MND Register

MND Register for England, Wales and Northern Ireland

The MND Register of England, Wales and Northern Ireland (the 'MND Register') is a research study funded by the MND Association. The study is led by Professor Ammar Al-Chalabi at King's College London and Professor Kevin Talbot at Oxford University.

The MND Register will collect information about every person living with motor neuron disease (MND). Find out more on the MND Register website

UK Chief Investigator

Professor Ammar Al-Chalabi

Research summary

MND affects about 5,000 people in the UK at any one time, but the true figure is not known as there is no single source of information about who is affected. The purpose of the study is to collect and store information about every person with MND in the UK.

Counting every person with MND allows us to work out the number of people diagnosed with MND per year, how many people currently have the disease and how this is changing with time. Information such as gender and ethnicity can be used to look for characteristics of people more likely to develop MND.

We will collect information about where people with MND live to allow for planning the care of people with MND to take place. It will also tell researchers more about the possible causes of MND. We also collect information about the disease itself, for example, where patients first noticed symptoms, so we can look at how this relates to disease progression.

Current status

Active – Recruiting

Key dates

Study start date: 1 April 2016

Planned recruitment end date: 31st May 2030

Recruitment groups

Patients with MND

Recruitment targets

10,000 patients

Click here to see how many participants have been recruited into this study to date (external link to the NIHR public study search)

Locations

There are a number of clinics and care centres collecting data for the MND Register. The project's website [external site] provides information about the sites that are involved.

Contact details

Email: mndregister@kcl.ac.uk

Phone: +44 207 018 6522 / 7714

Inclusion / exclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria

The participants will have MND, diagnosed by a consultant with expertise in neurological disease.
Live in England, Wales or Northern Ireland.
Over the age of 16 years old.

Exclusion criteria

Participants who do not have a diagnosis of MND as confirmed by a consultant neurologist.
Children under the age of 16 years old.
Not a resident in England, Wales or Northern Ireland.

Funder

MND Association

Sponsor

King's College London

Study design

Research database

Outcome measures

The information collected in this project is intended as a resource for researchers.

We will be able to share anonymised datasets with researchers. We can only share data if the proposed use of the data is discussed and agreed by the data access committee and there is a data-sharing agreement in place.