Recent advances in the diagnosis and prognosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

SA Goutman, O Hardiman, A Al-Chalabi… - The Lancet …, 2022 - thelancet.com
The diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis can be challenging due to its heterogeneity in
clinical presentation and overlap with other neurological disorders. Diagnosis early in the …

Biomarkers in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: current status and future prospects

R McMackin, P Bede, C Ingre, A Malaspina… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Disease heterogeneity in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis poses a substantial challenge in drug
development. Categorization based on clinical features alone can help us predict the …

Clinical measures of bulbar dysfunction in ALS

Y Yunusova, EK Plowman, JR Green, C Barnett… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Bulbar impairment represents a hallmark feature of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) that
significantly impacts survival and quality of life. Speech and swallowing dysfunction are key …

What causes amyotrophic lateral sclerosis?

S Martin, A Al Khleifat, A Al-Chalabi - F1000Research, 2017 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is a neurodegenerative disease predominantly affecting upper
and lower motor neurons, resulting in progressive paralysis and death from respiratory …

Clinical trials in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a systematic review and perspective

C Wong, M Stavrou, E Elliott, JM Gregory… - Brain …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is a progressive and devastating neurodegenerative disease.
Despite decades of clinical trials, effective disease-modifying drugs remain scarce. To …

ALSFRS-R-SE: an adapted, annotated, and self-explanatory version of the revised amyotrophic lateral sclerosis functional rating scale

A Maier, M Boentert, P Reilich, S Witzel, S Petri… - … research and practice, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Background The ALS Functional Rating Scale in its revised version (ALSFRS-R) is
a disease-specific severity score that reflects motor impairment and functional deterioration …

Addressing heterogeneity in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis CLINICAL TRIALS

NA Goyal, JD Berry, A Windebank, NP Staff… - Muscle & …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a debilitating neurodegenerative disorder with
complex biology and significant clinical heterogeneity. Many preclinical and early phase …

Edaravone: a new treatment for ALS on the horizon?

O Hardiman, LH Van Den Berg - The Lancet Neurology, 2017 - thelancet.com
Despite the urgent, unmet clinical and economic need for treatment of neurodegenerative
diseases, trials of disease modifying drugs have produced little success. Amyotrophic lateral …

Prognostic clinical and biological markers for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis disease progression: validation and implications for clinical trial design and analysis

M Benatar, EA Macklin, A Malaspina, ML Rogers… - …, 2024 - thelancet.com
Background With increasing recognition of the value of incorporating prognostic markers
into amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) trial design and analysis plans, there is a pressing …

Tracking a fast-moving disease: longitudinal markers, monitoring, and clinical trial endpoints in ALS

RH Chipika, E Finegan, S Li Hi Shing… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) encompasses a heterogeneous group of phenotypes
with different progression rates, varying degree of extra-motor involvement and divergent …