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January 29, 2019; 92 (5) ArticleOpen Access

Refining eligibility criteria for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis clinical trials

Ruben P.A. van Eijk, Henk-Jan Westeneng, Stavros Nikolakopoulos, Iris E. Verhagen, Michael A. van Es, Marinus J.C. Eijkemans, Leonard H. van den Berg
First published January 9, 2019, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0000000000006855
Ruben P.A. van Eijk
From the Department of Neurology (R.P.A.v.E., H.-J.W., I.E.V., M.A.v.E., L.H.v.d.B.), Brain Center Rudolf Magnus, and Biostatistics & Research Support (R.P.A.v.E., S.N., M.J.C.E.), Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, the Netherlands.
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Refining eligibility criteria for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis clinical trials
Ruben P.A. van Eijk, Henk-Jan Westeneng, Stavros Nikolakopoulos, Iris E. Verhagen, Michael A. van Es, Marinus J.C. Eijkemans, Leonard H. van den Berg
Neurology Jan 2019, 92 (5) e451-e460; DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000006855

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vol. 92 no. 5 e451-e460
DOI: 
https://doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0000000000006855
PubMed: 
30626653

Published By: 
Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of the American Academy of Neurology
Print ISSN: 
0028-3878
Online ISSN: 
1526-632X
History: 
  • Received June 22, 2018
  • Accepted in final form September 19, 2018
  • First Published January 9, 2019.

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Copyright © 2019 The Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of the American Academy of Neurology. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License 4.0 (CC BY-NC-ND), which permits downloading and sharing the work provided it is properly cited. The work cannot be changed in any way or used commercially without permission from the journal.

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    1. Ruben P.A. van Eijk, MD, MSc,
    2. Henk-Jan Westeneng, MD,
    3. Stavros Nikolakopoulos, PhD,
    4. Iris E. Verhagen, MD,
    5. Michael A. van Es, MD, PhD,
    6. Marinus J.C. Eijkemans, PhD and
    7. Leonard H. van den Berg, MD, PhD
  1. Ruben P.A. van Eijk, MD, MSc,
  2. Scientific Advisory Boards:
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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:
    1. NONE

    Consultancies:
    1. NONE

    Speakers' Bureaus:
    1. NONE

    Other Activities:
    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:
    1. NONE

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  3. Henk-Jan Westeneng, MD,
  4. Scientific Advisory Boards:
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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

    Consultancies:
    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

    Other Activities:
    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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  5. Stavros Nikolakopoulos, PhD,
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    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:
    1. NONE

    Editorial Boards:
    1. NONE

    Patents:
    1. NONE

    Publishing Royalties:
    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:
    1. NONE

    Consultancies:
    1. NONE

    Speakers' Bureaus:
    1. NONE

    Other Activities:
    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:
    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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  7. Iris E. Verhagen, MD,
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    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:
    1. NONE

    Editorial Boards:
    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

    Publishing Royalties:
    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:
    1. NONE

    Consultancies:
    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

    Other Activities:
    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:
    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:
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  9. Michael A. van Es, MD, PhD,
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    1. NONE

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    Publishing Royalties:
    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:
    1. NONE

    Consultancies:
    1. NONE

    Speakers' Bureaus:
    1. NONE

    Other Activities:
    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Government Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Academic Entities:
    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:
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    Royalty Payments, Technology or Inventions:
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  11. Marinus J.C. Eijkemans, PhD and
  12. Scientific Advisory Boards:
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    1. NONE

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  13. Leonard H. van den Berg, MD, PhD
  14. Scientific Advisory Boards:
    1. Scientific Advisory Boards of Biogen, Cytokinetics, Wave Life Sciences, Freeway, Sarepta

    Gifts:
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    Funding for travel or speaker honoraria:
    1. Octapharma, Shire

    Editorial Boards:
    1. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry Neuromuscular Disorders

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    Other activities:
    1. received an educational grant from Shire

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

    Research Support, Academic Entities:
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    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:
    1. The Netherlands ALS Foundation; Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development (Vici scheme)

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  1. From the Department of Neurology (R.P.A.v.E., H.-J.W., I.E.V., M.A.v.E., L.H.v.d.B.), Brain Center Rudolf Magnus, and Biostatistics & Research Support (R.P.A.v.E., S.N., M.J.C.E.), Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, the Netherlands.
  1. Correspondence
    Dr. van den Berg lberg{at}umcutrecht.nl
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