Phototherapy in Persons With Multiple Sclerosis

Status unconfirmed · Phase 1 · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Multiple Sclerosis

In brief

The current study examines the effect of phototherapy equipped with Narrow Band UVB lamps on vitamin D production in persons with MS.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02365259

Run by

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

People needed

20

Starts

2015-01-01

Expected to finish

2016-02-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-02-18

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 64. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Female with multiple sclerosis

You may not qualify if…

• Inability to stand still in a stabilized fashion without risk of falling for up to 6 minutes
• Known medical history of calcium disorder or knowledge of high calcium levels
• Known medical history of hyper-parathyroidism
• Current supplementation with oral vitamin D
• Known allergy to vitamin D
• History of cancer of any type including but not limited to skin cancer
• Obesity defined as BMI > 30
• Known history of fat malabsorption conditions (i.e., steatorrhea)
• Current use of anti-epileptic medication
• Current use of glucocorticoids
• Fitzpatrick skin types I and VI using the Fitzpatrick skin type analysis
• Recent use of tanning facilities

Where it is running

• Exercise Neuroscience Research Laboratory — Urbana, Illinois, United States

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