Pennsylvania Consortium: Clinical Database

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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In order to streamline disease research in ALS and other motor neuron diseases, we have joined a consortium of clinical centers (Hershey and University of Pittsburgh) who will collaborate on clinical and basic research projects. As part of this collaboration, de-identified clinical data from subjects at each institution will be entered into a joint database kindly provided and maintained by the ALS Hope Foundation. This database is password protected and contains only de-identified information. In addition to clinical data, any research specimens that are available through IRB approved tissue collections will be linked to the subject so that the collaborating investigators can share samples and have the maximum information. This will enhance the usefulness of each specimen. Once established, the database will provide a resource in which clinical data on a large number of patients along with tissue (blood, urine, muscle, csf, and autopsy) samples will be readily available. This will expedite research by circumventing the delays in collecting specimens prospectively and increase the number of specimens available by allowing the collaborating researchers access to each others specimens. In each case there will be a formal request placed to use specimens that are at the other institutions. These specimens will be used for research in the ALS Center of Hope at the Drexel University College of Medicine and shared with outside investigators with valid IRB approved protocols.

Official Title
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Pennsylvania Consortium: Clinical Database

Conditions
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Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Neurodegenerative Disease, Motor Neuron Disease

Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Clinical data on patients with motor neuron diseases (ALS, PLS, Bulbar Palsy) and related disorders Exclusion Criteria: Any patient without a motor neuron disease or related disorder

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 18 Years
Maximum Age: 89 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| MND<br>Patients seen in the MDA/ALS Center of Hope at Drexel University College of Medicine Patients seen in the Department of Neurology at Drexel University College of Medicine | |

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| None Specified | This database is intended to increase the efficiency of other IRB approved protocols by increasing accessibility of information and biological samples from the ALS cohort. No direct outcome measures have been specified for the creation of the database. | None Specified | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Cerebrospinal Fluid, Neurodegenerative Disease, Motor Neuron Disease, Autonomic Nervous System, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Movement Disorders