Investigators Study Nutrition,
Respiratory Support In ALS

A multicenter study directed by Edward Kasarskis of the University of Kentucky in Lexington is under way to identify factors influencing how well people with ALS tolerate noninvasive ventilatory support, and to develop measures of respiratory and nutritional status for use in future trials.

Kasarskis, who is on the faculty of his university’s Graduate Center for Nutritional Sciences, and colleagues at 11 institutions are assigning 220 people with ALS to either a nutrition or a respiratory study group.

For information, contact Megan Thompson in Lexington at (859) 323-8509 or megant@uky.edu or see Nutrition and Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation (NIPPV): Early Treatment in ALS.

The trial will probably remain open until late this year.