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Last refreshed on: 24 August 2015
Main ID:  NCT01551940
Date of registration: 09/03/2012
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Hospices Civils de Lyon
Public title: Toxin Treatment for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Related Sialorrhea ALS-TOX
Scientific title: Evaluation of Efficacy of Botulinum Toxin Type A in the Treatment of Sialorrhea in the Patient Affected by Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
Date of first enrolment: February 2012
Target sample size: 18
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01551940
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator), Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  Phase 2
Countries of recruitment
France
Contacts
Name:     Christophe VIAL, MD
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Affiliation:  Centre SLA, Groupement Hospitalier Est, Hôpital Neurologique Pierre Wertheimer, Hospices Civils de Lyon
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Age > 18 years

- Obtaining of a written consent after information

- Diagnosis of probable or certain ALS according to the El Escorial criteria of the
World Federation and Neurology Committee on Neuromuscular Diseases

- Patient having a follow-up in an ALS center

- Sialorrhea with VAS functional embarrassment > or equal at 50/100.

- Patient beneficiary of Social Security regime

Exclusion Criteria:

- Evolving disease associated with predictable survival < 1 month

- Patient having previously received an injection of botulinum toxin in the salivary
glands

- Patient taking the other medical treatments for sialorrhea in the 7 days before the
inclusion in the study (scopoderm, trihexyph'nidyle, atropine, ipatropium,
amitriptyline, clomipramine, oxybutinine, diphenhydramine, beta-blockers)

- Patient having benefited from radiotherapy or from surgery on the salivary glands

- Behavioral problems, dementia or other psychiatric problems

- Myasthenia

- Known Pregnancy or absence of contraception recognized as effective, breast feeding



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Sialorrhea
Intervention(s)
Drug: Botox injection
Drug: Placebo injection
Primary Outcome(s)
Improvement of the functional embarrassment provoked by sialorrhea [Time Frame: 1 month after the injection]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Description of patient cohort after the first injection [Time Frame: 6 months after the injection]
Decrease of the score of severity and frequency of the drooling rating scale [Time Frame: 1 month after the injection]
Improvement of the value of the hypersalivation item in ALSFRS-R scale [Time Frame: 1 month after the injection]
Modification of the speech evaluation [Time Frame: 1 month after the injection]
Decrease of the cotton roll weight [Time Frame: 1 month after the injection]
Decrease of the number of paper handkerchiefs used [Time Frame: 1 month after the injection]
Decrease of the salivary secretion rate and a decrease of the embarrassment for the main caregiver [Time Frame: 1 month after the injection]
Improvement of the quality of life [Time Frame: 1 month after the injection]
Secondary ID(s)
2010.607/11
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
Date Posted:
Date Completed:
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