Identification of Genes Causing Familial ALS or Increasing Risk for Sporadic ALS and ALS With Frontotemporal Dementia and Understanding Disease Mechanism.
Status: Completed
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Intervention Type: Other
Study Type: Observational
SUMMARY
We are collecting blood samples, clinical and family information from ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) patients and their families to identify causes of ALS and ALS/dementia.
Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 18
Healthy Volunteers: t
View:
• Patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis or ALS and frontotemporal dementia
• Selected family members, generally brothers and sisters of an ALS patient, the patient's parents
Locations
United States
Illinois
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago
Time Frame
Start Date: 1991-01
Completion Date: 2023-01
Participants
Target number of participants: 13521
Treatments
ALS families
Patients with either inherited or sporadic ALS or PLS and selected family members
Authors
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Leads: Northwestern University