TRIALS FUNDED BY NATIONAL MS SOCIETY Updated September

TRIALS FUNDED BY NATIONAL MS SOCIETY
Updated September 2014
Abbreviations Key:
AAN – American Academy of Neurology
ECTRIMS – European Committee of Treatment and Research in MS
IM – intramuscular, injected into muscle
IV – intravenous, injected into vein
PP - primary progressive
PR - progressive relapsing
RR - relapsing-remitting
SC – subcutaneous, injected under the skin
SP - secondary progressive
AGENT
RESEARCH
STRATEGY
PURPOSE
OF STUDY
INVESTIGATOR
UNIVERSITY/
COMPANY
Aspirin
Restore
improve
fatigue
Dean M.
Wingerchuk
Mayo Clinic, RR, SP/135
Scottsdale,
AZ
Terminated due to unfavorable interim analysis
and slow recruitment, read more:
http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00467584 .
be safe
and
tolerable
David Wraith
Apitope
Technology
(Bristol),
Ltd.
Completed, read more:
http://www.nationalmssociety.org/About-theSociety/News/Apitope-Announces-Successful;
phase 2 underway, read more:
http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01973491
ATX-MS-1467 Stop
TYPE OF
MS/NUMBER
OF
SUBJECTS
Relapsing/
40
STATUS/RESULTS
AGENT
RESEARCH
STRATEGY
PURPOSE
OF STUDY
INVESTIGATOR
UNIVERSITY/
COMPANY
TYPE OF
MS/NUMBER
OF
SUBJECTS
STATUS/RESULTS
AVACore®
(cooling
device)
Restore
improve
fatigue,
ambulation, and
cognition
Barbara S.
Giesser
University
of
California,
Los
Angeles
All types/30
Recruiting, read more:
http://www.nationalmssociety.org/Research/Pa
rticipate-in-Research-Studies/Participate-inClinical-Trials/Clinical-Trials/Clinical-TrialEstriol
Axona®
(caprylic
triglyceride)
Restore
improve
cognitive
function
University
of Miami;
Accera, Inc.
All
types/158
Recruiting, read more
http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01848327.
Estriol +
glatiramer
acetate
(Copaxone®,
Teva Pharm.
Industries,
Ltd.)
Stop
control
disease
course
Melissa R.
Ortega and
Heather
Katzen
Rhonda R.
Voskuhl
University
of
California,
Los
Angeles
RR
(women)/
130
Completed; in preliminary results, no statistical
difference in primary endpoint, read more:
http://www.nationalmssociety.org/About-theSociety/News/Preliminary-Results-from-Phase2-Clinical-Trial-of
Helminthinduced
immunemodulation
therapy
Stop
be safe
and
effective
in
reducing
disease
activity
(also
known as
HINT 1
Study)
John Fleming
University
of
Wisconsin,
Madison
RR/20
Completed; number of active brain lesions
moderately reduced compared to the
beginning of the trial, some evidence that
treatment could promote activity of diseasesuppressing white blood cells (Abstract
P3.149, AAN 2014, read more
http://www.abstracts2view.com/aan/view.php?
nu=AAN14L1_P3.149)
AGENT
RESEARCH
STRATEGY
PURPOSE
OF STUDY
INVESTIGATOR
UNIVERSITY/
COMPANY
TYPE OF
MS/NUMBER
OF
SUBJECTS
STATUS/RESULTS
Ibudilast
Stop
Robert Fox
Cleveland
Clinic
Foundation,
OH
SP, PP/250
Recruiting, read more
http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01982942
Lipoic acid
Restore
to protect
nervous
system
and stop
progression
relieve
optic
nerve
injury
Vijayshree
Yadav
Optic
neuritis/54
Recruiting, read more here
http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01294176.
Lipoic Acid
and Omega-3
Fatty Acids
Restore
to
improve
cognitive
function
Lynne Shinto
RR, SP/53
Not yet recruiting, read more:
http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02133664.
