs in patient meaningfulness, e.g., by determining patient-derived minimally meaningful thresholds of change.

Indexed as

AtaxiaOutcome Assessment, Health CareRegistriesClinical Trials as TopicHumansActivities of daily living (ADL)AtaxiaClinical outcome assessment (COA)Scale for the assessment and rating of ataxia (SARA)Standardization

Identifiers

PMID37020147
PMCPMC11102398
OpenAlexW4362604309

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