The San Raffaele ALS Centre

Principal investigatorProf. Massimo Filippi, MD, FEAN, FAAN

The San Raffaele ALS Centre is designed and dedicated to providing the highest level of comprehensive care for people and families with ALS and related motor neuron diseases. The infrastructure of this unit comprises: the San Raffaele Neurology Ward, Neurorehabilitation Ward and outpatient ALS clinics. A multi-disciplinary team of experts is committed to providing the highest level of diagnostic accuracy (including the latest neurophysiological tests, MRI, nerve and muscle pathology techniques), and comprehensive, multi-disciplinary patient care and management. The San Raffaele ALS Centre is part of the Institute of Experimental Neurology (INSPE), which is primarily dedicated to translational research in the neuroscience field, conjugating high level of basic research with the specific competences in pre-clinical and clinical research. Activities span to clinical research (e.g clinical trials MRI, wet biomarkers) to basic research activities (e.g.: novel drug development, animal and cellular models, human iPSCs), in collaboration with several laboratories in Italy and Europe.

Contact Information

AddressMilanVia Olgettina 6020132 Italy

ContactProf. Massimo Filippi, Prof. Federica Agosta

Website

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Serving population
100.000 to 1.000.000

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

TypeALS PatientsControlsOther
Biobank (DNA, serum, plasma, CSF, fibroblasts)
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Clinical management research
Neuro epidemiology
Neuro physiology
Neuro imaging
Neuro psychology
Neuro pathology
Genomics
Transcriptomics
Metabolomics

Publication

Spinelli EG, Ghirelli A, Basaia S, Canu E, Castelnovo V, Cividini C, Russo T, Schito P, Falzone YM, Riva N, Filippi M, Agosta F. Structural and Functional Brain Network Connectivity at Different King’s Stages in Patients With Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Neurology. 2024 Jan 23;102(2):e207946. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000207946.

Domi T, Schito P, Sferruzza G, Russo T, Pozzi L, Agosta F, Carrera P, Riva N, Filippi M, Quattrini A, Falzone YM. Unveiling the SOD1-mediated ALS phenotype: insights from a comprehensive meta-analysis. J Neurol. 2024 Mar;271(3):1342-1354. doi: 10.1007/s00415-023-12074-6.

Schito P, Russo T, Domi T, Mandelli A, Pozzi L, Del Carro U, Carrera P, Agosta F, Quattrini A, Furlan R, Filippi M, Riva N. Clinical Features and Biomarkers to Differentiate Primary and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis in Patients With an Upper Motor Neuron Syndrome. Neurology. 2023 Aug 22;101(8):352-356.

Canu E, Castelnovo V, Rancoita PM, Leocadi M, Lamanuzzi A, Spinelli EG, Basaia S, Riva N, Poletti B, Solca F, Verde F, Ticozzi N, Silani V, Abrahams S, Filippi M, Agosta F. Italian reference values and brain correlates of verbal fluency index – vs standard verbal fluency test – to assess executive dysfunction in ALS. Amyotroph Lateral Scler Frontotemporal Degener. 2023 Aug;24(5-6):457-465. doi: 10.1080/21678421.2023.2167606.

Falzone YM, Domi T, Mandelli A, Pozzi L, Schito P, Russo T, Barbieri A, Fazio R, Volontè MA, Magnani G, Del Carro U, Carrera P, Malaspina A, Agosta F, Quattrini A, Furlan R, Filippi M, Riva N. Integrated evaluation of a panel of neurochemical biomarkers to optimize diagnosis and prognosis in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Eur J Neurol. 2022 Jul;29(7):1930-1939. doi: 10.1111/ene.15321.