Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Taipei Veterans General Hospital

Study Purpose:

The research is aimed to asses the validity of the communication system improving the quality of life and the degree of sanctification of clinical patients and their caregiver.

Study Status:

Not recruiting

Disease:

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Study Type:

Observational

Type of Intervention:

N/A

Intervention Name:

N/A

Placebo:

N/A

Phase:

N/A

Study Chair(s)/Principal Investigator(s):

N/A

Clinicaltrials.gov ID:

NCT03806634

Neals Affiliated?

No

Coordinating Center Contact Information

Si Huei Li / email hidden; JavaScript is required / 886-2871-2121

Study Sponsor:

Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan

Estimated Enrollment:

20

Estimated Study Start Date:

03 / 01 / 2019

Estimated Study Completion Date:

09 / 01 / 2020

Posting Last Modified Date:

01 / 16 / 2019

Date Study Added to neals.org:

01 / 16 / 2019

Minimum Age:

20 Years

Maximum Age:

N/A

Inclusion Criteria:

- Escorial revised criteria (Brooks et al., 2000),The diagnosis of ALS requires:

(A) the presence of:

- (A:1) evidence of lower motor neuron (LMN) degeneration by clinical, electrophysiological or neuropathologic examination (A:2) evidence of upper motor neuron (UMN) degeneration by clinical examination, and

- (A:3) progressive spread of symptoms or signs within a region or to other regions, as determined by history or examination, together with: (B) the absence of (B:1) electrophysiological or pathological evidence of other disease processes that might explain the signs of LMN and/or UMN degeneration, and (B:2) neuroimaging evidence of other disease processes that might explain the observed clinical and electrophysiological signs.

- If they were Taiwanese and used traditional Chinese(Mandarin).

- If they were older than age 20 years.

Exclusion Criteria:

- If they had been diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia, severe depression, or schizophrenia.

- If they cannot see the communication board after correction.

- If they cannot complete the questionnaire with researchers or family members help.

Taipei Veterans General Hospital

Taipei, TW 11217
Taiwan