Feasibility and Sensitivity of a Symptom Monitoring Application in Real Time (SMART) for ALS

Study Purpose:

The purpose of this study is to determine if a smartphone application would be helpful in collecting research data to better inform us about ALS disease progression. This study asks each participant to use a smartphone application for a few minutes each week to answer a questionnaire and complete a voice recording. This is a pilot study in which a smartphone application was designed and customized for use in ALS clinical trials.

Study Status:

Recruiting

Disease:

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) , Familial ALS , Sporadic ALS , Healthy Volunteer , Healthy Volunteer with a Family History of ALS

Study Type:

Observational

Type of Intervention:

N/A

Intervention Name:

N/A

Placebo:

N/A

Phase:

N/A

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

James Berry, MD, MPH, Massachusetts General Hospital

Clinicaltrials.gov ID:

Neals Affiliated?

No

Coordinating Center Contact Information

Study Sponsor:

Philanthropy, NIH Grant, and the Neurological Clinical Research Institute

Participant Duration:

1 year

Estimated Study Start Date:

07 / 20 / 2016

Posting Last Modified Date:

12 / 01 / 2022

Date Study Added to neals.org:

12 / 08 / 2016