Genetic Study of Familial and Sporadic ALS/Motor Neuron Disease, Miyoshi Myopathy and Other Neuromuscular Disorders

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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01459302

Recruitment Status : Recruiting

First Posted : October 25, 2011

Last Update Posted : September 7, 2018

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Sponsor:

Collaborator:

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)

Information provided by (Responsible Party):

Robert Brown, University of Massachusetts, Worcester

Study Description

Brief Summary:

The investigators laboratory has been studying families with a history of ALS for more than 25 years and is continuing to use new ways to understand how genes may play a role in ALS, motor neuron disease and other neuromuscular disorders.

The purpose of this study is to identify additional genes that may cause or put a person at risk for either familial ALS (meaning 2 or more people in a family who have had ALS), sporadic ALS, or other forms of motor neuron disease in the hopes of improving diagnosis and treatment. As new genes are found that may be linked to ALS in families or individuals, the investigators can then further study how that gene may be contributing to the disease by studying it down to the protein and molecular level. This includes all forms of ALS, motor neuron disease and ALS with fronto-temporal dementia(ALS/FTD). We also continue to study other forms of neuromuscular disease such as Miyoshi myopathy, FSH dystrophy and other forms of muscular dystrophy by looking at the genes that may be associated with them.

There have been a number of genes identified that are associated both familial and sporadic ALS, with the SOD1, C9orf72, and FUS genes explaining the majority of the cases. However, for about 30% of families with FALS, the gene(s) are still unknown.

The investigators also will continue to work with families already identified to carry one of the known genes associated with ALS.

Condition or disease
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Frontotemporal Dementia PLS Motor Neuron Disease Lou Gehrigs Disease Familial Disease Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Sporadic Muscular Dystrophy Miyoshi Myopathy

Detailed Description:

Participants will be asked to provide a blood sample ( or sometimes saliva or skin sample) and to complete a couple of questionnaires regarding their overall medical health and some environmental risk factors. Medical records will be requested for all those diagnosed with one of the study diseases to allow the researchers to review details of their clinical disease symptoms, neurological exams and test results.

Participants do not need to travel to Massachusetts for this study. Samples can be obtained locally at no costs to the participant. Family members may be included in the study depending on family history and their relationship to the affected individual.

Study Design

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Study Type :	Observational
Estimated Enrollment :	6000 participants
Observational Model:	Other
Time Perspective:	Prospective
Official Title:	Family Studies in Neuromuscular Disorders
Study Start Date :	January 2009
Estimated Primary Completion Date :	October 2020
Estimated Study Completion Date :	October 2020

Resource links provided by the National Library of Medicine

Genetics Home Reference related topics: CHMP2B-related frontotemporal dementia GRN-related frontotemporal dementia Miyoshi myopathy Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis Frontotemporal dementia with parkinsonism-17

MedlinePlus related topics: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Muscle Disorders Neuromuscular Disorders

Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center resources: Muscular Dystrophy Frontotemporal Dementia Frontotemporal Dementia, Ubiquitin-positive Primary Progressive Aphasia Semantic Dementia Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Miyoshi Myopathy Behavioral Variant of Frontotemporal Dementia

U.S. FDA Resources

Groups and Cohorts

Group/Cohort
Familial and Sporadic ALS Individuals with ALS and families with a history of two or more people in the family who have had ALS or other forms of motor neuron disease.

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures :

identification of new genes that may contribute to ALS [ Time Frame: Up to 9 years ]
identification and reporting of any new genes that may associated with individuals or families with ALS is a primary goal to provide better diagnostics as well as new targets for treatment.

Biospecimen Retention: Samples With DNA

DNA(plus Serum, plasma, frozen cells when available) will be obtained from the initial blood or saliva sample for genetic study. RNA, skin cells or lymphoblast cells may be obtained and stored.

Eligibility Criteria

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Ages Eligible for Study:	Child, Adult, Older Adult
Sexes Eligible for Study:	All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:	Yes
Sampling Method:	Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Individuals diagnosed with ALS, motor neuron disease, PLS, ALS with dementia, Miyoshi Myopathy, some muscular dystrophies and spouse/population controls. Some family members may be eligible to participate as well.

