Active clinical trials for "Multiple Sclerosis"

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).

This study, PRISMS-15 is a single visit, exploratory pharmacogenetic trial and long-term follow-up of the PRISMS (Prevention of Relapses and Disability by Interferon beta-1a Subcutaneously in Multiple Sclerosis) trial. The aim of this trial is to provide additional data on the driving factors of IFN beta response and the long-term outcomes of Rebif® treatment. This is a Phase IV trial involving subjects who previously participated in the PRISMS trial. To address the trial objectives, a single visit will be performed, at least 3 months after the onset of the last relapse.

The Avonex Fifteen-year Long-term Follow-up of Patients with Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis: ASSessment of Drug Utilization, EaRly TreAtmeNt, and Clinical OutcomEs (ASSURANCE), was a single-time-point evaluation of patients conducted 15 years after the pivotal MSCRG study, evaluated the impact of IM IFNβ-1a treatment on long-term disability and Quality of Life outcomes in patients who completed 2 years in a previous Multiple Sclerosis Collaborative Research Group (MSCRG) study.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

The objective is to establish the impact of current disease modifying therapies (DMTs) and associated support services on Patient Reported Experience Measures and Patient Reported Outcomes in relation to the treatment and management of Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis in the United Kingdom (UK).

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.