The ABC-DS Active Study Page

Welcome ABC-DS Study staff, coordinators and PIs.

This section encompasses study specific tools and videos for your reference.

If you have any questions, comments, or new ideas, please contact NCRAD by email or phone 1-800-526-2839 or 317-278-8413.

Main Study Blood Collection — to be sent to NCRAD & UNTHSC

(1) DS Participants only (if needed)
	Serum	Karyotyping (1)	Plasma	DNA	RNA
All Visits
Ship to:	NCRAD & UNTHSC	NCRAD	NCRAD & UNTHSC	NCRAD	NCRAD

(1) DS Participants only (if needed)

Main Study Blood Collection — to be sent to IU Path Lab (Clinical Labs)*

*DS Participants ONLY

Main Study Blood Collection — to be sent to IU Path Lab (Clinical Labs)*
	Free T4, Thyroid, Triiodothyronine, TSH, Vit B12, ATA Preparation (Orange-Top Serum Tube)	Vit D, BMP, Lytes, Lipid Preparation (Gold-Top Serum Tube)	CBC Preparation (3 mL EDTA Tube)	A1C Preparation (3 mL EDTA Tube)
Cycle 1
Cycle 2
Ship to:	IU Path Lab	IU Path Lab	IU Path Lab	IU Path Lab

MOMs' Substudy Blood Collection — to be sent to UNTHSC

* Collection will be at 1 time-point for all parents.
	Serum	Plasma	DNA
All Visits
Ship to:	UNTHSC	UNTHSC	UNTHSC

* Collection will be at 1 time-point for all parents.

Study Resources

Kit Request Module

Please follow the below link to access The ABC-DS Study Kit Request Module. This link will direct you to a REDCap database where study coordinators and staff may request kits, individual supplies, and/or labels. Please allow a total of three weeks for kit requests to be compiled and delivered to your site.

Kit Request System

biological sample notification forms

Please use the below downloadable forms to collect information on specimen patient demographics, collection, and processing. We respectfully ask that all completed forms be emailed prior to shipment. If you complete the form on the website, you can choose to have it emailed automatically to us. We also ask that all shipments include a hard copy of each sample form.

Appendix B: Biological Sample and Form

Appendix E: Karyotyping Req Form

Appendix F: UNTHSC Intake Form

Appendix G: UNTHSC Import Batch Form

Access Request –Lifepoint, IU Non-Employee Form

manual of procedures

The below downloadable manual for biomarkers was created specifically for this Study. Please feel free to explore the manuals through the hyperlinked “Table of Contents.” Questions concerning any part of the manual may be directed to NCRAD at (alzstudy@iu.edu) for further clarification.

Manual of Procedures

Lumbar Puncture Manual of Procedures

The below downloadable manual for biomarkers was created specifically for this Study. Please feel free to explore the manual through the “Table of Contents.”

Lumbar Puncture Manual of Procedures, Version 2.2

Study related video tutorials

Take the guesswork out of it. Watch our video tutorials to learn all of the ins and outs of the process.

Ambient Shipping

ABC-DS Biospecimen Training Video

IUGB Frozen Shipping

Training slides

Please see the link below for the training slides for the study.

Download Training Slides

Sample Services at NCRAD

Looking for a biorepository to bank your samples? Check out NCRAD for sample banking. We can bank samples for new studies, ongoing studies, and closed studies.

Bank samples at NCRAD

Looking for samples for your research? Check out NCRAD’s inventory of available samples. Our Biomarker Analysis Laboratory (BAL) provide insights through standardized processing and cross-laboratory comparability studies.

Access samples at NCRAD Learn more about BAL