Controlled Trial of Branched Chain Mino Acids in Als

Plaitakis, Andreas

Abstract

The goal of this study is to conduct a definitive controlled therapeutic trial in ALS patients to test the efficacy of the branched chain amino acids L-leucine, L-isoleucine and L-valine, in slowing the progression of the disease.

Funding Agency

• Agency: National Institute of Health (NIH)
• Institute: National Center for Research Resources (NCRR)
• Type: General Clinical Research Centers Program (M01)
• Project #: 5M01RR000071-27
• Application #: 3884354
• Support Year: 27
• Fiscal Year: 1990

Institution

• Name: Mount Sinai School of Medicine
• City: New York
• State: NY
• Country: United States
• Zip Code: 10029

Publications

Grams, Morgan E; Sang, Yingying; Ballew, Shoshana H et al. (2018) Predicting timing of clinical outcomes in patients with chronic kidney disease and severely decreased glomerular filtration rate. Kidney Int 93:1442-1451

Kattan, Meyer; Bacharier, Leonard B; O'Connor, George T et al. (2018) Spirometry and Impulse Oscillometry in Preschool Children: Acceptability and Relationship to Maternal Smoking in Pregnancy. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract 6:1596-1603.e6

Coplan, Jeremy D; Webler, Ryan; Gopinath, Srinath et al. (2018) Neurobiology of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in GAD: Aberrant neurometabolic correlation to hippocampus and relationship to anxiety sensitivity and IQ. J Affect Disord 229:1-13

Altman, Matthew C; Whalen, Elizabeth; Togias, Alkis et al. (2018) Allergen-induced activation of natural killer cells represents an early-life immune response in the development of allergic asthma. J Allergy Clin Immunol 142:1856-1866

Juraschek, Stephen P; Miller 3rd, Edgar R; Appel, Lawrence J (2018) Orthostatic Hypotension and Symptoms in the AASK Trial. Am J Hypertens 31:665-671

Chen, Teresa K; Appel, Lawrence J; Grams, Morgan E et al. (2017) APOL1 Risk Variants and Cardiovascular Disease: Results From the AASK (African American Study of Kidney Disease and Hypertension). Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 37:1765-1769

Ku, Elaine; Gassman, Jennifer; Appel, Lawrence J et al. (2017) BP Control and Long-Term Risk of ESRD and Mortality. J Am Soc Nephrol 28:671-677

Anderegg, Nanina; Johnson, Leigh F; Zaniewski, Elizabeth et al. (2017) All-cause mortality in HIV-positive adults starting combination antiretroviral therapy: correcting for loss to follow-up. AIDS 31 Suppl 1:S31-S40

Gern, James E; Calatroni, Agustin; Jaffee, Katy F et al. (2017) Patterns of immune development in urban preschoolers with recurrent wheeze and/or atopy. J Allergy Clin Immunol 140:836-844.e7

Abdallah, Chadi G; Jackowski, Andrea; Salas, Ramiro et al. (2017) The Nucleus Accumbens and Ketamine Treatment in Major Depressive Disorder. Neuropsychopharmacology 42:1739-1746