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Comparison of the King’s and MiToS staging systems for ALS

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posted on 2023-06-09, 04:57 authored by Ton Fang, Ahmed Al Khleifat, Daniel R Stahl, Claudia Lazo La Torre, Caroline Murphy, Carolyn Young, Pamela J Shaw, Nigel LeighNigel Leigh, Ammar Al-Chalabi, UK-MND LiCALS
Objective: To investigate and compare two ALS staging systems, King’s clinical staging and Milano-Torino (MiToS) functional staging, using data from the LiCALS phase III clinical trial (EudraCT 2008-006891-31). Methods: Disease stage was derived retrospectively for each system from the ALS Functional Rating Scale-Revised subscores using standard methods. The two staging methods were then compared for timing of stages using box plots, correspondence using chi-square tests, agreement using a linearly weighted kappa coefficient and concordance using Spearman’s rank correlation. Results: For both systems, progressively higher stages occurred at progressively later proportions of the disease course, but the distribution differed between the two methods. King’s stage 3 corresponded to MiToS stage 1 most frequently, with earlier King’s stages 1 and 2 largely corresponding to MiToS stage 0 or 1. The Spearman correlation was 0.54. There was fair agreement between the two systems with kappa coefficient of 0.21. Conclusion: The distribution of timings shows that the two systems are complementary, with King’s staging showing greatest resolution in early to mid-disease corresponding to clinical or disease burden, and MiToS staging having higher resolution for late disease, corresponding to functional involvement. We therefore propose using both staging systems when describing ALS.

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Journal

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration

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2167-8421

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Informa Healthcare

Issue

3-4

Volume

18

Page range

227-232

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  • BSMS Neuroscience Publications

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Legacy Posted Date

2017-01-27

First Open Access (FOA) Date

2017-07-03

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2017-07-03

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