NCT00445367Active, not recruiting
Biobank For MS And Other Demyelinating Diseases
Large-scale, Multi-disciplinary Sample and Data Repository for Multiple Sclerosis and Related Demyelinating Diseases
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 27 Oct 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
To establish a large, longitudinal collection of high quality samples and data from subjects with MS, selected other demyelinating diseases (Transverse Myelitis (TM), Neuromyelitis Optica (NMO) or Devic's, Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis (ADEM), and Optic Neuritis (ON)), and related and unrelated unaffected controls. Samples and data will be available as a shared resource to scientists researching the causes, sub-types, and biomarkers of MS and related demyelinating diseases.
- Status (registry)
- Active, not recruiting
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 3226 (actual)
- First submitted
- 8 Mar 2007
- Start date
- 1 May 2006
- Primary completion date
- 31 Oct 2030
- Lead sponsor
- Accelerated Cure Project for Multiple Sclerosis
- NCT number
- NCT00445367
What you commit to
- Study type: Observational
- Participants enrolled: 3226
- From 1 May 2006 to the primary completion date, 31 Oct 2030
- 10 sites in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
Built from the registry fields of ClinicalTrials.gov. It describes the study, not your situation.
Who cannot take part
Copied verbatim from ClinicalTrials.gov and grouped by topic. Only the trial team decides who can take part.
Prior treatment
- allogeneic bone marrow transplant
Other illness
- history of blood borne pathogens
- clinical or radiological evidence of stroke, meningitis, or other well characterized diseases of the nervous system (with the exception of MS, TM, NMO, ADEM, or ON).
Other
- weight less than 37 pounds
Who the study is looking for
- age 18+ able to give informed consent or individuals younger than 18 with parental permission and able to give assent
- willing to provide up to 110 ml (50 ml for \< 18 years old) of blood via venipuncture
- experienced at least one CNS demyelinating event characteristic of MS, TM, NMO, ADEM, or ON
Sex: All · Accepts healthy volunteers
Sites (10)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shepherd Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Atlanta | United States | Unknown status |
| The Rocky Mountain MS Center at Anschutz Medical Campus at UC Denver Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Aurora | United States | Unknown status |
| Johns Hopkins Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Baltimore | United States | Unknown status |
| Beth Israel Deaconess Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Boston | United States | Unknown status |
| The Ohio State University Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Columbus | United States | Unknown status |
| University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Dallas | United States | Unknown status |
| Multiple Sclerosis Research Center of New York Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | New York | United States | Unknown status |
| Barrow Neurological Institute Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Phoenix | United States | Unknown status |
| Stanford University Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Stanford | United States | Unknown status |
| University of Massachusetts Medical School Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Worcester | United States | Unknown status |
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