AOU Modena

Our multidisciplinary team provides care for over 300 patients from the province and surrounding regions, with 70 newly diagnosed ALS patients each year. The Modena MND Centre also coordinates the Emilia Romagna population-based ALS registry, contributing to crucial epidemiological research. We collaborate with national and international institutes to develop multicenter clinical research projects. Beyond participating in numerous clinical trials, we have led three Italian randomized controlled trials investigating potential ALS therapies.

We manage a Neurobiobank that stores high-quality, meticulously characterized patient samples, supported by a fully equipped laboratory primarily focused on biomarker research. We are also part of the ITALSGEN Consortium for genetic research and actively collaborate with the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia on translational ALS projects and epidemiological studies.

Our research team is composed of five MND consultants, a study coordinator, a data manager, two research nurses, a biologist, and two research fellows, with extensive data analysis support from the local Statistics Unit. Additional facilities include a fully equipped clinical neurophysiology laboratory, a neuropsychology unit, and a 3T GE system MRI scanner.