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Collects blood and spinal fluid samples from people with various conditions for research

Collects blood and spinal fluid samples from adults with certain neurological conditions and cancers.

Key facts

Who runs it
Hospices Civils de Lyon
Where
Bron, FranceSee the site
Trial code
Registry title
Control Cohort CTRL COH
Status
Recruiting
People taking part
350 people, planned
Started
8 Aug 2023
Expected to end
8 Aug 2028
Type of study
Interventional
Treatments tested
  • Collection of biological sample (blood and/or CSF)
Record updated
15 January 2026

Who can take part

AI summary

From the trial's eligibility criteria. Machine-read from the registry text on this page, so it can be wrong. The registry text below and the trial team decide who can take part.

The trial is looking for adults who agree to take part and have Parkinson's disease, ALS, glioblastoma, a cancer without nerve disease, or rheumatoid arthritis. They act as a control group.

Age
18 years or older
Sex
All sexes can join
Disease stage
Parkinson's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, glioblastoma, cancer without neurological disease (lung, breast, ovarian cancer, melanoma, thymoma), or rheumatoid arthritis. No stage is given.

Main reasons for not taking part

  • Refusing consent
  • A nerve disorder that fits paraneoplastic neurological syndrome or autoimmune encephalitis
  • Being under guardianship

The registry criteria, word for word

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Who can take part

  • patient with consent
  • patient with following disease: Parkinson's disease, Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Glioblastoma, cancer without neurological disease (pulmonary cancer, breast cancer, ovarian cancer, melanoma, thymoma), rheumatoid arthritis

Who cannot take part

  • patient with neurological disorder compatible with paraneoplastic neurological syndrome or auto-immune encephalitis
  • refusal consent
  • patient under guardianship

Where in France

  • Hospices Civils de LyonBron, FranceContact: Jerome HONNORAT, PrTaking people

About the trial

What the trial wants to find out

Autoimmune encephalitis (AE) and paraneoplastic neurological syndromes (PNS) are rare disease that could be difficult to diagnose. So it necessary to obtain numerous sample from different disease to develop more specific diagnosis kit It could be possible through the characterisation of new genetic biomarkers.

The group in the trial

  • Control cohortOther group

    Patient with following disease: Parkinson's disease, Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Glioblastoma, cancer without neurological disease (pulmonary cancer, breast cancer, ovarian cancer, melanoma, thymoma), rheumatoid arthritis.

    Treatment: Collection of biological sample (blood and/or CSF)

Questions to ask the study team

  1. How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
  2. Are travel costs paid?
  3. Can I keep my own doctor?
  4. What happens if I want to stop?

Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations

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Data and sources

Registry record
Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
Official title
Control Cohort CTRL COH
Plain-language title
Collects blood and spinal fluid samples from people with various conditions for researchGenerated from the registry record. The registry title is the official one.
AI summary
From the trial's eligibility criteria. Read by machine on 12 November 2026.
Record updated
15 January 2026