Massive biobank launches to unlock secrets of MS and related disorders

NCT ID NCT00445367

Ongoing Knowledge-focused Sponsor: Accelerated Cure Project for Multiple Sclerosis Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

This study is creating a large, long-term collection of blood samples and health information from over 3,200 people with multiple sclerosis and related demyelinating diseases, as well as healthy volunteers. The goal is to provide scientists with a shared resource to better understand what causes these diseases, identify different subtypes, and discover biomarkers. Participants provide blood samples and medical data, but this study does not test any new treatments.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

acute disseminated encephalomyelitis acute transverse myelitis multiple sclerosis neuromyelitis optica optic neuritis transverse myelitis

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

ACUTE DISSEMINATED ENCEPHALOMYELITIS MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS NEUROMYELITIS OPTICA OPTIC NEURITIS TRANSVERSE MYELITIS

Contacts and locations

Locations

Barrow Neurological Institute

Phoenix, Arizona, 85013, United States
Beth Israel Deaconess

Boston, Massachusetts, 02215, United States
Johns Hopkins

Baltimore, Maryland, 21287, United States
Multiple Sclerosis Research Center of New York

New York, New York, 10019, United States
Shepherd Center

Atlanta, Georgia, 30309, United States
Stanford University

Stanford, California, 94305, United States
The Ohio State University

Columbus, Ohio, 43210, United States
The Rocky Mountain MS Center at Anschutz Medical Campus at UC Denver

Aurora, Colorado, 80045, United States
University of Massachusetts Medical School

Worcester, Massachusetts, 01605, United States
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas

Dallas, Texas, 76051, United States

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