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Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
Main ID:  NCT02644083
Date of registration: 23/12/2015
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Oregon Health and Science University
Public title: Tecfidera and MRI for Brain Energy in MS
Scientific title: Modulation of Cerebral Grey Matter High Energy Phosphate Metabolites in Multiple Sclerosis by Dimethyl Fumarate
Date of first enrolment: February 2016
Target sample size: 4
Recruitment status: Terminated
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02644083
Study type:  Observational
Study design:   
Phase: 
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:     Rebecca Spain, MD, MSPH
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Affiliation:  Oregon Health and Science University
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Diagnosis of MS by 2010 McDonald criteria

- Relapsing clinical course

- Ages 18-55

- Laboratory values that allow initiation of dimethyl fumarate (Tecfidera)

Exclusion Criteria:

- Systemic disease associated with cerebrovascular disease (e.g. diabetes mellitus,
hypertension, hyperlipidemia, coronary heart disease)

- Treatment with corticosteroids or disease-modifying therapies (interferon beta,
glatiramer acetate, natalizumab, fingolimod, teriflunomide) within 30 days of the
first baseline MRI scan.

- Treatment at any time with mitoxantrone, cyclophosphamide, or any other long acting
immunosuppressant

- Prior treatment of greater than 1 month at any time with DMF

- Inability to tolerate MRI procedures

- Pregnant/breastfeeding



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 55 Years
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Multiple Sclerosis
Intervention(s)
Drug: Dimethyl fumarate
Primary Outcome(s)
Changes in phosphocreatine (PCr) in cerebral grey matter [Time Frame: baseline and 6 months of treatment with Dimethyl Fumarate (DMF)]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Changes in ATP in normal appearing white matter (NAWM) [Time Frame: baseline and 6 months of treatment with Dimethyl Fumarate]
Secondary ID(s)
IRB 11364
Source(s) of Monetary Support
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Secondary Sponsor(s)
Biogen
Ethics review
Results
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