SPS Global Registry

Welcome!

The SPS Global Registry is an online registry for people with Stiff Person Syndrome (including SPS spectrum disorders). It is sponsored by The Stiff Person Syndrome Research Foundation and hosted by the National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD®) on their IAMRARE® platform. This registry will collect information from participants (or their authorized representatives) who are affected by Stiff Person Syndrome.

What is a Patient Registry?

A patient registry is a collection of standardized information about a group of patients who share a condition. The information may be used for a variety of purposes such as conducting natural history studies and supporting disease-specific clinical trial recruitment. The SPS Global Registry serves to:

• Support the design of clinical trials that explore new rare disease treatments.
• Describe the people who have Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS) and to better understand the variability and stages of SPS.
• Understand how Stiff Person Syndrome changes over a person’s lifetime.
• Learn about clinical practice patterns and variations over the course of treatment.
• Help to develop best practices, management guidelines, and recommendations so that clinicians can know how to give the best care to improve the quality of life and outcomes of people with SPS.
• Identify people with Stiff Person Syndrome who might be willing to take part in other research studies or clinical trials. You will be able to choose whether you want to hear about these other studies.

What types of data will be collected in the SPS Global Registry?

The SPS Global Registry collects data on the following topics:

• Eligibility
• Socio‑demographics
• Lifestyle
• Family History
• Medical History
• Women’s Health
• SPS Diagnosis and Testing
• Research and Biorepository
• SPS Symptoms
• SPS Treatments
• Quality of life
• Medical Uploads

Is the data secure?

The SPS Global Registry follows strict government guidelines to assure patient information is protected. The platform is served over HTTPS, which means that the data is encrypted when being sent from the user’s browser to the NORD servers. The data is also kept encrypted in the NORD database. Communications between the registry platform application server and the database are also encrypted. As with any information one provides electronically, there is a very rare chance that privacy could be compromised. However, the registry and the security measures minimize the chance of this occurring.

Video links:

What is a Registry?
Janet Woodcock, Former Director CDER FDA on NORD Registry Program