Active clinical trials for "Sclerosis"

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is the most common neurological disorder causing disability in young adults. The management of MS-patients requires treatment with disease-modifying agents, monoclonal antibodies such as natalizumab or immunosuppressants. Natalizumab showed good efficacy and is approved for treatment of relapsing MS with a number of restrictions due to safety issues. Cognitive data related to natalizumab treatment are still scarce. Interferon-beta-1b is approved for high-frequency, subcutaneous (sc) administration in the treatment of multiple sclerosis. It reduces the relapse rate, severity, hospitalisation and the disease activity as seen on MRI. This is a pilot study to explore the concept of de-escalating natalizumab treatment to interferon-beta-1b e.o.d compared to continuous treatment with natalizumab in patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis previously treated with natalizumab for 12 months. The study is designed as prospective, controlled, randomized, rater-blinded, parallel-group, two arm, mono-centric including patients of the Ticino Cohort. One arm will be treated with Interferon-beta 1b 250mcg given subcutaneously every other day, the other with Natalizumab 300 mg given intravenously (i.v.), every four weeks. The treatment duration is 12 months, the follow-up period 12 months. The time to first on-study relapse will be compared between the to treatment arms (primary outcome). Other efficacy parameter include clinical and radiological parameters, patient reported outcome on quality of life and fatigue. Safety is assessed by reports of adverse events.

Phase 1 study to assess the safety and biological activity of ATX-MS-1467 in patients with relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis. This will be an open label upward dose titration involving injections on 9 occasions, each two weeks apart. After dosing is complete there will be a 22 week follow up period. Blood samples will be drawn throughout the study to monitor safety and the body's response to the injections and MRI scans will be performed on several occasions to follow the course of the multiple sclerosis during the trial.

Balance impairment is a common and very disabling disturbance in people with Multiple Sclerosis. The efficacy of pharmacotherapy in treating balance impairment in MS is poorly documented in literature. Although literature dealing with the rehabilitation of balance impairment in MS is very scant, the preliminary data reports show very promising results. The present project could have a positive impact on balance and gait ability, disability, fear of falling, risk of falls and quality of life of patients with Multiple Sclerosis.

Primary Objective is to assess the safety of extended treatment with Daclizumab High Yield Process (DAC HYP, BIIB019) monotherapy in participants with relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS). Secondary Objective is to assess the long-term immunogenicity of DAC HYP and to assess the durability of response to DAC HYP in preventing multiple sclerosis (MS) relapse, slowing disability progression, and reducing new MS lesion formation in this study population.

The aim of the study was to compare the effect of inpatient physiotherapy in a warm climate versus physiotherapy in a colder climate in multiple sclerosis (MS), in both short- and long term perspectives.

This research project will determine the safety and tolerability of ginseng in subjects with MS and will gather preliminary data on the efficacy of ginseng vs placebo for the treatment of MS fatigue.

The purpose of the study is to evaluate the effects of the investigational drug, SB-509 on progression of the disease in subjects with ALS

The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the long-term safety profile of BG00012 (dimethyl fumarate). Secondary objectives of this study are to evaluate the long-term efficacy of BG00012 using clinical endpoints and disability progression, to evaluate further the long-term effects of BG00012 on multiple sclerosis (MS) brain lesions on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans in participants who had MRI scans as part of Studies 109MS301 (NCT00420212) and 109MS302 (NCT00451451) and to evaluate the long-term effects of BG00012 on health economics assessments and the visual function test.

This study is an open label 6 month study. All subjects will be treated with Polyphenon E (400 mg EGCG twice a day) for six months. The main outcome of this pilot phase will be safety. Secondary outcomes are the change in NAA levels over 6 months as measured by MR-spectroscopy. NAA levels are a marker of neuronal function. We think that Polyphenon E will protect neurons and thus increase NAA levels.

This is a Phase II screening study of lithium carbonate in ALS. The purpose of this study is to find out if lithium carbonate is safe to be used in people with ALS and if it can slow the progression of the disease. Since there is no placebo in this study, all patients will be taking lithium carbonate.