Many people living with ALS self-experiment with alternative treatments that are advertised to slow, stop or reverse ALS without trustworthy scientific evidence that backs up these claims. Often these alternative treatments have no therapeutic benefit and in some cases can even be harmful. This is why Dr. Richard Bedlack created ALSUntangled, an online forum designed to engage people living with ALS in shared decision-making about what alternate treatments are worth trying.
The ALSUntangled team conducts comprehensive reviews of the most-requested therapies using a scientific approach of gathering evidence and reporting results. In this webinar Dr. Bedlack describes the ALSUntangled process, as well as two new programs he is founding based on the study of ultra-rare cases where ALS symptoms have reversed (referred to as an ALS reversal).
The first program is called Replication of ALS Reversals (R.O.A.R) and is a pilot study designed to test alternative treatments that have been associated with ALS reversals. The second is the Study of ALS Reversals (St.A.R.) and is a program designed to identify and gather data on very rare cases where ALS reversals are reported to occur.