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Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
Main ID:  NCT02166944
Date of registration: 09/06/2014
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Taipei Medical University Shuang Ho Hospital
Public title: Tamoxifen Treatment in Patients With Motor Neuron Disease
Scientific title: The Study of Tamoxifen Treatment in Patients With Motor Neuron Disease
Date of first enrolment: April 2014
Target sample size: 20
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02166944
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor).  
Phase:  Phase 1/Phase 2
Countries of recruitment
Taiwan
Contacts
Name:     Chaur-Jong Hu, M.D.
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Affiliation:  Shung Ho Hospital, Taipei Meidcal University
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Clinical diagnosed and confirmed ALS patients, with regular follow up and oral form
riluzole at National Taiwan University or Shuang- Ho Hospital for more than 6 months.

2. Age ?20 years old

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Patients who had already ventilator dependent, not regular followed up for more than 6
months or against medical advice, refuse to follow up at neurology department will be
excluded in this study.

2. Patients with now or previous usage of Tamoxifen

3. Patients with any contraindications of Tamoxifen usage

4. Patients with other internal medicine illiness



Age minimum: 20 Years
Age maximum: 80 Years
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Tamoxifen
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
TAR-DNA-binding Protein-43
ALS Functional Ration Scale
mTOR
Intervention(s)
Drug: tamoxifen 40 mg daily for one year
Primary Outcome(s)
Change from Baseline in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Functional Ration Scales (ALSFRS) at 1, 3, 6,12 months [Time Frame: Baseline, month 1, 3, 6, 12]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Change from Baseline in pulmonary function test at 1, 3, 6,12 months [Time Frame: baseline, month 1, 3, 6, 12]
Secondary ID(s)
201307022
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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