Completed

FFFPilot Study on the Effect of the Free From Falls Program on Falls in People With Multiple Sclerosis

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What is being tested

Educational intervention

Behavioral
Who is being recruted

Autoimmune Diseases+6

+ Behavior

+ Demyelinating Diseases

From 18 to 89 Years
+9 Eligibility Criteria
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How is the trial designed

Prevention Study

Interventional
Study Start: April 2013
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Summary

Principal SponsorOregon Health and Science University
Last updated: November 4, 2014
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Study start date: April 1, 2013

Actual date on which the first participant was enrolled.

This pilot study will recruit people with MS who report falling at least twice in the previous 2 months to participate in the FFF program. All subjects will record their falls and injurious falls on a daily basis for at least 3 weeks before the program, during the program and for 8 weeks after the program. The program will consist of a weekly 2 hour session. One hour of the session will be educational and one hour of the program will involve exercise. The outcome of this study will be change in fall rate between the periods before, during and after the program.

NCT01829776
Principal SponsorOregon Health and Science University
Last updated: November 4, 2014
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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

13 patients to be enrolled

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

Prevention Study

Prevention studies aim to stop a disease from developing. They often involve people at risk and test things like vaccines, lifestyle changes, or preventive medications.

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 89 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 DiseasesBehaviorDemyelinating DiseasesImmune System DiseasesNervous System DiseasesAutoimmune Diseases of the Nervous SystemDemyelinating Autoimmune Diseases, CNSMotor ActivityMultiple Sclerosis

Criteria

8 inclusion criteria required to participate
Able to walk at least 100 meters with intermittent or unilateral constant assistance (cane, crutch or braces) with or without resting
Age 18 years or older
Clinically stable MS with no relapses within 30 days
Daily access to email and willing to respond to a daily email questionnaire
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1 exclusion criteria prevent from participating
Serious psychiatric or medical conditions that would preclude reliable participation in the study

Study Plan

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Treatment Groups
Study Objectives

One single intervention group is designated in this study

This study does not include a placebo group 

Treatment Groups

Group I

Experimental
Educational intervention

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

Oregon Health and Science University and Portland VA Medical Center

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CompletedOne Study Center