Study of Safety, Tolerability & Efficacy of CK-2017357 in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
Public ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT01709149. Field values are reproduced from the official study page; the official ClinicalTrials.gov record remains the source of truth for eligibility, enrollment, and contact information.
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Official title
A Phase IIb, Multi-National, Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Study to Evaluate the Safety, Tolerability and Efficacy of CK-2017357 in Patients With Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) (BENEFIT-ALS)
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT01709149
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Lead sponsor
- Cytokinetics
- Industry
- Enrollment
- 711 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
- CK-2017357 Drug
- Placebo tablets Other
- Riluzole Drug
Drug · Other
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
- Sep 30, 2012
- Primary completion
- Feb 28, 2014
- Completion
- Feb 28, 2014
- Last update posted
- Mar 30, 2020
2012 – 2014
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 44
- U.S. states
- 26
- U.S. cities
- 41
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barrow Neurology | Phoenix | Arizona | 85013 | — |
| University of California, San Diego | La Jolla | California | 92093 | — |
| UC Irvine ALS & Neuromuscular Center | Orange | California | 92868 | — |
| Coordinated Clinical Research | San Diego | California | 92103 | — |
| California Pacific Medical Center Forbes Norris MDA/ALS Research Center | San Francisco | California | 94115 | — |
| Hospital for Special Care | New Britain | Connecticut | 06053 | — |
| The George Washington University | Washington D.C. | District of Columbia | 20037 | — |
| Mayo Clinic Florida Department of Neurology | Jacksonville | Florida | 32224 | — |
| Emory University, School of Medicine | Atlanta | Georgia | 30322 | — |
| Georgia Health Sciences University | Augusta | Georgia | 30912 | — |
| Indiana University Department of Neurology | Indianapolis | Indiana | 46202 | — |
| University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics | Iowa City | Iowa | 52242 | — |
| University of Kansas | Kansas City | Kansas | 66160 | — |
| Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore | Maryland | 21205 | — |
| Massachusetts General Hospital | Boston | Massachusetts | 02114 | — |
| University of Massachusetts Medical School | Worcester | Massachusetts | 01655 | — |
| University of Michigan | Ann Arbor | Michigan | 48109 | — |
| Henry Ford Hospital | Detroit | Michigan | 48202 | — |
| St Mary's Healthcare | Grand Rapids | Michigan | 49503 | — |
| Hennepin County Medical Center - Berman Center for Research | Minneapolis | Minnesota | 55415 | — |
| Saint Louis University | St Louis | Missouri | 63104 | — |
| Washington University | St Louis | Missouri | 63110 | — |
| Neurology Associates | Lincoln | Nebraska | 68506 | — |
| Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center | Lebanon | New Hampshire | 03756 | — |
| Hospital for Special Surgery | New York | New York | 10021 | — |
| University of Rochester | Rochester | New York | 14642 | — |
| SUNY Upstate Medical University | Syracuse | New York | 13120 | — |
| Carolinas Medical Center Department of Neurology | Charlotte | North Carolina | 27406 | — |
| Duke University | Durham | North Carolina | 27705 | — |
| Wake Forest University, School of Medicine | Winston-Salem | North Carolina | 27157 | — |
| Ohio State University Department of Neurology | Columbus | Ohio | 43221 | — |
| Providence ALS Center | Portland | Oregon | 97213 | — |
| Oregon Health & Science University | Portland | Oregon | 97239 | — |
| Penn State Hershey Neuroscience Clinics | Hershey | Pennsylvania | 17033 | — |
| Drexel Neurology | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | 19107 | — |
| University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | 19107 | — |
| University of Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | 15213 | — |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center | Nashville | Tennessee | 37232 | — |
| Texas Neurology | Dallas | Texas | 75214 | — |
| Baylor College of Medicine | Houston | Texas | 77030 | — |
| UTHSCSA Department of Neurology | San Antonio | Texas | 78229 | — |
| University of Virginia | Charlottesville | Virginia | 22908 | — |
| West Virginia University Department of Neurology | Morgantown | West Virginia | 26506 | — |
| Medical College of Wisconsin | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | 53226 | — |
Site contact phone numbers, emails, and investigator names are intentionally not displayed here. Open the official ClinicalTrials.gov record for site contact information.
Non-U.S. locations
This page focuses on the U.S. directory. The official record also lists 31 non-U.S. sites.
About this trial record page
- What this page shows
- Public field values for ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT01709149, 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 Mar 30, 2020 · Synced May 13, 2026
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