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Last refreshed on: 16 December 2017
Main ID:  NCT03193086
Date of registration: 14/06/2017
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Glostrup University Hospital, Copenhagen
Public title: The Effect of Alemtuzumab on the Blood-brain-barrier and the Brain's Metabolism in Multiple Sclerosis Patients
Scientific title: The Effect of Alemtuzumab on the Blood-brain-barrier and Cerebral Metabolism in Multiple Sclerosis Patients; a New MRI Method for Treatment Response Evaluation in Multiple Sclerosis
Date of first enrolment: January 1, 2017
Target sample size: 35
Recruitment status: Recruiting
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT03193086
Study type:  Observational
Study design:   
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Denmark
Contacts
Name:     Henrik BW Larsson, MD, Prof.
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Affiliation:  Functional Imaging Unit, Department of Clinical Physiology, Nuclear medicine and PET, Glostrup Hospital
Name:     Peter F Svane, MD
Address: 
Telephone: 93906653
Email: peter.frederiksen.svane@hotmail.com
Affiliation: 
Name:     Peter F Svane, MD
Address: 
Telephone: 93906653
Email: peter.frederiksen.svane@regionh.dk
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Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- A diagnosis of Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis

- Eligible for alemtuzumab treatment at Glostrup Hospital or The Danish Kingdom Hospital

- Subjects must be deemed physically and mentally able to participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria:

- Contraindications to MRI scanning (pregnancy, pacemakers, claustrophobia, extreme
obesity)

- Contraindications to the use of MRI contrast agents (kidney disease, previous allergic
reactions)

- Conflicting disorders (e.g. disorders with a systemic, inflammatory component)



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 60 Years
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Multiple Sclerosis
Intervention(s)
Drug: Alemtuzumab
Primary Outcome(s)
Blood-Brain-Barrier Permeability [Time Frame: 1 year]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Cerebral perfusion [Time Frame: 1 year]
Relapse frequency [Time Frame: 1 year]
Brain atrophy [Time Frame: 2 years]
Urinary markers of inflammation [Time Frame: 1 year]
Oxygen Consumption [Time Frame: 1 year]
Plasma markers of Blood-Brain-Barrier breakdown [Time Frame: 1 year]
Diffusion Tensor MRI parameters and MR spectroscopy metabolite concentrations [Time Frame: 1 year]
Plasma markers of neuronal damage [Time Frame: 1 year]
Clinical Severity of Disease [Time Frame: 1 year]
Secondary ID(s)
GZ-2016-11629
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Genzyme, a Sanofi Company
Ethics review
Results
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