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diseases.</div></div></div></div></div> </div> </div> </div></div></div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="main-wrapper"> <div id="main" class="clearfix"> <div id="content" class="column"> <div class="inside"> <a id="main-content"></a> <div class="tabs"></div> <div class="region region-content"> <div id="block-system-main" class="block block-system"> <div class="content"> <div id="node-501" class="node node-page slider-primary clearfix" about="/research" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document"> <span property="dc:title" content="Research" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span><span property="sioc:num_replies" content="0" datatype="xsd:integer" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-name-field-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Research plays a key role in shaping our clinical practice at the ALS Center at UCSF. Our current program includes a variety of research studies reflecting a range of clinical and scientific activities</p> <p>Clinical trials are a kind of research that involves and potential聽treatment and people. Clinical trials help researchers answer questions such as:</p> <ul> <li>Is a new treatment or medical device safe?</li> <li>Does the new treatment do what it is supposed to do?</li> <li>Is the new treatment better than a current treatment?</li> <li>Which patients benefit the most from the new treatment?</li> </ul> <p>Clinical trials are done in steps called phases. At each phase, researchers try to answer a different question. Each phase needs a different set of participants, so a participant joins only one trial at a time.</p> <p>Find out more about clinical trials for people with ALS using these resources:</p> <div class="wysiwyg_threecols layout--33-33-33"> <div class="wysiwyg_threecols--first bg--undefined bg--interactive-teal"> <p><a class="btn--large btn--more--white btn--full-width" href="https://clinicaltrials.ucsf.edu/amyotropic-lateral-sclerosis-als">UCSF Clinical Trials</a></p> </div> <div class="wysiwyg_threecols--second bg--undefined bg--interactive-blue"> <p><a class="btn--large btn--more--white btn--full-width" href="https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/results?cond=ALS&term=&cntry=&state=&city=&dist=">Clinical Trials.gov</a></p> </div> <div class="wysiwyg_threecols--third bg--undefined bg--interactive-purple"> <p><a class="btn--large btn--more--white btn--full-width" href="https://www.neals.org/als-trials/search-for-a-trial?keywords=ALS&XID=245af7b691cca6677355eccf85d4a27504320742&category%5B%5D=">NEALS</a></p> </div> </div> </div></div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="sidebar" class="column"> <div class="sidebar"> <div class="section"> <div class="region region-sidebar"> <div id="block-block-11" class="block block-block"> <h3>Our Location</h3> <div class="content"> <p>400 Parnassus Ave, Eighth Floor<br /> San Francisco, CA 94143<br /> 聽</p> <p><a class="btn--small btn--blue" href="https://www.google.com/maps/dir/37.7506846,-122.4580463/400+Parnassus+Ave,+San+Francisco,+CA+94143/@37.7557761,-122.4699173,15z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m9!4m8!1m1!4e1!1m5!1m1!1s0x808587575d3e1ad1:0x9bd5c96264d55d0d!2m2!1d-122.4572508!2d37.7645542">see on map</a></p> </div> </div> <div id="block-block-6" class="block block-block"> <h3>Contact Us</h3> <div class="content"> <p><a>Phone: (415) 353-2122 </a></p> <p><a>Fax: (415) 353-2524 </a></p> </div> </div> <div id="block-block-16" class="block block-block"> <h3>Make a Gift</h3> <div class="content"> <p>Support the work of the ALS Center聽at UCSF<br /> 聽</p> <p><a class="btn--small btn--blue btn--giving" href="https://makeagift.ucsf.edu/site/SPageServer?pagename=A1_API_GeneralGivingForm&Primary=Neuroscience&AppealCode=C8DAW&Other=Rick%20Olney%20Endowed%20Professorship%20(S0406)"><strong>Give Today</strong></a></p> <p>聽</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div></div> <div id="footer"> <div class="section"> <div class="footer-bottom"> <nav aria-label="Footer Navigation" class="footer--navigation"> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.ucsf.edu/accessibility-resources">Accessibility</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.ucsf.edu/website-privacy-policy">Privacy Policy</a></li> <li><a href="https://websites.ucsf.edu/website-terms-use">Terms of Use </a></li> <li><a href="https://websites.ucsf.edu/azlist">A-Z Website List</a></li> </ul> </nav> <div class="footer--copyright"> <p>© 2024 The Regents of the University of California</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <script type="text/javascript"> /*<![CDATA[*/ (function() { var sz = document.createElement('script'); sz.type = 'text/javascript'; sz.async = true; sz.src = '//siteimproveanalytics.com/js/siteanalyze_8343.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(sz, s); })(); /*]]>*/ </script> </body> </html>