Clinical Determinants of Disease Progression in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis-A Retrospective Cohort Study.

amyotrophic lateral sclerosis disease progression phenotypes prognostic factors

Journal

Journal of clinical medicine
ISSN: 2077-0383
Titre abrégé: J Clin Med
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101606588

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
12 Apr 2021
Historique:
received: 24 02 2021
revised: 29 03 2021
accepted: 09 04 2021
entrez: 30 4 2021
pubmed: 1 5 2021
medline: 1 5 2021
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disease that is ultimately fatal but characterized by substantial phenotypic heterogeneity, which is known to impact long-term course and survival. This study investigated clinical determinants of disease progression and outcome in a large cohort of patients with ALS. Retrospective analysis included comprehensive data from 625 patients who attended a tertiary ALS centre at least twice. Patients were stratified according to five distinct clinical phenotypes: classical ALS; bulbar ALS; ALS with frontotemporal dementia (ALS-FTD); upper motor neuron predominant (UMNP); and lower motor neuron predominant (LMNP). This study confirmed higher age at symptom onset, shorter latency to diagnosis and more rapid decline in the revised ALS Functional Rating Scale sum score as predictors of poor prognosis. Hazard ratios for shorter survival were higher in patients with ALS-FTD versus classical ALS, and in patients with versus without chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Mean survival was longest in the UMNP phenotype group. This study confirmed established predictors of shorter survival in ALS and showed that concomitant COPD in particular relates to poor outcome.

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND BACKGROUND
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disease that is ultimately fatal but characterized by substantial phenotypic heterogeneity, which is known to impact long-term course and survival. This study investigated clinical determinants of disease progression and outcome in a large cohort of patients with ALS.
METHODS METHODS
Retrospective analysis included comprehensive data from 625 patients who attended a tertiary ALS centre at least twice. Patients were stratified according to five distinct clinical phenotypes: classical ALS; bulbar ALS; ALS with frontotemporal dementia (ALS-FTD); upper motor neuron predominant (UMNP); and lower motor neuron predominant (LMNP).
RESULTS RESULTS
This study confirmed higher age at symptom onset, shorter latency to diagnosis and more rapid decline in the revised ALS Functional Rating Scale sum score as predictors of poor prognosis. Hazard ratios for shorter survival were higher in patients with ALS-FTD versus classical ALS, and in patients with versus without chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Mean survival was longest in the UMNP phenotype group.
CONCLUSIONS CONCLUSIONS
This study confirmed established predictors of shorter survival in ALS and showed that concomitant COPD in particular relates to poor outcome.

Identifiants

pubmed: 33921250
pii: jcm10081623
doi: 10.3390/jcm10081623
pmc: PMC8069893
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doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

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Auteurs

Maria Viktoria Requardt (MV)

Department of Neurology with Institute of Translational Neurology, Münster University Hospital (UKM), 48149 Münster, Germany.

Dennis Görlich (D)

Institute for Biostatistics and Clinical Research, Münster University Hospital, 48149 Muenster, Germany.

Torsten Grehl (T)

Department of Neurology, Alfried Krupp Hospital, 45131 Essen, Germany.

Matthias Boentert (M)

Department of Neurology with Institute of Translational Neurology, Münster University Hospital (UKM), 48149 Münster, Germany.
Department of Medicine, UKM Marienhospital Steinfurt, 48565 Steinfurt, Germany.

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