Meditation
Restore
to
improve
emotional
function
slow or
stop MS
progression
Ruchika
Prakash
Oregon
Health &
Science
University,
Portland
Oregon
Health &
Science
University,
Portland
Ohio State
University,
Columbus
RR/24
Ongoing, no further information available.
MS Clinical
Trials Network
established by
the MS
Society in the
United
Kingdom
London, UK
SP/350
Not yet recruiting, read more
http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01910259.
prevent
optic
nerve
injury
Raju Kapoor
University
College,
London, UK
Optic
neuritis/90
Recruiting, read more
http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01451593.
MS SMART
Stop
(three
therapies with
nerveprotecting
potential:
Ibudilast,
Amiloride, and
Riluzole)
Phenytoin
Stop
AGENT
RESEARCH
STRATEGY
PURPOSE
OF STUDY
INVESTIGATOR
UNIVERSITY/
COMPANY
TYPE OF
MS/NUMBER
OF
SUBJECTS
STATUS/RESULTS
Rehabilitation
Restore
improve
cognitive
function
Barbara S.
Giesser
All types/50
Recruiting, read more
http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01219647.
Restore
improve
cognitive
function
Charles
Bombardier
University
of
California,
Los
Angeles
University
of
All
types/125
Recruiting, read more:
http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02106052.
RR, SP/20
Recruiting, read more,
http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01783665.
All types/12
Ongoing, no further information available.
Brown
Relapsing/
University,
10
Providence
University
All types/88
of Colorado,
Denver
Ongoing, no further information available.
(aerobic
exercise)
Rehabilitation
(aerobic
exercise)
Rehabilitation
Restore
(aerobic
exercise)
Rehabilitation
Restore
(anticipatory
postural
control)
Rehabilitation
Restore
(backwards
walking)
Rehabilitation
Restore
(balance and
eye
movement
exercises)
Rehabilitation
(computerized
Cognitive
Exercise
Training)
Restore
Washington,
improve
cognitive
function
and sleep
quality
improve
balance
Catherine
Siengsukon
improve
gait
problems
Improve
stability
and
reduce
fatigue
improve
cognitive
function
Albert Lo
Alexander
Aruin
Jeffrey Hebert
Lauren Krupp
Seattle
University
of Kansas
Medical
Center,
Kansas City
University
of Illinois at
Chicago
State
University
of New
York, Stony
Brook
All
types/136
Recruiting, read more
http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01698086.
Recruiting, read more:
http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02141386.
AGENT
RESEARCH
STRATEGY
PURPOSE
OF STUDY
INVESTIGATOR
UNIVERSITY/
COMPANY
TYPE OF
MS/NUMBER
OF
SUBJECTS
STATUS/RESULTS
Rehabilitation
(constraintinduced
movement
therapy)
Restore
Rehabilitate
extremity
use
Victor Mark
University
of Alabama
at
Birmingham
SP, PP/66
Completed; use of the weaker arm improved,
and brain tissue in the cortex (the outer layer of
the brain) increased significantly, read more
here: http://www.nationalmssociety.org/Aboutthe-Society/News/Emerging-Therapies,Wellness,-Progression-and-Othe (Restrain an
arm, rebuild the brain)
Rehabilitation
(dance
intervention)
Rehabilitation
(dual task
rehabilitation)
Restore
Albert Lo
Brown
University,
Providence
University
of Illinois at
UrbanaChampaign
All types/70
Ongoing, no further information available.
Restore
With
significant
mobility
impairment/
30
RR/50
Ongoing, no further information available.
Rehabilitation
(internetbased
program to
increase
physical
activity)
increase
physical
activity
imrpove
walking
and
cognitive
function
increase
physical
activity
Restore
Jacob Sosnoff
Robert Motl
University
of Illinois at
UrbanaChampaign
Completed; significant improvements in
increasing physical activity, and reducing
fatigue, depression and anxiety (Abstract
#SX23, CMSC 2013) and improvements in
bone health and body composition among the
video-chatting group as well as improvements
in cognitive function in those with mild disability
(Abstract #RH24, #CG12, CMSC 2014).
