Plasma exchange with Albumin
Albumin: 27 plasma exchange procedures using Albumin 5% (estimated 3000 mL per plasma exchange) as replacement solution:
three weeks of intensive treatment with two plasma exchanges per week
twenty-one weeks of maintenance treatment with one weekly plasma exchange

Albumin

Sex: Female, Male

Race (NIH/OMB)

Region of Enrollment

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Functional Rating Scale-Revised (ALSFRS-R) includes 12 questions classified into 3 subdomains: bulbar function (3 questions), fine and gross motor skills (6 questions), and respiratory function (3 questions) to assess the level self sufficiency. Each task was graded according to a 5-point scale from 0 (incapable) to 4 (normal ability) with a total score from 0 (worst) to 48 (best).

Changes From Baseline in the Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Functional Rating Scale-Revised (ALSFRS-R)

Changes From Baseline in Percent Predicted Forced Vital Capacity (FVC)

ALS-CBS test is composed of 2 sections. The first section of the ALS-CBS test includes a questionnaire completed by the caregiver regarding behavior and symptoms status. It is comprised of 15 questions inquiring about possible changes over time in participant's behavior that the caregiver has noticed since the onset of ALS symptoms. Each item is scored on a scale ranging from 0 (worst) to 3 (best) yielding a total 0= large changes to 45=no changes. There were 4 additional questions related to current behavioral symptoms (depression, anxiety, fatigue, and emotional liability). Each question was scored as 0= the presence of symptoms and 1= no current symptoms, giving a total score between 0 and 4. The second section of the ALB-CBS test is for cognitive screening and consists of four items: attention, concentration, follow-up and monitoring, and initiation and recovery. These items were scored 0-5 with a maximum score of 20 (0= cognitive impairment, 20= no apparent cognitive impairment).

Changes From Baseline in ALS Cognitive Function Determined by the ALS-Cognitive Behavioral Screen (ALS-CBS) Test

Surface electromyography was performed to record motor evoked potential in the distal muscles of the upper limbs (thenar and hypothenar eminence) and dorsiflexor muscles of the lower limbs (anterior tibialis) after electrical stimulation.

Motor Evoked Potential in Thenar and Hypothenar Eminence, and Anterior Tibialis Muscle

The Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Assessment Questionnaire 40 (ALSA-40) consists of 40 items grouped into 5 representative dimensions associated with quality of life. The first 4 scales (physical mobility, activities of daily living, food and drink, communication) refer to deficits and subsequent disabilities as a result of the disease. The fifth scale (emotional functioning) reflects how the subject is facing his/her physical deterioration emotionally. Each item is scored from 0 to 4 according to a gradation of symptom onset frequency (never, rarely, sometimes, often, and always). From raw scores, an index from 0 to 100 is obtained for each dimension, which allow comparisons to be made with the other dimensions as well as a straightforward interpretation of results (0 = better state of health as measured by the questionnaire; 100 = poorer state of health).

Changes From Baseline in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Assessment Questionnaire 40 (ALSA-Q40).

Percentage of Plasma Exchange Sessions Associated With One Adverse Event or Adverse Reaction, Including Clinically Significant Changes in Vital Signs or Lab Parameters

Overall Study

Miquel Barcelo, PhD

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

27 plasma exchange procedures using Albumin 5% (estimated 3000 mL per plasma exchange) as replacement solution:
three weeks of intensive treatment with two plasma exchanges per week
twenty-one weeks of maintenance treatment with one weekly plasma exchange

Hospital Universitari Bellvitge

Efficacy and Safety of Plasma Exchange With Albumin in Patients With Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Pilot Study on the Effects of Plasma Exchange on Motor Dysfunction and Cognitive Function in Patients With Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Instituto Grifols, S.A.

Continuous ICV infusion at one of three dose levels

sNN0029

Placebo

University Hospital Leuven, Department of Neurology

A Safety and Tolerability Study of Intracerebroventricular Administration of sNN0029 to Patients With Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

A Double-blind, Randomised, Parallel Group Safety and Tolerability Study of Intracerebroventricular Administration of sNN0029 to Patients With Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Using an Implanted Catheter and SynchroMed® II Pump

Newron Sweden AB

Medtronic

ICON Clinical Research

Subjects having either definite or probable ALS by El Escorial Criteria.

Subjects having been diagnosed with a non-ALS neurological condition

Subjects in good health without any neurological conditions

Neurodegenerative Diseases

MDA/ALS Center of Hope

Quantitative Measurement of Nutritional Substrate Utilization in Patients With Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)

Quantitative Measurement of Nutritional Substrate Utilization in Patients With ALS

Indirect calorimetry will be used to determine how many calories you are burning and how much of your total calories burned are fats.

motor neuron disease/albumin

Efficacy and Safety of Plasma Exchange With Albumin in Patients With Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

A Safety and Tolerability Study of Intracerebroventricular Administration of sNN0029 to Patients With Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Quantitative Measurement of Nutritional Substrate Utilization in Patients With Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)

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