Active clinical trials for "Sclerosis"

Phase I / II randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of melatonin administration combined with ocrelizumab in patients with Progressive Multiple Primary Sclerosis.

The objective of this phase III, placebo-controlled platform study is to investigate the efficacy of drugs for patients with ALS (Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis).

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is one of the most common causes of neurological disability in young adults. At least 62% of people with MS have speech, vocal, or communication disorders. Among these, alterations in voice intensity and quality constitute a limitation in MS people's social life leading to experience difficulties in work, conversations, and communication especially in noisy environments or through the telephone. Though voice and speech impairments and speech impairments are widely prevalent in this population, only 2% of the people receive speech therapy. The Lee Silverman Voice Treatment (LSVT)-Loud is a well-documented, efficacious intensive speech intervention, for treating hypophonia in subjects with neurological conditions. Despite the effectiveness of LSVT-Loud treatment on the voice has been reported in MS, several factors prevent the agile use of this method in rehabilitation centers: motor disability, work commitments, and distance barriers may preclude repeated attendance of this intervention at a healthcare facility. Telerehabilitation represents a feasible solution to bypass these potential barriers related to attendance at the rehabilitation programs in the clinic. The increasing evidence sustains the role of telerehabilitation for the migration of care from the clinic to the patient's homes, overcoming several obstacles affecting service accessibility. Previous studies showed the validity and the non-inferiority of LSVT-Loud delivered via telerehabilitation in subjects with Parkinson's Disease, while no pieces of evidence are still available on the efficacy of voice treatment delivered by telerehabilitation in MS. It is plausible to assume that LSVT-Loud delivered by telerehabilitation would be feasible and provide a beneficial effect also for MS non-inferior compared to the same treatment delivered in the clinic.

This 2-year study will evaluate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacodynamic (PD) effects of ocrelizumab in children and adolescents ages ≥ 10 to ≤ 18 years with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS). The data from this study will serve to determine the dosing regimen of ocrelizumab to be further investigated in the subsequent Phase III study in children and adolescents.

Mobility impairment is one of the most common, poorly managed, and life altering consequences of MS. Current therapies for managing MS do not prevent the long-term accumulation of mobility impairment, highlighting the need for alternative strategies that prevent or slow progressive mobility disability. The proposed trial will test the efficacy and lasting effects of functional electrical stimulation (FES) cycling as an exercise-based rehabilitation strategy for managing mobility impairment and associated consequences in MS.

A randomized multiple baseline feasibility trial where participants will start taking metformin at one of 3 randomly determined points (3-months, 6-months or 9 months) during the 12-month trial. All subjects will be on a daily dose of metformin for a minimum of 3 months and a maximum of 9 months.

The study seeks to investigate whether 24 weeks of power training has neuroprotective effects in older PwMS. Additional purposes are to examine the effects of 24 weeks power training on physical function, cognitive function and neuromuscular function. Further, it is investigated whether the potential effects of power training are maintained after 24 weeks of follow-up.

This is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, repeat-dose, multicenter trial. Participants will be screened within 6 weeks prior to the Baseline (Day 1) Visit. Approximately 300 participants who meet the trial eligibility criteria will be randomized on Day 1 in a 1:1:1 ratio to receive HZN-825 300 mg QD, HZN-825 300 mg BID or placebo for 52 weeks. The trial will include up to a 42-day Screening Period and a 52-week Double-blind Treatment Period. Participants will take their first dose of trial drug at the clinic and will participate in trial visits at Week 4 and every 6 weeks thereafter until Week 52. All participants who complete the Double-blind Treatment Period (Week 52) will be eligible to enter a 52-week extension trial (HZNP-HZN-825-302, NCT05626751). Participants not entering the extension trial will participate in a Safety Follow-up Visit 4 weeks after the last dose of trial drug.

Botulinum toxin type A injections into the detrusor at a dose of 200 units (U) of BOTOX® are a recognized second-line treatment for the treatment of adult neurogenic lower urinary tract disorders. Anticholinergics are established as the usual first-line treatment for neurogenic detrusor hyperactivity, but are oft not sufficiently effective and have significant side effects. In patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) suffering from overactive bladder, the 200 U dose of BOTOX® is very effective but induces a risk of urinary retention in 30% of patients requiring the temporary use of self-catheterization1. At 100 U, a recent study shows the efficacy and very good tolerance of botulinum toxin A in terms of probing risk in MS patients with overactive bladder and failure of anticholinergics. Furthermore, the efficacy of anticholinergics in MS has been little studied and is also disputed. The investigators plan to test the therapeutic alternative as the first line of treatment in two groups of randomized MS patients from a homogeneous population suffering from overactive bladder: a group testing the effectiveness of low doses of botulinum toxin type A (100 U, BOTOX®), the other group receiving the standard anticholinergic treatment (solifenacin succinate, Vesicare®). During this pilot study, the efficacy and side effects profile of each treatment will be analyzed in order to determine the amplitudes of effect and the safety profiles in this population and in order to establish the statistical hypotheses for a subsequent randomized multicenter study. The aim of this study will be to establish the benefit of botulinum toxin at a dose of 100 U as a first-line treatment instead of anticholinergics

To compare the efficacy and safety of remibrutinib versus teriflunomide in patients with relapsing multiple sclerosis