Active clinical trials for "Sclerosis"

This Individual Patient Expanded Access IND has been created as requested by an 83-year-old man who suffers Primary Lateral Sclerosis and for which the drugs currently approved are not providing an improvement over the progression of this disease.

This protocol is of a systematic review for risk factors of pulmonary arterial hypertension in systemic sclerosis.

Approximately 65% of multiple sclerosis (MS) patients appear to have problems in their cognitive function. Long-term memory is one of the most frequently affected functions in MS patients. Many factors play a role in the deterioration of cognitive functions because of many symptoms of MS. The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship of cognitive function with physical factors such as balance, functional exercise capacity and personal factors such as fatigue level, mood, sleep quality in patients with MS.

Beyond white matter pathology, grey matter damage is considered as a key player in disability onset and progression in Multiple Sclerosis (MS). The underlying substratum of grey matter damage is complex and pluriform, ranging from cortical demyelinating lesions, synapse and dendrite disappearance to neuronal cell death. Current Magnetic Resonance Imaging MRI techniques fail to fully assess and quantify grey matter pathology in this disease. The development of a quantitative marker of neurodegeneration for MS patients would allow: (i) to better understand the pathophysiological mechanisms underlying the distinct forms of MS; (ii) to stratify patients according to their prognosis; and (iii) to evaluate new therapies aimed at promoting neuroprotection. would allow to better understand the mechanisms underlying the distinct forms of MS, to stratify patients according to their prognosis, and to evaluate new therapies aimed at promoting neuroprotection.

This is a pilot study looking at the feasibility of a mobile application (app) to collect data from active tasks (questionnaires, 6Mapp™, COGapp™, VISapp™), clinical magnetic resonance imaging information and conduct genome-wide association studies in subjects with multiple sclerosis. Participants will be self-referred to this study from different sources; patient advocacy groups, social media tools, clinicaltrials.gov, and flyers.

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic inflammatory demyelinating disease of the central nervous system (CNS) and is one of the most common neurological diseases, often leading to disability of the patients. The MS pathogenesis includes vascular and inflammatory components, however recently also the role of mitochondrial dysfunction being a hot topic in neurodegeneration.

Twenty subjects (10 patients and 10 age-matched control volunteers) will be recruited for this study. MRI scans will take place on a 3T MRI Scanner (Skyra or Prisma, Siemens Medical Solutions) located at The NYU Center for Biomedical Imaging. MRI scans will consist of a 1-hour brain scan for both patients and controls. In the first 6 months of the study, investigators will develop and test a uMT-based APT imaging for brain tissue pH measurement and use a hypercapnia paradigm to validate the tissue pH changes between breathing room air and 5% CO2 (by increasing tissue acidity) inhalation. With implementation of hypercapnia MRI, pH-weighted imaging will be validated for its robustness and reproducibility.

Using an automatic software tool, Pixyl.Neuro, to conduct a retrospective analysis (detection of lesions + segmentation of images + tracking over time) of cerebral MRI images acquired during a prospective study of patients presenting with clinically isolated syndrome, and comparing the results against manual analysis.

The objective of the study is to describe the current status of MS patients with urinary disorders in Lebanon, and to demonstrate whether invasive investigations improve the management of these patients compared to an optimal non-invasive approach.

Vaccines in MS patients have been controversial, in particular hepatitis B vaccine in the 90s and more recently human papillomavirus vaccine. There was an important flu incidence during the winter 2016-2017 that has revealed a low exposure to the flu vaccine in health professionals in France. Vaccine exposure of Multiple sclerosis (MS) patients has not been evaluated yet. Objectives The primary objective is to evaluate exposure to the flu vaccine in patients with MS during the 2016-17 campaign. Secondary objectives are to evaluate exposure to mandatory vaccines, non mandatory vaccines, in the context of immunoactive treatments; to identify potential limitations to vaccines in general in patients with MS. Methods Cross-sectional observational multicentric study, performed in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (France). Data will be collected through an auto-questionnaire administered during an out-patient visit or hospitalization, during a two-week period. Statistical analysis Description of the percentage of patients exposed to the flu vaccine, and to other vaccines. Stratification according to demographics (age, sex) and MS related criteria (disability level, relapse in the year before, disease-modifiying drug) Expected results Vaccine exposure of patients with MS will be put in perspective with the general population exposure. The study can provide information regarding potential reluctance of patients with MS towards vaccines. This could lead to develop specific communication tools for patients with MS and/or health professionals.