Observational studyNeurology2024
Genetic Associations With an Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Reversal Phenotype.
Observational study in Neurology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03464903 (ALS Reversals), which is not on this map. Cited by 2 papers.
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ALS Reversals: Genetic Analyses (St.A.R. Protocol 2) RDCRN CReATe Protocol #8007
Who cites it
2 citing papers in PubMed.
- Long-Term Tofersen in SOD1 Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.JAMA neurology · 2026Trial
- The Role of mTOR in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.Biomedicines · 2025Review
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8 authors.
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND
objectivesThe term "ALS Reversal" describes patients who initially meet diagnostic criteria for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) or had clinical features most consistent with progressive muscular atrophy (PMA) but subsequently demonstrated substantial and sustained clinical improvement. The objective of this genome-wide association study (GWAS) was to identify correlates of this unusual clinical phenotype.
methodsParticipants were recruited from a previously created database of individuals with the ALS Reversal phenotype. Whole-genome sequencing (WGS) data were compared with ethnicity-matched patients with typically progressive ALS enrolled through the CReATe Consortium's Phenotype-Genotype-Biomarker (PGB) study. These results were replicated using an independent ethnically matched WGS data set from Target ALS. Significant results were further explored with available databases of genetic regulatory markers and expression quantitative trait loci (eQTL) analysis.
resultsWGS from 22 participants with documented ALS Reversals was compared with the PGB primary cohort (n = 103) and the Target ALS validation cohort (n = 140). Two genetic loci met predefined criteria for statistical significance (two-sided permutation DISCUSSION: We found a significant association between the Reversal phenotype and an TRIAL REGISTRATION INFORMATION: This study was registered with ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT03464903) on March 14, 2018. The first participant was enrolled on June 22, 2018.
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