000281786 001__ 281786 000281786 005__ 20251017161813.0 000281786 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.1080/21678421.2025.2515907 000281786 0247_ $$2pmid$$apmid:40503807 000281786 0247_ $$2ISSN$$a2167-8421 000281786 0247_ $$2ISSN$$a2167-9223 000281786 037__ $$aDZNE-2025-01179 000281786 041__ $$aEnglish 000281786 082__ $$a610 000281786 1001_ $$aRudnicki, Stacy A$$b0 000281786 245__ $$aHospitalizations as an outcome measure in COURAGE-ALS. 000281786 260__ $$aAbingdon$$bTaylor Francis Group$$c2025 000281786 3367_ $$2DRIVER$$aarticle 000281786 3367_ $$2DataCite$$aOutput Types/Journal article 000281786 3367_ $$0PUB:(DE-HGF)16$$2PUB:(DE-HGF)$$aJournal Article$$bjournal$$mjournal$$s1760710563_15314 000281786 3367_ $$2BibTeX$$aARTICLE 000281786 3367_ $$2ORCID$$aJOURNAL_ARTICLE 000281786 3367_ $$00$$2EndNote$$aJournal Article 000281786 520__ $$aObjective: To describe the development of a methodology to characterize hospitalizations and their relationship to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and provide results using this process in a phase 3 trial of reldesemtiv in ALS. Methods: ALS clinical trialists assisted in developing a classification system to determine if a hospitalization was related to ALS (HR-ALS), unrelated (HU-ALS), or if the relationship was indeterminate (HI-ALS) and this was applied by the investigators to hospitalizations in COURAGE-ALS. Time to first hospitalization and number of hospitalizations were compared between those assigned reldesemtiv or placebo for up to 48 weeks. Demographic and clinical features were evaluated for prediction of hospitalization risk; this analysis was limited to those participants who completed the first 24-week double-blind placebo-controlled portion of the trial. Results: COURAGE-ALS terminated early due to futility. Time to first hospitalization was similar in the reldesemtiv compared to placebo arms as was the incidence, with 86 of the participants (17.6% of those originally assigned placebo and 18.0% originally on reldesemtiv) experiencing an event. The largest percentage of events was classified as HR-ALS for both placebo (64%, 18/28) and reldesemtiv (76%, 44/58). In a multivariate model, only bulbar or respiratory onset disease was a significant risk factor for hospitalization. Conclusion: While most hospitalizations in COURAGE-ALS were HR-ALS, HU-ALS and HI-ALS also occurred. 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