Status:

RECRUITING

Stratification of Presymptomatic Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: the Development of Novel Imaging Biomarkers

Lead Sponsor:

Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris

Conditions:

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a relentlessly progressive neurodegenerative disorder with no effective disease-modifying therapies at present. The disease is sporadic in 90 % of the ALS patien...

Detailed Description

The main objective is to study the disease trajectory from the presymptomatic to the symptomatic phase of ALS. We will study a population of asymptomatic subjects carrying an autosomal dominant GGGGCC...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Inclusion criteria shared by all the different cohorts and controls :
  • Age more than 18 years.
  • Signature of a consent form for clinical, paraclinical and genetic assessment
  • Fluent in French
  • Affiliated to the French Security Healthcare System ("Sécurité Sociale")
  • Absence of neurological comorbidity (stroke, tumor etc)
  • The inclusion criteria for asymptomatic relatives :
  • Being a first-degree to a person carrying a C9orf72 mutation.
  • Absence of proven clinical signs of FTD, ALS, language, praxic, memory disorders, Parkinsonian syndrome.
  • Inclusion criteria for symptomatic ALS patients :
  • Patients fulfilling the El Escorial criteria for probable or definite ALS
  • Presence of a C9orf72 mutation
  • Exclusion criteria for participants from all cohorts :
  • Contraindication to MRI and TMS
  • Impossibility to stay in decubitus during 1 hour,
  • For women, childbearing or breastfeeding
  • For women of childbearing potential: positive HCG test or positive urine pregnancy test

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    July 21 2022

    Trial Type :

    INTERVENTIONAL

    Allocation :

    ESTIMATED

    End Date :

    February 21 2026

    Estimated Enrollment :

    120 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT05358431

    Start Date

    July 21 2022

    End Date

    February 21 2026

    Last Update

    February 20 2024

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    ICM, GH Pitié-Salpêtrière

    Paris, France, 75013