Analysis of start-up, retention, and adherence in ALS clinical trials.

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Published in Neurology on September 04, 2013

Authors

Nazem Atassi1, Padmaja Yerramilli-Rao, Jackie Szymonifka, Hong Yu, Marianne Kearney, Daniela Grasso, Jing Deng, Mark Levine-Weinberg, Jordan Shapiro, Alexandra Lee, Lucia Joseph, Eric A Macklin, Merit E Cudkowicz

Author Affiliations

1: From the Neurological Clinical Research Institute, Department of Neurology (N.A., P.Y.-R., H.Y., M.K., D.G., J.D., M.L.-W., J.S., A.L., L.J., M.E.C.), and Biostatistics Center (J.S., E.A.M.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston; and Harvard Medical School (N.A., P.Y.-R., E.A.M., M.E.C.), Boston, MA.

Associated clinical trials:

Clinical Trial Ceftriaxone in Subjects With ALS | NCT00349622

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