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

diagnosis of or family history of ALS,MND,ALS with dementia, or PLS.
diagnosis of Miyoshi myopathy
willingness to provide a blood sample for study use

Exclusion Criteria:

unwilling to provide a blood or saliva sample

Contacts and Locations

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To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01459302

Contacts

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Contact: Diane McKenna-Yasek, RN BSN	508-856-4697	diane.mckenna-yasek@umassmed.edu

Locations

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United States, Massachusetts
University of Massachusetts Medical School	Recruiting
Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, 01655
Contact: Diane M McKenna-Yasek, RN, BSN 508-856-4697 diane.mckenna-yasek@umassmed.edu

Sponsors and Collaborators

University of Massachusetts, Worcester

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)

Investigators

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Principal Investigator:	Robert H Brown Jr., D Phil,MD	U Mass Medical School

More Information

Publications of Results:

Kwiatkowski TJ Jr, Bosco DA, Leclerc AL, Tamrazian E, Vanderburg CR, Russ C, Davis A, Gilchrist J, Kasarskis EJ, Munsat T, Valdmanis P, Rouleau GA, Hosler BA, Cortelli P, de Jong PJ, Yoshinaga Y, Haines JL, Pericak-Vance MA, Yan J, Ticozzi N, Siddique T, McKenna-Yasek D, Sapp PC, Horvitz HR, Landers JE, Brown RH Jr. Mutations in the FUS/TLS gene on chromosome 16 cause familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Science. 2009 Feb 27;323(5918):1205-8. doi: 10.1126/science.1166066.

Shatunov A, Mok K, Newhouse S, Weale ME, Smith B, Vance C, Johnson L, Veldink JH, van Es MA, van den Berg LH, Robberecht W, Van Damme P, Hardiman O, Farmer AE, Lewis CM, Butler AW, Abel O, Andersen PM, Fogh I, Silani V, Chiò A, Traynor BJ, Melki J, Meininger V, Landers JE, McGuffin P, Glass JD, Pall H, Leigh PN, Hardy J, Brown RH Jr, Powell JF, Orrell RW, Morrison KE, Shaw PJ, Shaw CE, Al-Chalabi A. Chromosome 9p21 in sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in the UK and seven other countries: a genome-wide association study. Lancet Neurol. 2010 Oct;9(10):986-94. doi: 10.1016/S1474-4422(10)70197-6. Erratum in: Lancet Neurol. 2011 Mar;10(3):205.

Blauw HM, Al-Chalabi A, Andersen PM, van Vught PW, Diekstra FP, van Es MA, Saris CG, Groen EJ, van Rheenen W, Koppers M, Van't Slot R, Strengman E, Estrada K, Rivadeneira F, Hofman A, Uitterlinden AG, Kiemeney LA, Vermeulen SH, Birve A, Waibel S, Meyer T, Cronin S, McLaughlin RL, Hardiman O, Sapp PC, Tobin MD, Wain LV, Tomik B, Slowik A, Lemmens R, Rujescu D, Schulte C, Gasser T, Brown RH Jr, Landers JE, Robberecht W, Ludolph AC, Ophoff RA, Veldink JH, van den Berg LH. A large genome scan for rare CNVs in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Hum Mol Genet. 2010 Oct 15;19(20):4091-9. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddq323. Epub 2010 Aug 4.

Ticozzi N, LeClerc AL, Keagle PJ, Glass JD, Wills AM, van Blitterswijk M, Bosco DA, Rodriguez-Leyva I, Gellera C, Ratti A, Taroni F, McKenna-Yasek D, Sapp PC, Silani V, Furlong CE, Brown RH Jr, Landers JE. Paraoxonase gene mutations in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Ann Neurol. 2010 Jul;68(1):102-7. doi: 10.1002/ana.21993.

