Commonalities and challenges in the development of clinical trial measures in neurology.

ABSTRACT: As neurologists and neuroscientists, we are trained to evaluate disorders of the nervous system by thinking systematically. Clinically, we think in terms of cognition, behavior, motor function, sensation, balance and co-ordination, and autonomic system function. But when we assess symptoms of neurological disorders for the purpose of drug development, we tend to create disease-specific outcome measures, often using a variety of methods to assess the same types of dysfunction in overlapping, related disorders. To begin to explore the potential to simplify and harmonize the assessment of dysfunction across neurological disorders, a symposium, entitled, "Commonalities in the Development of Outcome Measures in Neurology" was held at the 16th annual meeting of the American Society for Experimen

SUBMITTER: Cedarbaum JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4322066 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature