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. 2009 Jan 21;2009(1):CD006153. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD006153.pub2

Aggarwal 2010.

Methods Randomized, double‐blind, placebo‐controlled
Participants United States and Canada
N = 84 (lithium: 40, placebo: 44)
Mean age 58.3 years (lithium), 55.5 years (placebo)
Gender distribution, male (%): 75% (lithium), 55% (placebo)
Family history of ALS: 8% (lithium), 2% (placebo)
Interventions Lithium or placebo
Lithium titrated to achieve serum concentration in the range of 0.4 to 0.8 mEq/l
Outcomes Primary: time to event, defined as a decrease of at least 6 points from baseline on ALSFRS‐R or death
Secondary: changes in the ALSRFS‐R, slow vital capacity, ALSSQOL and QIDS‐SR16
Notes Support from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, the ALS Association and the ALS Society of Canada