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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
Main ID:  NCT02280096
Date of registration: 10/10/2014
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Coordinación de Investigación en Salud, Mexico
Public title: Efficacy and Safety of 4-aminopyridine on Cognitive Performance and Motor Function of Patients With Multiple Sclerosis
Scientific title: Efficacy and Safety of 4-aminopyridine on Cognitive Performance and Motor Function of Patients With Multiple Sclerosis. Randomized, Blinded, Placebo-controlled Clinical Trial.
Date of first enrolment: October 2014
Target sample size: 24
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02280096
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: Triple (Participant, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor).  
Phase:  Phase 2
Countries of recruitment
Mexico
Contacts
Name:     Claudia Arreola Mora, MS
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Affiliation:  Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social
Name:     Israel Grijalva, PhD
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Affiliation:  Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria: Patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) are eligible for the study if
they meet the following criteria:

1. Relapsing recurrent MS with an evolution of at last 6 months before the study began.

2. Both males and females, aged 20 - 65 years

3. Neurologic Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) 3 - 7

4. Who are in first-line immunomodulatory therapy and have a stable disease

5. No more than one outbreak per year.

6. The absence of antiepileptic antecedent and electroencephalogram without epileptic
activity.

7. For females: postmenopausal or surgically sterile, or using an acceptable method of
birth control

Exclusion Criteria:

1. History of cardiovascular disease (syncope, arrhythmia, or myocardial infarction
within the last two years), systolic blood pressure greater than 150 or less than 70
mm Hg, diastolic blood pressure greater than 110 or less than 50 mm Hg, or heart rate
greater than 110 or less than 50 beats/minute; impaired hepatic function (total
hepatic enzyme or bilirubin levels greater than 2 times the upper limits of normal) or
impaired renal function (creatinine level greater than 2 times the upper limits of
normal) less than 6 months before the study

2. Known allergy to pyridine-containing drugs

3. Neurologic, degenerative, or psychiatric disorders that would impair the patient's
ability to complete the protocol

4. Any illness or abnormality that would jeopardize patient safety or interfere with the
conduct of the study

5. History of substance abuse

6. Inability to discontinue excluded concomitant drug therapy



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 60 Years
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Multiple Sclerosis
Intervention(s)
Drug: Placebo
Drug: 4-aminopyridine
Primary Outcome(s)
The Brief Repeatable Battery of Rao [Time Frame: 10-15 minutes]
Color Trails Test (CTT) [Time Frame: 5-8 minutes]
Five Digit Test (FDT). Processing Speed [Time Frame: 8-10 min]
Integrated Program of Neuropsychological Exploration Test Barcelona [Time Frame: 7-10 min]
Tower Of London (TOL). Execution Time and Problem-solving Time [Time Frame: 25-30 minutes]
Tower Of London (TOL). Total Moves and Total Correct Moves [Time Frame: 25-30 minutes]
Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST) [Time Frame: 10-15 minutes]
Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure Test (ROCF) [Time Frame: 10-15 minutes]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Fatigue [Time Frame: 10 minutes]
Improved Physical Capacity [Time Frame: 15-20 minutes]
Number of Participants With Abnormal Studies [Time Frame: 22 weeks]
Walk [Time Frame: 5-10 minutes]
Secondary ID(s)
2012-785-091
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available: Yes
Date Posted: 12/09/2019
Date Completed:
URL: https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/results/NCT02280096
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