van Es MA, Veldink JH, Saris CG, Blauw HM, van Vught PW, Birve A, Lemmens R, Schelhaas HJ, Groen EJ, Huisman MH, van der Kooi AJ, de Visser M, Dahlberg C, Estrada K, Rivadeneira F, Hofman A, Zwarts MJ, van Doormaal PT, Rujescu D, Strengman E, Giegling I, Muglia P, Tomik B, Slowik A, Uitterlinden AG, Hendrich C, Waibel S, Meyer T, Ludolph AC, Glass JD, Purcell S, Cichon S, Nöthen MM, Wichmann HE, Schreiber S, Vermeulen SH, Kiemeney LA, Wokke JH, Cronin S, McLaughlin RL, Hardiman O, Fumoto K, Pasterkamp RJ, Meininger V, Melki J, Leigh PN, Shaw CE, Landers JE, Al-Chalabi A, Brown RH Jr, Robberecht W, Andersen PM, Ophoff RA, van den Berg LH. Genome-wide association study identifies 19p13.3 (UNC13A) and 9p21.2 as susceptibility loci for sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Nat Genet. 2009 Oct;41(10):1083-7. doi: 10.1038/ng.442. Epub 2009 Sep 6.

Wu CH, Fallini C, Ticozzi N, Keagle PJ, Sapp PC, Piotrowska K, Lowe P, Koppers M, McKenna-Yasek D, Baron DM, Kost JE, Gonzalez-Perez P, Fox AD, Adams J, Taroni F, Tiloca C, Leclerc AL, Chafe SC, Mangroo D, Moore MJ, Zitzewitz JA, Xu ZS, van den Berg LH, Glass JD, Siciliano G, Cirulli ET, Goldstein DB, Salachas F, Meininger V, Rossoll W, Ratti A, Gellera C, Bosco DA, Bassell GJ, Silani V, Drory VE, Brown RH Jr, Landers JE. Mutations in the profilin 1 gene cause familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Nature. 2012 Aug 23;488(7412):499-503. doi: 10.1038/nature11280.

González-Pérez P, Cirulli ET, Drory VE, Dabby R, Nisipeanu P, Carasso RL, Sadeh M, Fox A, Festoff BW, Sapp PC, McKenna-Yasek D, Goldstein DB, Brown RH Jr, Blumen SC. Novel mutation in VCP gene causes atypical amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Neurology. 2012 Nov 27;79(22):2201-8. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e318275963b. Epub 2012 Nov 14.

Ticozzi N, Vance C, Leclerc AL, Keagle P, Glass JD, McKenna-Yasek D, Sapp PC, Silani V, Bosco DA, Shaw CE, Brown RH Jr, Landers JE. Mutational analysis reveals the FUS homolog TAF15 as a candidate gene for familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet. 2011 Apr;156B(3):285-90. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.b.31158. Epub 2011 Jan 13.

Other Publications:

