NCT04051333

The E-health Application To Modify ORal Energy Intake and Measure Outcomes REmotely in ALS Clinical Trial (EAT MORE2)

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 87 (actual)
• Sponsor: Massachusetts General Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This is phase IIa feasibility and tolerability study of a mobile health (mHealth) application designed to study the effects of remote dietary counseling on disease progression and quality of life. The study will consist of two phases: Part I will consist of building and beta-testing the ALS Nutrition app and Part II will consist of enrolling a larger cohort of users into the app.

Detailed description

The investigators' prior work has shown that nutrition is an important modifiable prognostic factor for ALS disease progression and survival. In the recently completed E-Health Application To Measure Outcomes Remotely (EAT MORE) clinical trial (sponsored by the ALS Association), the investigators found that nutritional counseling supported by a mobile health (mHealth) app was associated with 0.5 points/month slower ALSFRS-R progression (p=0.17) and improved quality of life (p=0.09). The investigators are now designing an ALS-specific app that can be used by everyone with ALS, including those who do not live near ALS Centers. The app would help to address gaps in the delivery of ALS care by providing nutritional counseling, helping patients to manage and track their disease symptoms, and communicating with their providers. After the initial design has been tested by a group of NEALS patients and their caregivers, the study will advertise the app widely to recruit a larger group of ALS patients to measure nutrition and outcomes.

Conditions

• Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	ALS Nutrition App (MyDataHelps platform)	We have designed a mobile health app to provide nutritional counseling and to measure disease outcomes both through self-reported questionnaires and through passive data collection.

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-03-30
• Primary completion: 2021-12-31
• Completion: 2021-12-31
• First posted: 2019-08-09
• Last updated: 2022-02-08

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States