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A Widely Inclusive, Hybrid-Decentralized Pilot Trial Utilizing β-hydroxy-β-methylbutyrate to Lower IGFBP7 Levels in People With ALS

11 maggio 2026 aggiornato da: Duke University
This is an open label trial of a supplement called HMB in patients with ALS. The researchers are evaluating its safety and tolerability, as well as its ability to lower insulin-like growth-factor binding protein 7 (IGFBP7) and Neurofilament light chain levels (NFL) and to slow ALS Functional Rating Scale, Revised (ALSFRS-R) progression.

Panoramica dello studio

Stato

Non ancora reclutamento

Descrizione dettagliata

This will be a widely inclusive, three-center, open-label pilot trial enrolling 100 people living with ALS. Duke (25 participants) and Temple (25 participants) will be traditional sites that consent, screen and follow participants in person, Everything ALS (50 participants) will be a decentralized site providing virtual consenting, screening and follow up. The total time commitment will be 9 months. All participants who pass screening will provide demographics, disease characteristics, co-morbidities, and concomitant medications. They will have a baseline ALSFRS-R score obtained, a baseline slope of Listener Effort Prediction Model (LEPM)-predicted Listener Effort (LE) progression, and Motor Movement Exam (MME) score. For those who enroll at Duke or Temple, blood will be drawn for neurofilament light chain (NfL) and IGFBP7 levels. For patients at Duke or Temple who consent to lumbar puncture, CSF will be drawn for NfL and IGFBP7 levels as well. Each month after baseline, participants will be contacted by phone by each site's study coordinator to review adverse events, new co-morbidities, and concomitant medications, and to generate a new clinician-administered ALSFRS-R score. For Duke and Temple participants, at month 1, 3 and 6 they will be asked to return for in person blood draws for NfL and IGFBP7 levels. Those who sign the additional consent for lumbar punctures will have CSF drawn as well and this will be checked for NfL and IGFBP7 levels at month 3, too. LSFRS-R is routinely measured as part of clinical care. All of the described blood tests and investigational treatments are being performed exclusively for research purposes. HMB will be given at a dose of 3g daily.

Tipo di studio

Interventistico

Iscrizione (Stimato)

100

Fase

  • Fase 1

Contatti e Sedi

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Contatto studio

Backup dei contatti dello studio

Luoghi di studio

    • North Carolina
      • Durham, North Carolina, Stati Uniti, 27705
        • Duke University Medical Center
        • Investigatore principale:
          • Richard Bedlack, MD, PhD
        • Contatto:
    • Pennsylvania

Criteri di partecipazione

I ricercatori cercano persone che corrispondano a una certa descrizione, chiamata criteri di ammissibilità. Alcuni esempi di questi criteri sono le condizioni generali di salute di una persona o trattamenti precedenti.

Criteri di ammissibilità

Età idonea allo studio

  • Adulto
  • Adulto più anziano

Accetta volontari sani

No

Descrizione

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Male or female aged at least 18 years.
  2. Sporadic or familial ALS diagnosed as per Gold Coast Criteria (37).
  3. Patient is able to understand and express informed consent (in the opinion of the site investigator).
  4. Patient is able to read and write English.
  5. Patient is expected to survive for the duration of the trial.
  6. Women must not be pregnant (will have evidence of a negative pregnancy test obtained by study team at baseline, or by local physician within past 7 days or be post-menopausal)
  7. Women must not be able to become pregnant (e.g., post-menopausal, surgically sterile, or using adequate birth control methods) for the duration of the study and three months after study completion. Adequate contraception includes abstinence, hormonal contraception (oral contraception, implanted contraception, injected contraception, or other hormonal contraception, for example patch or contraceptive ring), intrauterine device (IUD) in place for ≥ 3 months, barrier method in conjunction with spermicide, or another adequate method.

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Actively or recently (within past 30 days) participating in another intervention trial.
  2. Currently or recently (within 30 days) taking HMB
  3. Prior side effects from HMB deemed to be significant by the investigator
  4. Patient has a medical or psychiatric illness that could in the investigator's opinion interfere with the patient's ability to participate in this study.
  5. Pregnant women or women currently breastfeeding.
  6. Elevated serum calcium or vitamin D levels.
  7. Life expectancy shorter than the duration of the trial.

Piano di studio

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Come è strutturato lo studio?