Nicolas A, Kenna KP, Renton AE, Ticozzi N, Faghri F, Chia R, Dominov JA, Kenna BJ, Nalls MA, Keagle P, Rivera AM, van Rheenen W, Murphy NA, van Vugt JJFA, Geiger JT, Van der Spek RA, Pliner HA, Shankaracharya, Smith BN, Marangi G, Topp SD, Abramzon Y, Gkazi AS, Eicher JD, Kenna A; ITALSGEN Consortium, Mora G, Calvo A, Mazzini L, Riva N, Mandrioli J, Caponnetto C, Battistini S, Volanti P, La Bella V, Conforti FL, Borghero G, Messina S, Simone IL, Trojsi F, Salvi F, Logullo FO, D'Alfonso S, Corrado L, Capasso M, Ferrucci L; Genomic Translation for ALS Care (GTAC) Consortium, Moreno CAM, Kamalakaran S, Goldstein DB; ALS Sequencing Consortium, Gitler AD, Harris T, Myers RM; NYGC ALS Consortium, Phatnani H, Musunuri RL, Evani US, Abhyankar A, Zody MC; Answer ALS Foundation, Kaye J, Finkbeiner S, Wyman SK, LeNail A, Lima L, Fraenkel E, Svendsen CN, Thompson LM, Van Eyk JE, Berry JD, Miller TM, Kolb SJ, Cudkowicz M, Baxi E; Clinical Research in ALS and Related Disorders for Therapeutic Development (CReATe) Consortium, Benatar M, Taylor JP, Rampersaud E, Wu G, Wuu J; SLAGEN Consortium, Lauria G, Verde F, Fogh I, Tiloca C, Comi GP, Sorarù G, Cereda C; French ALS Consortium, Corcia P, Laaksovirta H, Myllykangas L, Jansson L, Valori M, Ealing J, Hamdalla H, Rollinson S, Pickering-Brown S, Orrell RW, Sidle KC, Malaspina A, Hardy J, Singleton AB, Johnson JO, Arepalli S, Sapp PC, McKenna-Yasek D, Polak M, Asress S, Al-Sarraj S, King A, Troakes C, Vance C, de Belleroche J, Baas F, Ten Asbroek ALMA, Muñoz-Blanco JL, Hernandez DG, Ding J, Gibbs JR, Scholz SW, Floeter MK, Campbell RH, Landi F, Bowser R, Pulst SM, Ravits JM, MacGowan DJL, Kirby J, Pioro EP, Pamphlett R, Broach J, Gerhard G, Dunckley TL, Brady CB, Kowall NW, Troncoso JC, Le Ber I, Mouzat K, Lumbroso S, Heiman-Patterson TD, Kamel F, Van Den Bosch L, Baloh RH, Strom TM, Meitinger T, Shatunov A, Van Eijk KR, de Carvalho M, Kooyman M, Middelkoop B, Moisse M, McLaughlin RL, Van Es MA, Weber M, Boylan KB, Van Blitterswijk M, Rademakers R, Morrison KE, Basak AN, Mora JS, Drory VE, Shaw PJ, Turner MR, Talbot K, Hardiman O, Williams KL, Fifita JA, Nicholson GA, Blair IP, Rouleau GA, Esteban-Pérez J, García-Redondo A, Al-Chalabi A; Project MinE ALS Sequencing Consortium, Rogaeva E, Zinman L, Ostrow LW, Maragakis NJ, Rothstein JD, Simmons Z, Cooper-Knock J, Brice A, Goutman SA, Feldman EL, Gibson SB, Taroni F, Ratti A, Gellera C, Van Damme P, Robberecht W, Fratta P, Sabatelli M, Lunetta C, Ludolph AC, Andersen PM, Weishaupt JH, Camu W, Trojanowski JQ, Van Deerlin VM, Brown RH Jr, van den Berg LH, Veldink JH, Harms MB, Glass JD, Stone DJ, Tienari P, Silani V, Chiò A, Shaw CE, Traynor BJ, Landers JE. Genome-wide Analyses Identify KIF5A as a Novel ALS Gene. Neuron. 2018 Mar 21;97(6):1268-1283.e6. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2018.02.027.

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Responsible Party:	Robert Brown, Chair, Neurology, University of Massachusetts, Worcester
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT01459302 History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers:	H-13019 5RC2NS070342-02 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
First Posted:	October 25, 2011 Key Record Dates
Last Update Posted:	September 7, 2018
Last Verified:	September 2018

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Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product:		No
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product:		No

Keywords provided by Robert Brown, University of Massachusetts, Worcester:


FALS ALS SALS MND SOD1 ALS GENES PLS	PMA ALS/FTD FAMILIAL ALS SPORADIC ALS GENETICS FTD Miyoshi myopathy

Additional relevant MeSH terms:

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Muscular Dystrophies Muscular Diseases Distal Myopathies Motor Neuron Disease Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Frontotemporal Dementia Aphasia, Primary Progressive Pick Disease of the Brain Neuromuscular Diseases Muscular Atrophy Sclerosis Pathologic Processes Dementia Brain Diseases Central Nervous System Diseases	Nervous System Diseases Neurocognitive Disorders Mental Disorders Neurodegenerative Diseases Spinal Cord Diseases TDP-43 Proteinopathies Proteostasis Deficiencies Metabolic Diseases Muscular Disorders, Atrophic Musculoskeletal Diseases Genetic Diseases, Inborn Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration Aphasia Speech Disorders Language Disorders

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