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To combine several brain imaging techniques to develop a new diagnostic test to help with earlier diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Early diagnosis and lack of understanding of the pathophysiology of ALS remain a significant obstacle to making a timely intervention to help patients suffering from this fatal disease. We envision a future in which neuroimaging techniques will be a critical tool in the diagnostic work-up of ALS. Advanced neuroimaging techniques offer great potential in identifying central nervous system metabolite and cellular alterations in ALS. We propose an innovative approach to combine complementary advanced MRI techniques to interrogate brain chemistry (MRS), brain microstructure (DTI) and brain function (fcMRI) and develop a clinically relevant discriminatory disease model.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis | Experimental | Clinical examination for ALS(amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) and subjects with lower motor neuron signs will be completed. These subjects will undergo MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) scans of the brain to assess neurological conditions. |
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| Healthy controls (MRI) | Active Comparator | These subjects will undergo MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) scans of the brain to compare against diseased subjects. |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| MRI(magnetic resonance imaging) | Diagnostic Test | Subjects with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and lower neuron motor skills and healthy subjects will undergo an MRI(magnetic resonance imaging)scans of the brain to assess neurologic condition. The brain scans will take approximately 60 minutes to complete. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Developing a Discrimination Model to Diagnose ALS | We will measure brain fractional anisotropy (unitless) using diffusion tensor imaging of ALS patients and compare these to corresponding measures in healthy control subjects as well as patients with lower motor neuron signs only. | 5 years |
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Bradley Foerster, M.D. | University of Michigan Hospital | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| University of Michigan Hospital | Ann Arbor | Michigan | 48109 | United States |
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| ID | Term |
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| D000690 | Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis |
| ID | Term |
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| D013118 | Spinal Cord Diseases |
| D002493 | Central Nervous System Diseases |
| D009422 | Nervous System Diseases |
| D016472 | Motor Neuron Disease |
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| ID | Term |
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| D008279 | Magnetic Resonance Imaging |
| ID | Term |
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| D014054 | Tomography |
| D003952 | Diagnostic Imaging |
| D019937 | Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures |
| D003933 | Diagnosis |
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| D019636 | Neurodegenerative Diseases |
| D057177 | TDP-43 Proteinopathies |
| D009468 | Neuromuscular Diseases |
| D057165 | Proteostasis Deficiencies |
| D008659 | Metabolic Diseases |
| D009750 | Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases |