Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Registry Rhineland-Palatinate

Klinikum Ludwigshafen

Status: Completed

Conditions: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01955369

837.253.09

Details and patient eligibility

About

There is a lack of prospective and population-based epidemiological data on amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in Germany so far. The purpose of this registry is to investigate the incidence, course and phenotypic variety of ALS in Rhineland-Palatinate, a South-West German state of about 4 million inhabitants.

Enrollment: 200 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis according to revised El Escorial criteria
• minimum of 18 years
• minimum of 6 months of residency in Rhinelnad-Palatinate

Exclusion criteria

• patients below 18 years
• ALS patients outside Rhineland-Palatinate

Trial design

200 participants in 1 patient group

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients

Description:

Patients were included into the registry if they had a new diagnosis of ALS, a minimum age of 18 years and lived in Rhineland-Palatinate for at least 6 months before date of diagnosis. Diagnosis was based upon the revised El Escorial criteria.