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Filter by:This multi-center randomized controlled trial evaluates if the addition of intravenous immunoglobulin to standard treatment of corticosteroids improves outcome in children and adults with first episode of Transverse Myelitis of Neuro-myelitis optica. Half of participants will receive corticosteroids alone, whilst the other half will receive corticosteroids plus intravenous immunoglobulin.
Transverse myelitis is an inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord that leads to disabilities of gait. Dalfampridine, a sustained-release potassium channel blocker that has been shown to be effective in improving gait and other neurologic functions in multiple sclerosis. Dalfampridine has the potential to improve gait and neurologic function in patients with transverse myelitis as this rare disorder shares a similar pathogenic process with multiple sclerosis. The investigators propose a clinical trial to test the efficacy of dalfampridine in this particular cohort of patients. The clinical trial that the investigators propose to conduct will focus on monophasic idiopathic Transverse Myelitis (TM) and will evaluate the efficacy of dalfampridine in primary neurologic outcome, 25-foot timed walk, and several secondary outcomes including valid behavioral and neurophysiological measures. To better understand the mechanisms underlying the proposed behavioral gains, the investigators will use Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation as the neurophysiologic measure to identify changes in corticomotor excitability in the spinal cord.
This research is being done to see how different amounts of Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) affect cycling on factors in blood and spinal cord in people with spinal cord inflammation.