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 …

Living systematic review and comprehensive network meta-analysis of ALS clinical trials: study protocol

FT Van Loon, G Seitidis, D Mavridis, JWJ van Unnik… - BMJ open, 2024 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Introduction Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal neurogenerative disease with no
effective treatment to date. Despite numerous clinical trials, the majority of studies have been …

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 …

Transcranial static magnetic stimulation for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a bicentric, randomised, double-blind placebo-controlled phase 2 trial

V Di Lazzaro, F Ranieri, A Doretti… - The Lancet Regional …, 2024 - thelancet.com
Background Enhanced glutamatergic transmission leading to motor neuron death is
considered the major pathophysiological mechanism of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) …

Temporal stratification of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients using disease progression patterns

D M. Amaral, DF Soares, M Gromicho… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Identifying groups of patients with similar disease progression patterns is key to understand
disease heterogeneity, guide clinical decisions and improve patient care. In this paper, we …

All-in-one wearable drug efficacy assessment systems for bulbar muscle function using amyotrophic lateral sclerosis animal models

B Shin, Y Kwon, M Mittaz, H Kim, X Xu, E Kim… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Preclinical studies are crucial for developing amyotrophic lateral sclerosis drugs. Current
FDA-approved drugs have been created by monitoring limb muscle function and histological …

Effect of tauroursodeoxycholic acid on survival and safety in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a retrospective population-based cohort study

E Zucchi, UM Musazzi, G Fedele, I Martinelli… - …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background Oral tauroursodeoxycholic acid (TUDCA) is a commercial drug currently tested
in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) both singly and combined with sodium …

T1-weighted MRI texture analysis in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients stratified by the D50 progression model

P Parnianpour, R Steinbach, IJ Buchholz… - Brain …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a progressive neurodegenerative disease, presents
challenges in predicting individual disease trajectories due to its heterogeneous nature. This …

ALSFRS-R decline rate prior to baseline is not useful for stratifying subsequent progression of functional decline

T Hamatani, N Atsuta, F Sano… - … Lateral Sclerosis and …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Objective One of the difficulties in developing a novel drug for patients with amyotrophic
lateral sclerosis (ALS) is the significant variation in the clinical course. To control this …

Identifying time patterns in Huntington's disease trajectories using dynamic time warping-based clustering on multi-modal data

A Giannoula, AE De Paepe, F Sanz, LI Furlong… - Scientific Reports, 2025 - nature.com
One of the principal goals of Precision Medicine is to stratify patients by accounting for
individual variability. However, extracting meaningful information from Real-World Data …