Register 2 · Ongoing studies updated Aug 2026

What is being studied, right now.

Studies our community can join or follow. Each entry shows who runs it, its status, and whom to contact. Associations: tell us about studies in your country.

Patient Journey · ERN BOND / EURORDIS in progress

A five-step research project promoted by DysNet on behalf of Raggiungere, tracking the experiences of patients, families, doctors and researchers through a shared questionnaire, to give families updated medical and scientific knowledge.

ERN BOND ePAG · approved, in progress · contact via info@dysnet.org

How the brain adapts to congenital upper-limb loss · University of Zurich recruiting

An observational study combining MRI and behavioural measures to understand how the central nervous system reorganises in people born with upper-limb amelia, compared with controls. About 70 participants; adults with congenital upper-limb loss can take part in Zurich.

University of Zurich, Switzerland · recruiting until 2027 · ClinicalTrials.gov · NCT06043518 ↗

Prosthesis reimbursement across the EU workgroup

A DysNet workgroup compares the subsidies each EU country grants for prostheses: amounts due, and which prosthesis technologies qualify. A regional initiative at Regione Lombardia (2026) is the working example other countries can replicate.

DysNet workgroup · data collection open to all member associations

Rare Barometer surveys recurring

EURORDIS’s survey programme on living with a rare disease. DysNet contributes content and translations and relays each wave to members.

EURORDIS · join the panel

Orphanet research directories source

Orphanet catalogues ongoing clinical trials, research projects, registries and biobanks per rare disease. The maintainer screens it for limb-difference studies each quarter.

Orphanet · clinical trials · research projects

“What if” phase 2: a European survey on dysmelia planned

A workgroup prepares a European-level survey across cultural, medical, scientific and technological dimensions, drawing on university and research centres, hospitals and orthopaedic units in the countries DysNet represents.

DysNet workgroup · in preparation

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