Mayo clinic launches biorepository to unlock ALS biomarkers

Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

Inclusion Criteria - Patient with ALS, ALS-FTD or Similar Neurodegenerative Disease: * Clinical diagnosis of possible, laboratory-supported probable, probable or definite ALS according to modified eL Escorial criteria, suspected ALS according to original el Escorial criteria, or diagnosis of a similar neurodegenerative disorder. * Willing to provide consent, or assent, if physically unable to consent owing to disease-related muscle weakness. Inclusion Criteria - Spouse/Domestic Partner of Patients with ALS/ALS-FTD and Similar Neurodegenerative Disorder or Subject with Family History of ALS, ALS-FTD or Similar Neurodegenerative Disease: * No personal history of ALS, ALS-FTD or other motor neuron disease. * Subjects with family history of ALS, ALS-FTD the affected family member needs to be a first, second, or third degree blood relative. * Willing to provide consent. Exclusion Criteria - Subject with ALS/ALS-FTD or Similar Neurodegenerative Disease: * History of medical disorder that leaves in question whether neurological signs and symptoms potentially related to a neurodegenerative disease may be caused by another unrelated disorder. * Limited mental capacity rendering the subject unable to comply with lumbar puncture or standard phlebotomy procedures. * For lumbar puncture, an increased risk of bleeding complications or allergy to local anesthetic administered or skin antiseptic used for lumbar puncture. Exclusion Criteria - Spouse/Domestic Partner of Patients with ALS/ALS-FTD and Similar Neurodegenerative Disorder or Subject with Family History of ALS, ALS-FTD or Similar Neurodegenerative Disease: * Limited mental capacity rendering the subject unable to comply with lumbar puncture or standard phlebotomy procedures. * For lumbar puncture, an increased risk of bleeding complications or allergy to local anesthetic administered or skin antiseptic used for lumbar puncture.