Safety of Urate Elevation in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
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Brief summary
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This is a multi-center, 20-week study of inosine treatment. Study Objectives and Endpoints The primary objective of the study is to determine the safety and tolerability of oral administration of inosine (administered daily) dosed to moderately elevate serum urate over 20 weeks. The primary outcome measures will be 1. Safety, as measured by adverse events 2. Tolerability, defined as the ability of subjects to complete the entire 20-week study. As an exploratory objective, we will test the feasibility and utility of a smartphone application for monitoring symptoms and disease progression in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT03168711
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Enrollment
- 48 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years to 85 Years
- 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, 2017
- Primary completion
- Dec 9, 2019
- Completion
- Jan 6, 2020
- Last update posted
- Feb 17, 2021
2017 – 2020
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 3
- U.S. states
- 3
- U.S. cities
- 3
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holy Cross Hospital | Fort Lauderdale | Florida | 33308 | — |
| Massachusetts General Hospital | Boston | Massachusetts | 02114 | — |
| University of Minnesota | Minneapolis | Minnesota | 55455 | — |
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- Last update posted Feb 17, 2021 · Synced Sep 24, 2026
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