People with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) who choose invasive ventilation to help with breathing less frequently require opioids to manage their symptoms compared with ALS patients who remain on noninvasive ventilation or have no ventilatory support at all, according to a new study by researchers in Japan. Opioid use…
Early treatment with Radicava (edaravone), an approved therapy for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), significantly reduced the risk of hospitalization, need for ventilatory support, or death compared with delaying treatment for six months. That’s according to analyses of data from Study 19 (NCT01492686), the Phase 3 clinical trial…
Rates of invasive assisted ventilation are 3.2 times higher in African Americans with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) compared to Caucasian patients, which may explain why African American patients live longer, according to a recent study. The study, “Racial differences in intervention rates in individuals with ALS: A case-control study,”…
