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Immune cell analysis could unlock ALS mysteries

NCT ID NCT04816227

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First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

This study looks at immune cells called macrophages in people with ALS, a disease that affects movement. Researchers will compare these cells between ALS patients, healthy people, and those with other motor problems. The goal is to find new targets for future treatments and better ways to diagnose ALS. No treatment is given—this is a research study to gather information.

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Study facts

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Participants

About 180 people

The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.

Started

Sep 2021

Expected to finish

Sep 2027

An estimate. End dates often move.

Lead sponsor

A government agency

The lead sponsor is a government body.

Who can take part

This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.

Who is studied

Group 1: Be affected by Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) definite, probable or possible (El Escorial criteria) sporadic SALS (no known history in the family) or familial FALS (at least one other member of the family affected) Group 2: Be a carrier of a known mutation causing ALS and be asymptomatic Group 3: Have a motor impairment related to ALS including the following pathologies: Motor neuropathy, myopathy, Myositis, Spastic paraplegia, Cram / fasciculation syndrome, Chronic inflammatory polyradiculitis, somatization disorder, Anterior spinal artery syndrome, encephalitis, myelitis, Peroneal neuropathy, cervical myelopathy with radiculopathy, spinocerebellar ataxia, Kennedy disease, Spinal atrophy, Hereditary distal motor neuropathy. Group 4: Healthy control

Ages

18 years and older

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Accepted

You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.

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Inclusion Criteria: * Agree to participate in this research and have signed an informed consent * Be able to understand the objectives and procedures of the study * Be affiliated to French social security or equivalent * Meet one of the criteria below: (i) Be affected by Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) definite, probable or possible (El Escorial criteria) sporadic SALS (no known history in the family) or familial FALS (at least one other member of the family affected), (ii) not being affected by ALS but having a close relative who has or has been diagnosed with ALS and has or is a carrier of a known mutation causing ALS and has consented to a genetic analysis, (iii) Have a motor impairment including the following pathologies: Motor neuropathy, myopathy, Myositis, Spastic paraplegia, Cram / fasciculation syndrome, Chronic inflammatory polyradiculitis, somatization disorder, Anterior spinal artery syndrome, encephalitis, myelitis, Peroneal neuropathy, cervical myelopathy with radiculopathy, spinocerebellar ataxia, Kennedy disease, Spinal atrophy, Hereditary distal motor neuropathy. (iv) be accompanying a person with ALS or other motor impairment that is followed by one of the doctors from the ALS referral center at the Pitié-Salpêtrière hospital or by a neurologist from the neurophysiology department at the Pitié-Salpêtrière hospital. Exclusion Criteria: * Be subjected to a legal protection measure (safeguard of justice, curatorship or guardianship) * Refusing to participate in the study * Whose condition, in the opinion of the doctor, is incompatible with blood draw or participation in research * Being pregnant or breastfeeding

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Conditions

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Département de Neurologie, Hôpital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière

    RECRUITING

    Paris, 75013, France

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