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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT01081275
Date of registration: 04/03/2010
Primary sponsor: National Multiple Sclerosis Society
Public title: Improving Hand Use in Multiple Sclerosis
Scientific title: Rehabilitating Extremity Use After Multiple Sclerosis
Date of first enrolment: February 2010
Target sample size: 66
Recruitment status: Recruiting
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01081275
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:   Staci McKay, BS
Address: 
Telephone: 205-934-9768
Email: citherapy@uab.edu
Affiliation: 
Name:   Victor Mark, MD
Address: 
Telephone: 205-966-4047
Email: vwmark@uab.edu
Affiliation: 
Name:   Victor W Mark, MD
Address: 
Telephone:
Email:
Affiliation:  University of Alabama at Birmingham
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- diagnosis of non-relapsing multiple sclerosis (primary progressive MS, secondary
progressive MS)

- reduced use of one of the hands because of MS

- ability to pick up and release a small object with the more-affected hand when
requested

- can travel to the treatment program at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)

- can undergo treatment for 2 weeks (Monday-Friday), 3.5 hours per day

- can undergo MRI scan

- any kind of medication used for MS is allowed except spasticity medicine

Exclusion Criteria:

- disease relapse in the past 3 months

- pregnancy

- marked pain with arm movement

- severe uncontrolled medical illness

- simultaneous treatment with another form of physical therapy



Age minimum: 21 Years
Age maximum: 80 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Multiple Sclerosis
Intervention(s)
Behavioral: CAM treatments
Behavioral: CI Therapy
Primary Outcome(s)
Motor Activity Log (MAL) [Time Frame: Before treatment, and immediately, 6 months, and 12 months after the end of treatment.]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Baecke Activity Questionnaire [Time Frame: Before treatment, and immediately, 6 months, and 12 months after the end of treatment.]
EDSS (Expanded Disability Status Scale) [Time Frame: Before treatment, and immediately, 6 months, and 12 months after the end of treatment.]
Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS) [Time Frame: Before treatment, and immediately, 6 months, and 12 months after the end of treatment.]
MSFC (Multiple Sclerosis Composite Measure) [Time Frame: Before treatment, and immediately, 6 months, and 12 months after the end of treatment.]
MSIS-29 (Multiple Sclerosis Impact Scale) [Time Frame: Before treatment, and immediately, 6 months, and 12 months after the end of treatment.]
MSSS-88 (Multiple Sclerosis Spasticity Scale) [Time Frame: Before treatment, and immediately, 6 months, and 12 months after the end of treatment.]
SARA (Scale for the Assessment and Rating of Ataxia) [Time Frame: Before treatment, and immediately, 6 months, and 12 months after the end of treatment.]
Wolf Motor Function Test (WMFT) [Time Frame: Before treatment, and immediately, 6 months, and 12 months after the end of treatment.]
Secondary ID(s)
RG 4221-A-2
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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