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Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Web Based Patient Care Database: ALSConnection.Org
This study is currently recruiting participants.
Verified by Forbes Norris MDA/ALS Research Center, March 2006
Sponsors and Collaborators: Forbes Norris MDA/ALS Research Center
Muscular Dystrophy Association
Information provided by: Forbes Norris MDA/ALS Research Center
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00302198
  Purpose

The purpose is to collect data for ALS research. The data will be used to learn more about the origin of ALS and to improve quality of care for people with ALS. The information you provide in the ALS registry will be used to evaluate variations in patient care, adherence to standards of care and also to help foster ALS research.


Condition Intervention
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Behavioral: ALS Registry

Genetics Home Reference related topics: amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
MedlinePlus related topics: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
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Study Type: Observational
Study Design: Natural History, Longitudinal, Defined Population, Prospective Study
Official Title: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Web Based Patient Care Database

Further study details as provided by Forbes Norris MDA/ALS Research Center:

Estimated Enrollment: 15000
Study Start Date: January 2006
Estimated Study Completion Date: March 2006
Detailed Description:

Any person who has been diagnosed with ALS by a physician can enroll into this registry.

The information you provide in the ALS registry will be used to evaluate variations in patient care, adherence to standards of care and also to help foster ALS research. An additional focus of this website will be to educate participating patients and visitors to this site about ongoing ALS research.

  Eligibility

Genders Eligible for Study:   Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • There are no inclusion and exclusion criteria beyond the fact that a person needs to have ALS in order to enroll.
  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00302198

Contacts
Contact: Dina Scholtz, MD 415-600-5764 ScholtD@cpmcri.org
Contact: Giovanna Kushner 415-600-3938 kushneg@sutterhealth.org

Locations
United States, California
Forbes Norris MDA/ALS Center Recruiting
San Francisco, California, United States, 94115
Contact: Dina Scholtz, MD     415-600-5764     ScholtD@cpmcri.org    
Sponsors and Collaborators
Forbes Norris MDA/ALS Research Center
Muscular Dystrophy Association
Investigators
Principal Investigator: Robert G Miller, MD California Pacific Medical Center
  More Information

ALS Connections Registry  This link exits the ClinicalTrials.gov site

Study ID Numbers: 23.112
Study First Received: March 10, 2006
Last Updated: March 10, 2006
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00302198  
Health Authority: United States: Institutional Review Board

Keywords provided by Forbes Norris MDA/ALS Research Center:
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Study placed in the following topic categories:
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Neuromuscular Diseases
Spinal Cord Diseases
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Central Nervous System Diseases
Lou Gehrig's disease
Sclerosis
Degenerative motor system disease
Neurodegenerative Diseases
Motor neuron disease
Motor Neuron Disease

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Pathologic Processes
Nervous System Diseases

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on January 16, 2009