Genetic Study of Familial and Sporadic ALS/Motor Neuron Disease, Miyoshi Myopathy and Other Neuromuscular Disorders
Last updated on July 2021Recruitment
- Recruitment Status
- Recruiting
- Estimated Enrollment
- Same as current
Summary
- Conditions
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis With Dementia
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Sporadic
- Familial Disease
- Frontotemporal Dementia
- Lou Gehrig's Disease
- Miyoshi Myopathy
- Motor Neuron Disease
- Muscular Dystrophy
- PLS
- Type
- Observational
- Design
- Observational Model: OtherTime Perspective: Prospective
Participation Requirements
- Age
- Younger than 125 years
- Gender
- Both males and females
Description
Participants will be asked to provide a blood sample ( or sometimes saliva or skin sample) and to complete a couple of questionnaires regarding their overall medical health and some environmental risk factors. Medical records will be requested for all those diagnosed with one of the study diseases t...
Participants will be asked to provide a blood sample ( or sometimes saliva or skin sample) and to complete a couple of questionnaires regarding their overall medical health and some environmental risk factors. Medical records will be requested for all those diagnosed with one of the study diseases to allow the researchers to review details of their clinical disease symptoms, neurological exams and test results. Participants do not need to travel to Massachusetts for this study. Samples can be obtained locally at no costs to the participant. Family members may be included in the study depending on family history and their relationship to the affected individual.
Tracking Information
- NCT #
- NCT01459302
- Collaborators
- Not Provided
- Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Robert H Brown Jr., D Phil,MD U Mass Medical School
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