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Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
Main ID:  NCT03272802
Date of registration: 02/09/2017
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Isfahan University of Medical Sciences
Public title: Treatment Effect of Edaravone in Patients With Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
Scientific title: Treatment Effect of Edaravone in Patients With Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) in a Representative Iranian Population
Date of first enrolment: March 16, 2017
Target sample size: 20
Recruitment status: Active, not recruiting
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT03272802
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: None (Open Label).  
Phase:  Phase 2/Phase 3
Countries of recruitment
Iran, Islamic Republic of
Contacts
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Patients diagnosed as definite or probable ALS according to El Escorial Criteria.

2. ALS patients who are graded as mild or moderate according to ALS Health State Scale.

3. Forced vital capacity of at least 80%

4. Desire of the patient to participate in this study and Signing Written Informed
Consent.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Incidence of drug's side effects that requires discontinuation of the drug
(Edaravone's side effects: Acute kidney injury, Acute allergic reactions, DIC,
Thrombocytopenia, Leukopenia).

2. Desire of the patient to discontinue participating in this study.

3. the patient starts another drug or herb for ALS during the study.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 75 Years
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Neuromuscular Diseases
Intervention(s)
Drug: Riluzole
Drug: Edaravone
Primary Outcome(s)
functional status of the patient. [Time Frame: At the time of enrolling the patient to study, and then every 3 moths in the following period of 1 year.]
Functional evaluation of patient's muscle strength. [Time Frame: At the time of enrolling the patient to study, and then every 3 moths in the following period of 1 year.]
Quality of life in the patients [Time Frame: At the time of enrolling the patient to study, and then every 3 moths in the following period of 1 year.]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
Isfahan ALS Registery
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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