De-identified trove of peer-to-peer ALS data added to MGH clinical trials database

A dataset dating back to 2005, containing contributions from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients will be added to the Pooled Resource Open-Access ALS Clinical Trials, or PRO-ACT database at Massachusetts General Hospital.

The database, part of MGH’s Neurological Clinical Research Institute, contains anonymized data from 29 clinical trials and 11,685 patient records. 

ALS is a progressive motor neuron degenerative disease, and only about…