Dettagli di progettazione

  • Scopo principale: Trattamento
  • Assegnazione: N / A
  • Modello interventistico: Assegnazione di gruppo singolo
  • Mascheramento: Nessuno (etichetta aperta)

Armi e interventi

Gruppo di partecipanti / Arm
Intervento / Trattamento
Sperimentale: β-hydroxy-β-methylbutyrate (HMB) administration
Our source of HMB will be Life Extension's "Wellness Code Muscle Strength & Restore Formula. The dose will be 3g daily, which has previously been shown to be safe and well-tolerated, and to reduce IGFBP7 blood levels in humans.

Cosa sta misurando lo studio?

Misure di risultato primarie

Misura del risultato
Misura Descrizione
Lasso di tempo
ALS Functional Rating Scale, Revised (ALSFRS-R)
Lasso di tempo: Baseline, month 3, month 9
A quickly administered (five minute) ordinal rating scale (ratings 0-4) used to determine patients' assessments of their capability and independence in 12 functional activities. All 12 activities are relevant to people living with ALS.The ALSFRS-R declines linearly with time over a wide range during the course of ALS and it has been validated for telephone use. The ALSFRS-R Range is 0-48. The more points, the better the person is functioning.
Baseline, month 3, month 9
Speech (Listener Effort)
Lasso di tempo: Baseline, month 3, month 9
Listener effort (LE) is a perceptual rating of the amount of work necessary for a listener to understand speech, rated by an expert speech-language pathologist on a visual analog scale from 0 (easily understood) - 100 (unintelligible even with full effort) and it has proven to be one of the most robust overall measures of dysarthria.
Baseline, month 3, month 9

Misure di risultato secondarie

Misura del risultato
Misura Descrizione
Lasso di tempo
Neurofilament Light Chain levels (blood)
Lasso di tempo: Baseline, month 3, and month 6
Neurofilaments are neuron-specific components of the cytoskeleton. They exist in heavy, medium, and light chain forms. Neurofilament light chain levels are elevated in the spinal fluid and the blood of patients with ALS and other neurodegenerative diseases, and higher levels predict more severe disease progression.
Baseline, month 3, and month 6
Neurofilament Light Chain levels (Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF))
Lasso di tempo: Baseline, month 3
Neurofilaments are neuron-specific components of the cytoskeleton. They exist in heavy, medium, and light chain forms. Neurofilament light chain levels are elevated in the spinal fluid and the blood of patients with ALS and other neurodegenerative diseases, and higher levels predict more severe disease progression.
Baseline, month 3
Insulin-like growth-factor binding protein 7 (IGFBP7) levels (blood)
Lasso di tempo: Baseline, month 3 and month 6
Non-competitive inhibitor of the IGF-1 receptor
Baseline, month 3 and month 6
Insulin-like growth-factor binding protein 7 (IGFBP7) levels (Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF))
Lasso di tempo: Baseline, month 3
Non-competitive inhibitor of the IGF-1 receptor
Baseline, month 3
Frequency of ALS reversals
Lasso di tempo: 6 months
Frequency of ALS reversals will be calculated as the number of participants who have an ALSFRS-R score that improves by 4 points or more over 6 months of treatment.
6 months

Collaboratori e investigatori

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Sponsor

Collaboratori

Investigatori

  • Investigatore principale: Richard Bedlack, MD, PhD, Duke University

Studiare le date dei record

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Studia le date principali

Inizio studio (Stimato)

1 luglio 2026

Completamento primario (Stimato)

1 luglio 2026

Completamento dello studio (Stimato)

1 agosto 2026

Date di iscrizione allo studio

Primo inviato

11 maggio 2026

Primo inviato che soddisfa i criteri di controllo qualità

11 maggio 2026

Primo Inserito (Effettivo)

15 maggio 2026

Aggiornamenti dei record di studio

Ultimo aggiornamento pubblicato (Effettivo)

15 maggio 2026

Ultimo aggiornamento inviato che soddisfa i criteri QC

11 maggio 2026

Ultimo verificato

1 maggio 2026

Maggiori informazioni

Termini relativi a questo studio

Piano per i dati dei singoli partecipanti (IPD)

Hai intenzione di condividere i dati dei singoli partecipanti (IPD)?

NO

Informazioni su farmaci e dispositivi, documenti di studio

Studia un prodotto farmaceutico regolamentato dalla FDA degli Stati Uniti

Studia un dispositivo regolamentato dalla FDA degli Stati Uniti

No

prodotto fabbricato ed esportato dagli Stati Uniti

No

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