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CAM Care in MSComplementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) in Multiple Sclerosis. A Prospective Observational Study of a CAM-using Cohort

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What is being collected

Data Collection

Collected from today forward - Prospective
Who is being recruted

Autoimmune Diseases+4

+ Demyelinating Diseases

+ Immune System Diseases

From 18 to 100 Years
+4 Eligibility Criteria
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How is the trial designed

Cohort

Tracking disease incidence in order to identify risk factors and understand disease progression over time.
Observational
Study Start: June 2012
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Summary

Principal SponsorBastyr University
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Last updated: February 11, 2020
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Study start date: June 1, 2012

Actual date on which the first participant was enrolled.

This is a prospective, observational study designed to describe disease progression, symptom change, quality of life, diet and lifestyle habits, and frequency of adverse events among patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) who use complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). In addition to describing the patterns of CAM use, this study will also identify and describe the positive deviants, those individuals with the highest quality of life and least amount of disease activity. Positive deviants will be compared to controls in order to describe medication, diet, and lifestyle patterns associated with a lack of MS disease progression and high quality of life.

NCT01703429
Principal SponsorBastyr University
Study ContactResearch AssistantMore contacts
Last updated: February 11, 2020
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Protocol

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.
Design Details

1000 patients to be enrolled

Total number of participants that the clinical trial aims to recruit.

Cohort

These studies follow a group of individuals with common characteristics (such as a condition or birth year) over a specific period to study health outcomes or exposures.

Eligibility

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria: person's general health condition or prior treatments.
Conditions
Criteria

Any sex

Biological sex of participants that are eligible to enroll.

From 18 to 100 Years

Range of ages for which participants are eligible to join.

Healthy volunteers not allowed

If individuals who are healthy and do not have the condition being studied can participate.

Conditions

Pathology

Autoimmune DiseasesDemyelinating DiseasesImmune System DiseasesNervous System DiseasesAutoimmune Diseases of the Nervous SystemDemyelinating Autoimmune Diseases, CNSMultiple Sclerosis

Criteria

2 inclusion criteria required to participate
Age 18-100
Diagnosis of multiple sclerosis (including relapsing remitting MS, secondary progressive MS, primary progressive MS, clinically isolated syndromes (CIS), radiologically-isolated syndromes (RIS), possible MS, or probable MS
2 exclusion criteria prevent from participating
Inability or unwillingness to complete surveys every six (6) months. (~ 90 min)
Inability to read/write in English

Study Plan

Find out more about all the medication administered in this study, their detailed description and what they involve.
Treatment Groups
Study Objectives

One single intervention group is designated in this study

This study does not include a placebo group 

Treatment Groups

Study Objectives

Primary Objectives

Secondary Objectives

Study Centers

These are the hospitals, clinics, or research facilities where the trial is being conducted. You can find the location closest to you and its status.

This study has 1 location

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Bastyr University Clinical Research Center

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