Multiple Sclerosis Clinical Trial
Official title:
An Open-Label Prospective Proof-Of-Concept Trial to Evaluate the Response to Acthar Gel Therapy in Patients With Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Relapses Who Have Failed To Make an Adequate Recovery After Treatment With High-Dose Intravenous Methylprednisolone
Although ACTHAR gel is approved for the treatment of acute relapses, it is currently not widely used. Thus, we propose to conduct a small open-label proof-of-concept trial to evaluate the response to ACTHAR gel therapy in patients who have failed to make a satisfactory recovery after treatment with high dose IVMP. Documentation of the clinical course as well as any adverse events related to IVMP use will be made. The investigators propose to study the potential benefit of a 14-day course (the dose historically used since the landmark clinical trial of Rose et al1) of subcutaneous ACTHAR gel in 10 patients who have demonstrated inadequate improvement after a course of IVMP, 1000 mg daily, for 5 treatments (over a maximum of 8 days). These would be patients for whom PLEX would be considered as a treatment possibility. The primary outcome measure will be improvement in the targeted neurological deficit, as measured on the appropriate functional system score (FSS) of the EDSS.
This is an open-label, small, proof-of-concept study examining the safety, tolerability, and extent of recovery of a two-week course of subcutaneous Acthar Gel therapy in patients with MS relapse who have failed to make a satisfactory recovery after treatment with high dose methylprednisolone. Eligible patients will be given 80 units of Acthar for 14 days. Patients will be evaluated at baseline, at 1 week of Acthar treatment, at completion of Acthar treatment, and 1 week after completion of treatment. For those who do not undergo plasmapheresis an additional evaluation will be conducted 2 weeks after completion of treatment. Monitoring will include blood pressure determination and blood sugar determination. ;
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