NCT02916966

Environmental Exposure and Neurological Diseases Questionnaire

Case-control and Population Questionnaire Studying Environmental Risk Factors and Neurological Diseases

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 460 (actual)
• Sponsor: Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The proposed research is particularly relevant to the National ALS Registry and public environmental health issues because it addresses the potential environmental causes of sporadic ALS. The research will develop an ALS surveillance program in Ohio that can be compared with the national and State-Metro Surveillance Programs of the National ALS Registry, and novel methodologies to determine the role of the cyanobacterial toxin, BMAA (beta-methylamino-L-alanine), and other environmental toxins/toxicants as risk factors for ALS. This work will advance the mission of the Centers for Disease Control Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (CDC ATSDR) National ALS Registry by offering data on ALS cases in Ohio that address public health concerns over the effects of chronic exposure to cyanobacterial blooms in Lake Erie.

Conditions

• Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Patient Registry	Patient Registry

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-10-01
• Primary completion: 2023-09-01
• Completion: 2023-09-01
• First posted: 2016-09-28
• Last updated: 2024-05-01

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States