Recruiting

Complementary Care

Sponsor:

Bastyr University

Code:

NCT01703429

Conditions

Multiple Sclerosis

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18 - 70+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Study Details

Brief summary:

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.

Conditions

Multiple Sclerosis

Study ID

NCT01703429

Start date

Jun, 2012

Status verified date

Feb, 2020

Completion date

Jun, 2030

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Jun, 2030

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18 - 70+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • 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.
  • Age 18-100

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Inability to read/write in English
  • Inability or unwillingness to complete surveys every six (6) months. (\~ 90 min)

Study Design

Enrollment

1000 participants

Anticipated

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

Individuals with MS

Primary outcome measure

  • "CAM Therapies" survey [ Time Frame: 5 years ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Research Assistant

neuroresearch@bastyr.edu

Locations

Bastyr University Clinical Research Center

Recruiting

Kenmore, Washington, United States, 98028

Contacts

Laurie K Mischley, ND, PhD, MPH

425-602-3306neuroresearch@bastyr.edu

Principal Investigator:

Laurie K Mischley, ND, PhD, MPH

More Information

Sponsor

Bastyr University

Last update posted

Feb 11, 2020

Last verified

Feb, 2020

Keywords

  • Multiple Sclerosis
  • MS
  • Complementary and Alternative
  • CAM

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Bastyr University on 2020-02-11.