Active clinical trials for "Multiple Sclerosis"

To evaluate the evolution of the impact on daily life activities over the first 12 months following the introduction of interferon beta-1b treatment in patients presenting RRMS or patients at high risk of developing Multiple Sclerosis after a first clinical demyelinating event

The study will entail cognitive assessment of a single cohort of patients with Multiple Sclerosis. Each subject will be assessed twice, approximately 45 days apart. There will be no intervention or control group. Each participant will have a caregiver capable of responding to a brief report of observations regarding neuropsychological skills and abilities in the patient.

The presence of abnormalities in the cerebral venous circulation, defined as Chronic Cerebrospinal Venous Insufficiency (CCSVI), has recently been reported in patients with Multiple Sclerosis (MS), in healthy subjects and in subjects with other neurological diseases. These reports have aroused much interest both in the scientific world and, above all, among the communities of patients and Associations having the aim of aiding people with MS and of promoting scientific research into this disease. In the literature published so far there is a lack of verification in large samples of the prevalence of CCSVI in MS compared with that observed in healthy subjects and in those with other diseases of the nervous system. This is an observational study investigating the prevalence of CCSVI in subjects with MS and comparing it with the prevalence observed in a control population consisting of Healthy Controls (HC) and in a population affected by other neurological diseases of the central nervous system of degenerative, vascular, inflammatory and autoimmune origin. A total of at least 1,200 adults with MS will be included in the study, as well as 400 healthy subjects and 400 subjects with other neurodegenerative diseases.

The investigators propose that evidence of chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency (CCSVI) may be evident in the vasculature of the fundus. The investigators will be examining fundi of multiple sclerosis patients and Ehlers-Danlos patients to see if evidence of CCSVI can be found in these patients having high risk for CCSVI. The investigators will read the fundus photos, compared to age-matched normals in a "blind" fashion.

This is an observational, non controlled, multicentric, prospective study planned to be conducted in 350 subjects diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) in 20 centres of Argentina to identify the predictive factors leading to depression. The incidence of depression symptoms and its influence in the evolution of the disease are unknown in the Argentinean population. Early diagnosis of depression symptoms allows the specific treatment of them and can also delay the rich apparition of the disease. This study intends to quantify the incidence of these symptoms and also aims to evaluate which are the predictive factors of the apparition of the depression.

This is a prospective, non-interventional, multicenter study to evaluate quality of life (QoL) and influence of cognitive status on QoL in subjects with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) during two years of treatment with Rebif New Formulation (RNF).

The purpose of this study is to determine if higher compliance and adherence rates to drug therapy for MS result in better health outcomes than lower rates of therapy compliance and adherence.

The purpose of this observational study is to obtain a survey on physical activity in patients who for the first time have experienced symptoms which indicate a high risk for developing multiple sclerosis (MS) and in patients with recently diagnosed MS, and to obtain information on factors potentially influencing the patients' level of activity.

This study is designed to identify a brief screening evaluation for MS patients that is sensitive and specific to the MS population and which correlates with the findings of our standard-of-care neuropsychological assessments.

Aim of the BETAPATH study is to evaluate whether the use of a personal digital assistant (PDA) can improve the adherence of Multiple Sclerosis patients to a therapy with Betaseron. The Personal digital assistant PDA functions as an electronic diary and as an injection reminder.