Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT01803386
Noninvasive Assessment of Neuromuscular Disease Using Electrical Impedance Myography
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- —
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 20 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Skulpt, Inc. · Industry
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 21 Years – 85 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
Summary
The purpose of this protocol is to test a new Electrical Impedance Myography (EIM) device and study its reliability and ability to differentiate ALS patients from healthy controls.
Detailed description
Investigators will study 10 ALS patients and at least 10 age-matched healthy controls between the ages of 21 and 85 years old. For all subjects, EIM measurements will be performed on four muscles: two in the upper and two in the lower extremities, using 8 different EIM sensors. Measurements will be repeated one time.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DEVICE | EIM Measurements | EIM measurements are taken by applying saline to the skin and placing a sensor on patients' muscles that will record electrical activity. Electrical current is generated by this machine, but patients will not be able to feel it. The electrical activity recorded is returned to the machine and analyzed by a computer. |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2013-01-01
- Primary completion
- 2015-03-01
- Completion
- 2015-03-01
- First posted
- 2013-03-04
- Last updated
- 2015-07-22
Locations
1 site across 1 country: United States
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT01803386. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.