Nutrition, Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation (NMES) and Secondary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis (SPMS)

Completed · Phase 1

Conditions studied: Multiple Sclerosis

In brief

The study will use a multimodal therapeutic lifestyle intervention consisting of a study diet, stressing more vegetables and fruit, elimination of foods at greatest risk for food allergy, meditation, self massage, progressive exercise and neuromuscular electrical stimulation for rehabilitation of gait and fatigue disability in the setting of secondary and primary progressive multiple sclerosis with gait disability.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01381354

Run by

University of Iowa

People needed

38

Starts

2010-10-01

Expected to finish

2016-05-01

Last updated by the study team

2018-06-26

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 65. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Secondary or primary progressive multiple sclerosis
• Some level of gait disability
• Tolerance for test electrical therapy session
• Successful completion of two week Run-IN phase completing the daily logs -
• Demonstrating > 80% compliance with dietary and behavioral interventions

You may not qualify if…

• Antiplatelet or blood thinning medication
• Cognitive disability or psychiatric disorder making compliance with study interventions difficult
• Implanted electronic medical device
• Change in medication in the prior three months
• Active cancer treatment (skin basal cell or squamous cancer is not an exclusion criteria)

Where it is running

• Univeristy of Iowa/ VA Iowa City VA Medical Center — Iowa City, Iowa, United States

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