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ALS Treatment

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Causes and Types
  • Sporadic ALS
  • Familial ALS
  • Guamanian ALS
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  • Muscle and/or nerve biopsy
  • Spinal tap
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  • Sporadic ALS
  • Familial ALS
  • Guamanian ALS
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  • Muscle and/or nerve biopsy
  • Spinal tap
  • X-ray
  • Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
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Treatment

How is amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) treated?

There is no cure for ALS, but treatment can help you stay strong and independent for as long as possible. Treatments may include:

Physical and occupational therapy.
These therapies can help you stay strong and make the most of the abilities you still have.
Speech therapy.

This can help you with coughing, swallowing, and talking after weakness in the face, throat, and chest begins.

Supportive devices and equipment.

These can help you stay mobile, communicate, and do daily tasks like bathing, eating, and dressing. Some examples are canes, walkers, wheelchairs, ramps, handrails, raised toilet seats, and shower seats. You can also get braces to support your feet, ankles, or neck.

Medicines.

These may help slow the progression of ALS, relieve your symptoms, and keep you comfortable. There are medicines that can help with many of the symptoms you might have. These symptoms may include muscle problems (stiffness, cramps, twitching), drooling and extra saliva, depression and mood swings, and pain.

A feeding tube.

This can help you get enough nutrition to stay strong as long as you can.

Breathing devices.

They can help you breathe more easily as your chest muscles weaken.

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Open trials refer to studies currently accepting participants. Closed trials are not currently enrolling, but may open in the future.

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Protocol CY 4031: A Phase 3, Multi-National, Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Stratified, Parallel Group, Study to Evaluate the Safety, Tolerability and Efficacy of Tiramsemtiv in Patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
BrainGate2: Feasibility Study of an Intracortical Neural Interface System for Persons With Tetraplegia Spinal Cord Injury, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
NeuRx Diaphragm Pacing System (DPS) for Humanitarian Use in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
A Study to Explore the Safety and Tolerability of Acthar in Patients With Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
Multi-Center, Randomized Controlled Study of the NeuRx Diaphragm Pacing System (DPS) in Participants with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
Humanitarian Device Exemption Post-Approval Study of NeuRx Diaphragm Pacing System for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
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