Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, ALS outpatient clinic

    Foundation year2002
    DirectorProf. Dr. Thomas Meyer
    Principal investigatorProf. Dr. Thomas Meyer

    Our outpatient clinic at Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin provides diagnosis and multicisciplinary care to around 800 patients with ALS and related disorders, including the follow-up of primary and secondary care. Our clinical research currently focuses on managed care, shared decison making (SDM) and palliative care. The ALS outpatient clinic of Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin is the founding institution of the ALS management platform AmbulanzPartner (www.ambulanzpartner.de).

    Contact Information

    AddressBerlinAugustenburger Platz 113353 Germany

    ContactProf. dr. Thomas Meyer

    Website

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    Serving population
    750 patients with ALS

    Patient resources

    Population based register
    Clinic based register
    Geographically matched controls
    Number of muscle samples
    0
    Number of skin samples
    0
    Number of spinal cord samples
    0
    Number of brain samples
    0
    Number of IPS cell samples
    0

    Banks

    Clinical management research
    Neuro epidemiology
    Neuro physiology
    Neuro imaging
    Neuro psychology
    Neuro pathology
    Genomics
    Transcriptomics
    Metabolomics

    Publication

    • Kettemann D, Funke A, Maier A, Rosseau S, Meyer R, Spittel S, Münch C, Meyer T. Clinical characteristics and course of dying in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis withdrawing from long-term ventilation. Amyotroph Lateral Scler Frontotemporal Degener. 2016;18:1-7.
    • Maier A, Deigendesch N, Müller K, Weishaupt JH, Krannich A, Röhle R, Meissner F, Molawi K, Münch C, Holm T, Meyer R, Meyer T, Zychlinsky A. Interleukin-1 Antagonist Anakinra in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis- a Pilot Study. PLoS One 2015;10:e0139684
    • Funke A, Grehl T, Großkreutz J, Münch C, Walter B, Kettemann D, Karnapp C, Gajewski N, Meyer R, Maier A, Gruhn KM, Prell T, Kollewe K, Abdulla S, Kobeleva X, Körner S, Petri S, Meyer T. Provision of assistive devices in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Analysis of 3 years case management in an internet-based supply network. Nervenarzt 2015;86:1007-17
    • Maier A, Holm T, Wicks P, Steinfurth L, Linke P, Münch C, Meyer R, Meyer T. Online assessment of ALS functional rating scale compares well to in-clinic evaluation – a prospective trial. Amyotroph Lateral Scler 2012;13:210-6
    • Holm T, Maier A, Wicks P, Lang D, Linke P, Münch C, Steinfurth L, Meyer R, Meyer T. Severe loss of appetite in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients: online self-assessment study. Interact J Med Res. 2013;2:e8