CIMR Neuromuscular Research Biobank (NRB-0001)

Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU)

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Neuromuscular Diseases; Neuromuscular Diseases in Children; Neuromuscular Disorder

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05434572

HM20021172

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this research repository is to collect, store, and share with other researchers any tissues that subjects with all types of neuromuscular disease are willing to donate. These samples will be stored at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) and will be used for future research with this population.

Full description

The study involves collection of medical information about research participants and their families. No identifying information about family members will be collected. Research participants will be asked for any general knowledge they have related to possible neurological disorders.

Research participants are also given the opportunity to provide blood, skin cells, urine, saliva, fecal matter, muscle tissue, cells, DNA and/or RNA samples.

Before any study procedures take place, the informed consent form will be provided and reviewed with potential research participants in detail. Potential research participants will have an opportunity to ask additional questions before starting any study procedures.

Enrollment: 500 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: Under 75 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Willing and able to give informed consent
• Positive diagnosis or suspected diagnosis of neuromuscular disease, or
• Family history of neuromuscular disease, or
• Healthy volunteer
• Age Neonates-75

Exclusion criteria

• Unwilling to sign consent