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Cerebrospinal Fluid Repository

NCT00714636 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 11

Last updated 2017-03-09

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of a CSF repository is to collect samples of spinal fluid from controls and patients with neurologic disorders including but not exclusively ALS, Dementia, CRPS, neuropathies, and other neuromuscular diseases. This CSF repository will allow the use of CSF in biochemical studies of various neurologic diseases. It would also provide a supply of the necessary normal and disease control patients. CSF would be obtained from patients who are undergoing spinal taps for other reasons including diagnosis, treatment, or participation in clinical trials. We are proposing to collect an additional \< 3 ml of CSF from a lumbar puncture that is already being performed for diagnostic or therapeutic reasons, in order to store it in our laboratory for use in future research studies. No lumbar punctures will be initiated specifically for this protocol.

Conditions

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • MDA/ALS Center of Hope

    collaborator OTHER

  • Drexel University College of Medicine

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Terry Heiman-Patterson, MD · MDA/ALS Center of Hope

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2006-10-31
Primary Completion
2008-10-31
Completion
2008-10-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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