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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 18 January 2016
Main ID:  NCT02644044
Date of registration: 23/03/2015
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center
Public title: Intrathecal Methotrexate for Progressive Multiple Sclerosis: An Open Label Single Arm Study ITMTXPMS
Scientific title: Intrathecal Methotrexate for Progressive Multiple Sclerosis: An Open Label Single Arm Study
Date of first enrolment: January 2016
Target sample size: 30
Recruitment status: Not yet recruiting
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02644044
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  Phase 0
Countries of recruitment
Contacts
Name:     Arnon Karni, MD
Address: 
Telephone: 052-4266733
Email: arnonk@tlvmc.gov.il
Affiliation: 
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Age 18-75 years

- Clinically definite diagnosis of MS according to McDonald criteria 2010.

- Progressive disease form defined by confirmed expanded disability status scale (EDSS)
progression without relapse by at least 0.5 point or greater in the six months prior
to enrollment.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Pregnancy

- Active infection

- Significant associated medical condition such as malignancy, heart disease or
concurrent other autoimmune condition.

- Known allergy to MTX.

- WBC<4000 cells/µL

- Lym<800 cells/µL

- Treated with fingolimod or natalizumab 3 months prior to enrollment



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 75 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
To Evaluate the Effect of Therapy With IT MTX on the Disease Course of Patients With Progressive MS
Intervention(s)
Drug: Intrathecal methotrexate
Primary Outcome(s)
Safety and tolerability (adverse events) [Time Frame: each adverse event will be followed up until resolution]
The change in disability ( Multiple Sclerosis Functional Composite (MSFC) [Time Frame: 1 year]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Changes in brain MRI measurements [Time Frame: 1 year]
Laboratory measurements [Time Frame: 1 year]
Secondary ID(s)
0166-15-TLV
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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Date Posted:
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