Improving clinical trial outcomes in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

MC Kiernan, S Vucic, K Talbot, CJ McDermott… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Individuals who are diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) today face the same
historically intransigent problem that has existed since the initial description of the disease in …

Crowdsourcing biomedical research: leveraging communities as innovation engines

J Saez-Rodriguez, JC Costello, SH Friend… - Nature Reviews …, 2016 - nature.com
The generation of large-scale biomedical data is creating unprecedented opportunities for
basic and translational science. Typically, the data producers perform initial analyses, but it …

Global, regional, and national burden of motor neuron diseases 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

G Logroscino, M Piccininni, B Marin, E Nichols… - The Lancet …, 2018 - thelancet.com
Background Understanding how prevalence, incidence, and mortality of motor neuron
diseases change over time and by location is crucial for understanding the causes of these …

Cx43 hemichannels contribute to astrocyte-mediated toxicity in sporadic and familial ALS

AA Almad, A Taga, J Joseph… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Connexin 43 (Cx43) gap junctions and hemichannels mediate astrocyte intercellular
communication in the central nervous system under normal conditions and contribute to …

How data scientistswork together with domain experts in scientific collaborations: To find the right answer or to ask the right question?

Y Mao, D Wang, M Muller, KR Varshney… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - dl.acm.org
In recent years there has been an increasing trend in which data scientists and domain
experts work together to tackle complex scientific questions. However, such collaborations …

Model-based recursive partitioning for subgroup analyses

H Seibold, A Zeileis, T Hothorn - The international journal of …, 2016 - degruyter.com
The identification of patient subgroups with differential treatment effects is the first step
towards individualised treatments. A current draft guideline by the EMA discusses potentials …

Multicentre appraisal of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis biofluid biomarkers shows primacy of blood neurofilament light chain

AG Thompson, E Gray, N Verber, Y Bobeva… - Brain …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The routine clinical integration of individualized objective markers of disease activity in those
diagnosed with the neurodegenerative disorder amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is a key …

Wearable device and smartphone data quantify ALS progression and may provide novel outcome measures

SA Johnson, M Karas, KM Burke, M Straczkiewicz… - NPJ Digital …, 2023 - nature.com
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) therapeutic development has largely relied on staff-
administered functional rating scales to determine treatment efficacy. We sought to …

Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of arimoclomol in rapidly progressive SOD1 ALS

M Benatar, J Wuu, PM Andersen, N Atassi, W David… - Neurology, 2018 - AAN Enterprises
Objective To examine the safety and tolerability as well as the preliminary efficacy of
arimoclomol, a heat shock protein co-inducer that promotes nascent protein folding, in …

Machine learning in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: achievements, pitfalls, and future directions

V Grollemund, PF Pradat, G Querin, F Delbot… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Background: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is a relentlessly progressive
neurodegenerative condition with limited therapeutic options at present. Survival from …