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Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
Main ID:  NCT02306109
Date of registration: 21/11/2014
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Azienda Unita' Sanitaria Locale Di Modena
Public title: Effect of Motor Rehabilitation Treatment on Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) ermoSla
Scientific title: Effects of Motor Rehabilitation Treatment on Disability and Quality of Life in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS).
Date of first enrolment: January 2015
Target sample size: 65
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02306109
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: Single (Investigator).  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Italy
Contacts
Name:     Marco Vinceti, MD
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Telephone:
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Affiliation:  Public Health Department, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (IT)
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Diagnosis of possible, probable or definite ALS according to the Revised El Escorial
Criteria

- Time from diagnosis <18 months at screening.

- Forced vital capacity (FVC)> 50% at screening

- Written informed consent

Patients will be required to take the full dose of Riluzole, but not assuming Riluzole do
not constitute a criterion for exclusion.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Enrolment in any other clinical trial in the three months prior to screening

- Tracheostomy or NIV for> 23h/day for 14 consecutive days at screening.

- Diagnosis of severe neurodegenerative diseases in addition to the ALS

- Diagnosis of severe heart disease, current neoplasia, any unstable medical condition
that contraindicates an intensive rehabilitation treatment

- State of pregnancy or breastfeeding

- Residency outside Emilia-Romagna Region

- Lack of multidisciplinary follow-up



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 85 Years
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Intervention(s)
Procedure: Standard motor rehabilitation treatment
Procedure: Intensive motor rehabilitation treatment
Primary Outcome(s)
Change from Baseline in ALSFRS R [Time Frame: 12 months]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Disease symptoms (fatigue) measured with FSS [Time Frame: 12 months]
Respiratory function: measured by FVC [Time Frame: 12 months]
Depression measured by Beck Inventory Scale [Time Frame: 12 months]
Perceived quality of care [Time Frame: 12 months]
Quality of Life: measured by McGill and ALSAQ40 scales [Time Frame: 12 months]
Rate of complications related to the disease: pressure sores, hospitalizations, infections [Time Frame: 12 months]
Time to supporting procedures (NIV and PEG) [Time Frame: 12 months]
Tracheostomy free survival [Time Frame: 12 months]
Secondary ID(s)
AUSLMO_0001_SLA
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
S. Anna Hospital
Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova-IRCCS
Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale Ferrara
Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale Reggio Emilia
University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
Date Posted:
Date Completed:
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