Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

EL Feldman, SA Goutman, S Petri, L Mazzini… - The Lancet, 2022 - thelancet.com
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is a fatal CNS neurodegenerative disease. Despite intensive
research, current management of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis remains suboptimal from …

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a neurodegenerative disorder poised for successful therapeutic translation

RJ Mead, N Shan, HJ Reiser, F Marshall… - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2023 - nature.com
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a devastating disease caused by degeneration of
motor neurons. As with all major neurodegenerative disorders, development of disease …

Recent advances in the diagnosis and prognosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

SA Goutman, O Hardiman, A Al-Chalabi… - The Lancet …, 2022 - thelancet.com
The diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis can be challenging due to its heterogeneity in
clinical presentation and overlap with other neurological disorders. Diagnosis early in the …

Wearable device and smartphone data quantify ALS progression and may provide novel outcome measures

SA Johnson, M Karas, KM Burke, M Straczkiewicz… - NPJ Digital …, 2023 - nature.com
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) therapeutic development has largely relied on staff-
administered functional rating scales to determine treatment efficacy. We sought to …

Current state and future directions in the diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

M Vidovic, LH Müschen, S Brakemeier, G Machetanz… - Cells, 2023 - mdpi.com
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal neurodegenerative disease characterized by
loss of upper and lower motor neurons, resulting in progressive weakness of all voluntary …

Multimodal speech biomarkers for remote monitoring of ALS disease progression

M Neumann, H Kothare, V Ramanarayanan - Computers in Biology and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that
severely impacts affected persons' speech and motor functions, yet early detection and …

The unfolded protein response in amyotrophic later sclerosis: results of a phase 2 trial

E Dalla Bella, E Bersano, G Antonini, G Borghero… - Brain, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Strong evidence suggests that endoplasmic reticulum stress plays a critical role in the
pathogenesis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) through altered regulation of …

An old friend who has overstayed their welcome: the ALSFRS-R total score as primary endpoint for ALS clinical trials

RPA van Eijk, AD de Jongh… - … Lateral Sclerosis and …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract Objective: The ALSFRS-R is limited by multidimensionality, which originates from
the summation of various subscales. This prevents a direct comparison between patients …

A machine-learning based objective measure for ALS disease severity

FG Vieira, S Venugopalan, AS Premasiri… - NPJ digital …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) disease severity is usually measured using the
subjective, questionnaire-based revised ALS Functional Rating Scale (ALSFRS-R) …

Qualitative measures that assess functional disability and quality of life in ALS

SL Hartmaier, T Rhodes, SF Cook, C Schlusser… - Health and quality of life …, 2022 - Springer
Background Selection of appropriate trial endpoints and outcome measures is particularly
important in rare disease and rapidly progressing disease such as amyotrophic lateral …