View clinical trials related to Motor Neuron Disease.
Filter by:The primary purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and tolerability of arimoclomol in ALS patients following 90 days of dosing. In addition, the amount of arimoclomol in blood and cerebrospinal fluid will be measured.
The purpose of this study is to determine the efficacy and preferred dose of CoQ10 in individuals with ALS for a possible future phase III study.
This is a study to evaluate the safety and clinical effects of 4 oral doses of TCH346 compared to placebo in patients with mild or mild to moderate stages of ALS.
This is a single-center, phase 2 randomized clinical trial of tamoxifen on mean percent predicted isometric muscle strength in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The purpose is to determine whether the triphenylethylenetamoxifen, used as adjuvant therapy in the treatment of breast cancer, can delay the loss of isometric muscle strength in ALS patients.
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is the most common motor neuron disease MND) among adults. Motor neurons in the spinal cord, brain stem, and cerebral motor cortex degenerate and create a variety of upper (UMN) and lower motor neuron (LMN) clinical signs and symptoms, with the most frequently presenting symptom being focal weakness beginning in the leg, arm, or bulbar muscles, occurring in more than 70% of patients. Despite the high incidence of muscle weakness in patients with ALS, only two case studies evaluating the effects of specific muscle strengthening and endurance exercise programs in this patient population have been published, and the effects of resistive exercise programs in patients with ALS have not been well studied. Some have discouraged exercise programs in patients with ALS because of fear of overuse weakness. Yet, in patients with other neuromuscular diseases, resistive exercise programs have been shown to be beneficial and have not produced overuse weakness. The purpose of this study is to determine the effects of six months strengthening program on strength, function, fatigue and quality of life in individuals with ALS.
The use of Thalidomide in patients with ALS who have disease progression.
The hypothesis of this study is that treatment with R(+) pramipexole at 30 mg/day will alter the slope of decline in ALS functional rating scale over the course of 6 months. ALS patients at an early stage of disease will be observed for 3 months after enrollment and then treated with drug for 6 months.
The purpose of this study is to determine whether the use of sodium valproate is effective in slowing the disease progression in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.
The purpose of this study is to determine the safety and efficacy of Myobloc in ALS patients who are having excessive drooling. The primary goal of the study is to determine if the patient perceives a benefit from the Myobloc in controlling excessive drooling.
The purposes of the study are to determine the energy balance and evaluate the nutritional status of patients with ALS, and to investigate the use of NIPPV as respiratory support to treat patients with ALS.