Study to Investigate the Safety and Efficacy of Lithium in Volunteers With Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
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Official title
A Multicenter, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Study to Investigate the Safety and Efficacy of Lithium in Combination With Riluzole in Volunteers With Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT00818389
- Recruitment status
- Terminated
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 2, Phase 3
- Lead sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
- Other
- Enrollment
- 84 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
- Lithium Carbonate Drug
- Riluzole Drug
- placebo Drug
Drug
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Dec 31, 2008
- Primary completion
- Sep 30, 2009
- Completion
- Sep 30, 2009
- Last update posted
- Apr 18, 2011
2009
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 22
- U.S. states
- 17
- U.S. cities
- 22
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phoenix Neurological Assoc., 1331 N. 7th Street, Suite 350 | Phoenix | Arizona | 85006 | — |
| Cedars-Sinai ALS Center, Neurology Specialty Clinic, 8730 Alden Drive, Thalians, E 245 | Los Angeles | California | 90048 | — |
| UCSF ALS Center, University of California San Francisco, Neurology, Box 0114, UCSF | San Francisco | California | 94143 | — |
| Mayo Clinic-Jacksonville, Neurology Department, 4500 San Pablo Road | Jacksonville | Florida | 32224 | — |
| University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, 1150 NW 14th Street, Suite 609 (SCs are suite 701) | Miami | Florida | 33136 | — |
| Indiana University, Department of Neurology, 1050 Wishard Blvd, RG 6 | Indianapolis | Indiana | 46202 | — |
| University of Kentucky Medical Center, BAMC, Department of Neurology, Room A307, 1101 Veteran's Drive | Lexington | Kentucky | 40502' | — |
| Johns Hopkins University, Department of Neurology, 600 N. Wolfe St, Meyer 6-181 | Baltimore | Maryland | 21287 | — |
| Massachusetts General Hospital, 149 13th St, Room 2266 | Charlestown | Massachusetts | 02129 | — |
| Wayne State University, Department of Neurology, 4201 St. Antoine, 8C UHC | Detroit | Michigan | 48201 | — |
| Hennepin County Medical Center, Dept of Neurology, 701 Part Ave S, P5-200 | Minneapolis | Minnesota | 55415 | — |
| Washington University, 660 S. Euclid Ave., Box 8111 Neurology | St Louis | Missouri | 63110 | — |
| Columbia Univ Med Ctr, Eleanor and Lou Gehrig ALS/MDA Center, 710 West 168th St, 9th Floor | New York | New York | 10032 | — |
| SUNY Upstate Medical University, 750 E Adams St, 6610UH | Syracuse | New York | 13210 | — |
| Duke University Medical Center, Box 3333 | Durham | North Carolina | 27707 | — |
| Wake Forest University, ALS Center, Paul Sticht Center, Ground Floor, Medical Center Blvd | Winston-Salem | North Carolina | 27157-1078 | — |
| Ohio State University, Neuromuscular Division, 1654 Uphan Drive, 417 Means Hall | Columbus | Ohio | 43210 | — |
| Penn State Hershey Medical Center, Department of Neurology, H037, Pennsylvania State Hershey Medical Center | Hershey | Pennsylvania | 17033 | — |
| Drexel University College of Medicine, 245 North 15th Street | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | 19103 | — |
| Texas Neurology, PA, 6301 Gaston Ave, Suite 400 West Tower | Dallas | Texas | 75214 | — |
| University of Vermont, Department of Neurology, 89 Beaumont Drive, Given Bldg, Room C-225 | Burlington | Vermont | 05405 | — |
| University of Virginia, Department of Neurology, 3100 Hospital Drive | Charlottesville | Virginia | 22908 | — |
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Non-U.S. locations
This page focuses on the U.S. directory. The official record also lists 15 non-U.S. sites.
About this trial record page
- What this page shows
- Public field values for ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00818389, including study identification, conditions, interventions, eligibility (age, sex, healthy volunteer), timeline, and U.S. site list.
- What this page does not do
- No medical advice, eligibility judgments, treatment recommendations, study quality scoring, or AI-generated medical summaries. No site contact phone numbers, emails, or investigator names.
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- Last refresh
- Last update posted Apr 18, 2011 · Synced May 4, 2026
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