Conditions: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
Keywords: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis free radical scavenger
Allocation: RANDOMIZED | Intervention model: PARALLEL
Enrollment: 25
Healthy volunteers: no

Brief summary:
The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of 60mg of MCI-186 via intravenous drip once a day in patients with ALS whose severity is classified as grade III, based on the changes in the revised ALS functional rating scale (ALSFRS-R) scores after 24 weeks administration in double-blind, placebo-controlled manner. And in addition, this study will be performed to examine the safety of MCI-186 to ALS patients who met severity classification III.

Detailed description:

Arms:
arm 1: None arm 2: None

Interventions: intervention 1: MCI-186 intervention 2: Placebo of MCI-186
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: Two ampoules (60 mg) of MCI-186 injection are intravenously administered once a day, for successive 14 days, followed by 14 days observation period (first cycle). Then treatment (10 days' administration during 14 days) - observation (14 days) cycle is repeated five times (2nd-6th cycles). intervention 2: Two ampoules of Placebo injection are intravenously administered once a day, for successive 14 days, followed by 14 days observation period (first cycle). Then treatment (10 days' administration during 14 days) - observation (14 days) cycle is repeated five times (2nd-6th cycles).

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