ALS study probes hidden social struggles
NCT ID NCT04406675
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at how ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) affects social thinking, like recognizing emotions in faces and voices. Researchers will compare 74 ALS patients to healthy volunteers using video-based tests. The goal is to better understand these challenges, which can impact daily life and caregiving.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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58 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Sep 2020
- Finished
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May 2026
- Lead sponsor
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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.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: Patient Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis : * Education of at least 7 years * Native language: French * Patients Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis * Signature of informed consent to participate in the study * Accompanied patient Control subject : * People without any pathology * Education of at least 7 years * Native language: French * Signature of informed consent to participate in the study Exclusion Criteria: Patient Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and control subject : * Simultaneous participation in another interventional protocol with experimental treatment * Inability to perform cognitive study tests * Pregnant, lactating or parturient women * Persons deprived of their liberty by administrative or judicial decision * Persons under psychiatric care under duress * Persons subject to legal protection measures * Persons out of state to express their consent * People not affiliated or not beneficiaries of a social security scheme * History likely to disturb cognition
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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CHU Angers
Angers, Angers, 49933, France
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