US Interventional/Drug Trials Only

Updated April 15, 2024


 

ALS TDI updates this list of ALS clinical trials monthly.

 

  Drug Phase Study Design Sponsor
1 ION363 (ulefnersen) 3
  • antisense oligonucleotide treatment for people carrying a mutation in FUS gene
  • recruiting in CA, MD, MA, MO, NY, OH, UT
IONIS
2 Masitinib 3
  • 33% chance of placebo
  • trial volunteers will be separated into 3 groups, a high dose with riluzole, a low dose with riluzole, or placebo with riluzole
  • recruiting in AL, CA, KY, MD, MA, VA
AB Sciences
3 Tofersen - ATLAS (for presymptomatic SOD1) 3
  • biomarkers will be monitored over time and tofersen or placebo will be administered if specific biomarker changes occur
  • antisense oligonucleotide treatment for people carrying specific SOD1 mutations, but no current symptoms of ALS
  • recruiting in AZ, CA, FL, GA, IL, MD, MA, MO, NY, TX
Biogen
4

DNL 343

Regimen G

Healey Platform Trial

2/3
  • 25% chance of placebo for 6 months followed by active treatment extension for all participants
  • single dose is being tested
  • recruiting in AZ, AR, CA, CO, CT, DC, FL, GA, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, MD, MA, MI, MN, MO, NE, NH, NJ, NY, NC, OH, OR, PA, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI
  • *many sites have completed enrollment- please reach out to individual sites for more info
Merit Cudkowicz, MD

5 Ibudilast 2/3
  • 50% chance of placebo for 12 months followed by an open label extension for 6 months
  • recruiting in CA, FL, GA, IN, KS, MD, MN, NY, NC, OR, PA, VA
MediciNova
6
Rapa-5012/3
  • no placebo
  • autologous T cells are administered intravenously for 6 months followed by an additional 6 months of observation
  • recruiting in MA, NJ
Rapa Therapeutics
7 AP-101 2
  • placebo-controlled trial
  • drug is delivered intravenously
  • trial is for people carrying SOD1 mutation or sporadic ALS
  • recruiting in CA
AL-S Pharma
8 BLZ945 2
  • no placebo
  • multiple groups or “cohorts” with cohorts 1-4 all receiving treatment and PET imaging, while in cohort 5 participants will be split into two groups that will either receive PET imaging or contribute to spinal fluid analysis
  • recruiting in CA, CT, MA
Novartis
9 Vitamin E, N-acetyl cysteine, L-cystine, nicotinamide, and taurursodiol 2
  • no placebo
  • recruiting in TX
Dallas VA Medical Center
10 Istradefylline and AIH 1/2
  • crossover study: all trial volunteers will receive placebo and all trial volunteers will receive active treatment at different timepoints
  • recruiting in FL
University of Florida
11 baricitinib 1
  • no placebo
  • includes people living with different neurodegenerative diseases including ALS
  • recruiting in MA
Massachusetts General Hospital
12
1
  • placebo controlled trial
  • umbilical cord derived T regulatory cells delivered intravenously
  • recruiting in NY, TX
Cellenkos
13 CNS10-NPC-GDNF 1
  • no placebo
  • cells that produce GDNF (a growth factor) will be transplanted into motor cortex of brain
  • recruiting in CA
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
14CNM-Au8EAP
  • Expanded Access Program for people that are not eligible for trials
  • CNM-Au8 will be administered for up to  96 weeks orally or by feeding tube
  • sites in AZ, CA, CT, FL, IL, KS, MI, NE, NC, OR, PA, TX, 
Clene Nanomedicine
15Rapa 501EAP
  • Expanded Access Program for people that are not eligible for trials
  • Autologous hybrid TREG/Th2 cells delivered intravenously
  • sites in MA, NJ
Rapa Therapeutics

16PridopidineEAP
  • Expanded Access Program for people that are not eligible for trials
  • pridopidine will be administered twice daily by mouth or feeding tube for 2 years
  • sites not yet listed, but contact information is available on clinicaltrials.gov
Prilenia