Continuous Measurement of Activity in Patients With Muscle Pathology and in Control Subjects. ActiSLA Part.

Continuous Measurement of Activity in Patients With Muscle Pathology and in Control Subjects

ActiSLA is a monocentric academic study. Patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis may be included on a voluntary basis. The investigators plan to include a group of approximately 20 patients with ALS.

The investigators have planned to assess patient every three months for a year. On each visit, participants will undergo a clinical examination with MRC sum score and Ashworth scores.

They will perform few tests ( 6-minutes walk test (6MWT), dynamometric measure, electromyography, Edinburgh Cognitive and Behavioural ALS Screen ) and will answer to some questionaires (dysphagia handicap scale, ALS-SFR-r).

After each visit, participants will wear Actimyo for one month daily.

Study Overview

• Status: Recruiting
• Conditions: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
• Intervention / Treatment: Device: Actimyo°

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Estimated): 45
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Laurie MEDARD; Phone Number: 0032 43218222; Email: Laurie.Medard@citadelle.be

Study Locations

• Belgium
  • Liège
    • Liège, Liège, Belgium, 4000
      • Recruiting
      • CHR Citadelle
      • Contact: Laurie MEDARD; Phone Number: 0032 43218222; Email: Laurie.Medard@citadelle.be

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Clinically defined or probable diagnosis of ALS according to El Escorial criteria revised with Awaji's electro-diagnostic algorithm.
• Over 18 years old.
• Signed informed consent
• If patient on Riluzole, the dosage should be stable for 1 month and continued throughout the study period.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients with excessive cognitive disorders, limiting the understanding of task or with apparent communication difficulties hindering data collection.
• Any other previous or present pathology having an impact on motor function.
• Recent surgery or trauma (less than 6 months) in the upper or lower limbs.
• Prior neurological, endocrine, infectious, allergic, or chronic or acute inflammatory pathology in the three weeks preceding inclusion.
• Patients participating in an interventional clinical trial.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Other
• Allocation: N/A
• Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Patient with ALS; Patient with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis	Device: Actimyo°; Actimyo° is an innovative device intended to be used in a home-based environment. It is composed of two watch-like sensors, each containing a magneto-inertial sensors that record the linear acceleration, the angular velocity, the magnetic field of the movement in all directions.The two watches can be worn as wristwatch or placed near the ankle.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
95th centile of stride velocity	95th centile of stride velocity obtained with a magneto-inertial sensor (Actimyo°) in real-life (meter per second).	1 year
50th centile of stride velocity	50th centile of stride velocity obtained with a magneto-inertial sensor (Actimyo°) in real-life (meter per second).	1 year
95th centile of stride length	95th centile of stride length obtained with a magneto-inertial sensor (Actimyo°) in real-life (meter).	1 year
50th centile of stride length	50th centile of stride length obtained with a magneto-inertial sensor (Actimyo°) in real-life (meter).	1 year

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Upper limb function evolution in patient with ALS	Upper limb function assessed with a magneto-inertial sensor (Actimyo°) in real-life.	1 year

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liege
• Collaborators: Centre Hospitalier Régional de la Citadelle; SYSNAV
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Margaux Poleur, MD, CHR Citadelle-CHU liège

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): September 25, 2020
• Primary Completion (Estimated): September 1, 2026
• Study Completion (Estimated): December 1, 2026

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: March 11, 2021
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 11, 2021
• First Posted (Actual): May 12, 2021

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimated): December 5, 2025
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 1, 2025
• Last Verified: December 1, 2025

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Accelerometry; Actimyo; Daily living
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Central Nervous System Diseases; Nervous System Diseases; Neuromuscular Diseases; Metabolic Diseases; Neurodegenerative Diseases; Spinal Cord Diseases; TDP-43 Proteinopathies; Proteostasis Deficiencies; Motor Neuron Disease; Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases; Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
• Other Study ID Numbers: ActiLiège. ActiSLA part.

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No
• product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.: No