ALS patients get access to experimental sugar treatment

NCT ID NCT05597436

First seen Nov 01, 2025 · Last updated May 15, 2026 · Updated 30 times

Summary

This program gives intravenous trehalose to adults with ALS who cannot join other clinical trials. Trehalose is a sugar that may help slow disease progression. The goal is to provide treatment access, not to cure the disease.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Barrow Neurological Institute

    Phoenix, Arizona, 85013, United States

  • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02215, United States

  • George Washington University

    Washington D.C., District of Columbia, 20052, United States

  • Holy Cross Hospital - Phil Smith Neuroscience Institute

    Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 33308, United States

  • Hospital for Special Care

    New Britain, Connecticut, 06053, United States

  • Lehigh Valley Hospital

    Allentown, Pennsylvania, 18105, United States

  • Nova Southeastern University

    Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 33328, United States

  • SUNY Upstate Medical University

    Syracuse, New York, 13210, United States

  • Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center

    Boise, Idaho, 83706, United States

  • Sean M. Healey & AMG Center for ALS Neurological Clinical Research Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02114, United States

  • Spectrum Health/Corewell Health

    Grand Rapids, Michigan, 49503, United States

  • Texas Neurology, P.A.-Neal Site:769

    Dallas, Texas, 75206, United States

  • Thomas Jefferson University

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19107, United States

  • University of California, Irvine

    Orange, California, 92697, United States

  • University of California, San Francisco

    San Francisco, California, 94115, United States

  • University of Colorado

    Aurora, Colorado, 80045, United States

  • University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics

    Iowa City, Iowa, 52242, United States

  • University of Maryland School of Medicine

    Baltimore, Maryland, 21201, United States

  • University of Minnesota

    Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55455, United States

  • Virginia Commonwealth University Clinical Research Unit

    Richmond, Virginia, 23298, United States

  • Washington University School of Medicine

    St Louis, Missouri, 63110, United States

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