Adherence in Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis

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Conditions studied: Multiple Sclerosis

In brief

Disease modifying therapies (DMT) are widely used for children and adolescents with MS. Nonetheless, many pediatric patients continue to relapse and therefore require changes in therapy. We designed this research study to learn more about medication use in children and adolescents with MS. We are also interested in learning what a behavioral feedback intervention can tell us about adherence to medicine. Finally, we hope this research project will inform the way we provide clinical care for children and adolescents with MS.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02234713

Run by

The Hospital for Sick Children

People needed

71

Starts

2013-01-01

Expected to finish

2016-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2020-01-18

Who can join

Age: 10 and older, up to 18. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Adolescent boys/girls who are 10 to 17 years 11 months old;
• Have a diagnosis of MS, as per revised McDonald diagnostic criteria and International Pediatric MS Study Group criteria;
• Prescribed with an oral or injectable disease-modifying therapy for MS for at least six months.

You may not qualify if…

• Have non-specific white matter abnormalities and metabolic or infectious etiologies for white matter abnormalities. This is indicative of not having a true diagnosis of MS.
• Patients on IV DMT will not be included in the study.
• Non-English speaking patients

Where it is running

• University of Alabama — Birmingham, Alabama, United States
• Loma Linda University — Loma Linda, California, United States
• The Regents of the University of California, San Francisco — San Francisco, California, United States
• University of Colorado at Denver — Denver, Colorado, United States
• Boston Children's Hospital — Boston, Massachusetts, United States
• Mayo Clinic — Rochester, Minnesota, United States
• Washington University — St Louis, Missouri, United States
• Cleveland Clinic — Cleveland, Ohio, United States
• The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
• University of Pittsburgh — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
• Baylor College of Medicine — Houston, Texas, United States
• Alberta Children's Hospital — Calgary, Alberta, Canada
• The Hospital for Sick Children — Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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