AGENT
RESEARCH
STRATEGY
PURPOSE
OF STUDY
INVESTIGATOR
UNIVERSITY/
COMPANY
TYPE OF
MS/NUMBER
OF
SUBJECTS
STATUS/RESULTS
Rehabilitation
(iPad-based
program of
intellectually
engaging and
enriching
activities)
Rehabilitation
(leg cycling)
Restore
improve
cognitive
function
Victoria Leavitt Kessler
Foundation
Research
Center,
West
Orange, NJ
All types/16
Ongoing, no further information available.
Restore
reduce
spasticity
Jacob Sosnoff
All types/30
Ongoing, no further information available.
Rehabilitation
(lung volume
recruitment)
Rehabilitation
(manualized
cognitive
rehabilitation
program)
Restore
All types/69
Recruiting, read more
http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01891071.
All types/20
Ongoing, no further information available.
Rehabilitation
(multi-modal
exercise
program)
Restore
All types/40
Ongoing, no further information available.
Rehabilitation
(progressive
resistance
training)
Restore
All types/60
Recruiting, read more
http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01632293.
Restore
University
of Illinois at
UrbanaChampaign
improve
Nadim Srour
University
respiratory
of Ottawa,
function
Ontario, CA
improve
Michael Basso University
memory
of Tulsa,
and the
OK
ability to
perform
activities
reduce
Robert Motl
University
progressi
of Illinois at
on of
Urbanamobility
Champaign
disability
predict
Kathleen
Johns
improve
Zackowski
Hopkins
ment in
University
functional
School of
moveme
Medicine,
nt
Baltimore,
MD
AGENT
RESEARCH
STRATEGY
PURPOSE
OF STUDY
INVESTIGATOR
UNIVERSITY/
COMPANY
TYPE OF
MS/NUMBER
OF
SUBJECTS
STATUS/RESULTS
Rehabilitation
(selfgenerated
treatment
protocol)
Restore
to
improve
memory
Yael
Goverover
All types/40
Recruiting, read more:
http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02032589.
Rehabilitation
(speed of
processing
training)
Restore
improve
cognitive
function
Nancy
Chiaravalloti
All types/20
Recruiting, read more here
http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01838824.
Rehabilitation Restore
(stylistic
memory
enhancement)
improve
learning
and
memory
Nancy
Chiaravalloti
All types/30
Ongoing, no further information available.
Rehabilitation
(talk therapy
intervention)
protocol)
Stop
improve
treatment
Jared Bruce
Kessler
Foundation
Research
Center,
West
Orange, NJ
Kessler
Foundation
Research
Center,
West
Orange, NJ
Kessler
Foundation
Research
Center,
West
Orange, NJ
University
of Missouri,
Kansas City
RR/60
Recruiting, read more:
http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT0192569.
Rehabilitation
(telehealth
selfmanagement
Intervention)
Restore
Matthew Plow
Cleveland
Clinic
Foundation,
OH
All
types/215
Recruiting, read more
http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01572714.
Rehabilitation
(virtual reality
intervention)
Restore
Alon Kalron
Sheba
RR/30
Medical
Center,
Ramat Gan,
Israel
adherence
manage
fatigue
and
increase
physical
activity
to
improve
balance
Ongoing, no further information available.
AGENT
RESEARCH
STRATEGY
PURPOSE
OF STUDY
INVESTIGATOR
UNIVERSITY/
COMPANY
TYPE OF
MS/NUMBER
OF
SUBJECTS
STATUS/RESULTS
Rehabilitation
(working
memory
training)
Restore
to
improve
memory
Janet Shucard
RR/24
Ongoing, no further information available.
Vitamin D +
glatiramer
acetate
(Copaxone®,
Teva Pharm.
Industries,
Ltd.)
Stop
be safe
and
effective
in
reducing
disease
activity
Ellen M.
Mowry
State
University
of New
York,
Buffalo
Johns
Hopkins
University
School of
Medicine,
Baltimore,
MD
RR/172
Recruiting, read more
http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01490502.