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Filter by:This is a double blind, randomized, parallel group design placebo-controlled mono-center study. Patients will be evaluated within twelve months of CIS onset. Patients with at least 2 silent ovoid T2 bright areas in the deep white matter on their clinic brain MRI scan will be offered participation in the study. Patients will be randomized to oral riluzole or placebo (1:1). Patient will take 50 mg of riluzole or placebo once a day for one month. If 50 mg once a day is well tolerated, patients will then go on 50 mg twice daily for the rest of the study. They will start Avonex (Interferon beta 1a) therapy 30 mcg IM once weekly 3 months after study drug (riluzole or placebo) is initiated if their liver function has remained normal. Forty patients within twelve months of onset CIS onset will be enrolled at UCSF MS Center. Patients will be evaluated every month for the first 12 months and every three months thereafter for a total study duration of 24-month. Enrollment period will last six months.
This is a randomized placebo-controlled, parallel-group study, crossover-design of the effects of low dose naltrexone on the multiple sclerosis quality of life inventory (MSQLI54) This study will assess the impact of LDN compared to placebo on quality of life as measured by the composite score of the MSQOL54 in adult subjects with MS. Also we plan: 1. To compare the 10 scales of the MSQOL54 during the active treatment and placebo cycles between active treatment and placebo groups 2. To compare each individual's composite response to LDN versus placebo during the active treatment and placebo cycles 3. To compare each individual on the 10 scales of the MSQOL54 during the active treatment and placebo cycles
This study consists of two parts. The first part is a survey to examine vision-specific health-related quality of life in a cohort of patients with multiple sclerosis. We test visual impairment like visual acuity, visual field, colour discrimination, contrast sensitivity, eye movement. The aim of this part is to examine the association between responses to the quality of life scale and objective measures of visual impairment. The second part is an open controlled study, in which we measure motion detection threshold in MS patients with oscillopsia due to pendular nystagmus and in a group of control subjects. The objective of this part is to determine whether patients with pendular nystagmus develop adaptation to oscillopsia using increased threshold of motion detection. We plan to test the effect of visuo-motor rehabilitation on this threshold in patients with oscillopsia due to pendular nystagmus.
The goal of this research study is to establish chimerism with the goal to halt disease progression in patients with Multiple Sclerosis.
The primary objective of this study is to assess the long-term safety and impact on disease activity and progression of Tysabri in participants with relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) in a clinical practice setting.
This study is to find out if Interferon-beta (IFN-beta) can recover its effectiveness after a washout period in patients with Multiple Sclerosis who have previously developed neutralizing antibodies to Interferon-Beta
This study is to find out the safety and effectiveness of Avonex (interferon-beta-1a) Therapy in patients who have developed neutralizing antibodies during previous interferon-beta treatment
This study is to find out if there is any benefit to adding Simvastatin to Interferon-beta-1a in patients with Multiple Sclerosis.
This study is being done to increase awareness for early therapy with Avonex for Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and the cognitive dysfunction that accompanies MS, and to record safety data for Avonex.
This study is to find out if Interferon-beta can recover its effectiveness in patients with Multiple Sclerosis who have previously developed neutralizing antibodies to Interferon-Beta.