title: [The effect of selegiline and vitamin E in the treatment of ALS: an open randomized clinical trials].
abstract: A role for oxidative stress in the etiology or progression of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and other neurodegenerative diseases has been recently proposed. We conducted the 18-month, randomized treatment trial with oral vitamin E (600 IU daily) and selegiline (10 mg daily) in 67 patients with sporadic ALS. Thirty five patients were randomly assigned to receive antioxidative therapy (vitamin E plus selegiline) and the remaining 32 patients were the ALS controls who received symptomatic treatment. The primary end point was survival and functional status. At the end of 18-month study, 13 patients in the treatment group and 14 in the control group died or were tracheostomized. A decline in functional disability was also similar in both groups. Long-term antioxidative treatment did not benefit patients with ALS.
authors.affiliation: Kliniki Neurologii Akademii Medycznej w Warszawie.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kwieciński
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Janik
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Jamrozik
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Opuchlik
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000690:Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000401:mortality; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018696:Neuroprotective Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012642:Selegiline / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D015996:Survival Rate; D014810:Vitamin E / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D018696:Neuroprotective Agents; D014810:Vitamin E; D012642:Selegiline