Pathological Basis of MRI Signal Changes in Multiple Sclerosis
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Conditions studied: Multiple Sclerosis
In brief
Background: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a disease that damages the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord). This leads to increased physical disability over time. The disease is lifelong once it begins. Researchers want to learn more about MS s stages and follow them until a person s death. Objective: To understand how the physical and clinical signs of MS relate to its changes over time. Eligibility: Adults age 18 or older with MS or a disease of the brain and spinal cord that may act like MS. Design: Participants will have a medical history and a complete neurological exam. They may have timed tests of neurological function, such as a 25-foot walk and a 9-hole peg test. Participants will have multi-day visits about once a year. Participants will have blood drawn. Participants may have a brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan. They may also have an MRI of the spinal cord. They may get a contrast agent (dye) injected into a tube in an arm vein. During the MRI, participants will lie on a table that slides in and out of a metal cylinder. Participants will have the thickness of their retina measured using optical coherence tomography. A camera on top of a table uses lasers. Participants will look through a lens and follow instructions. Eye drops may be used to dilate the pupils. Participants will chew on a piece of sterile cotton for 1 minute to collect saliva. Participants agree to have an autopsy at the time of their death and to donate some of their organs to research, such as the brain and spinal cord.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT02659956
- Run by
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
- People needed
- 250
- Starts
- 2016-04-07
- Expected to finish
- 2080-02-26
- Last updated by the study team
- 2026-06-05
Who can join
Age: 18 and older, up to 120. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may not qualify if…
- Unwilling to allow sharing and/or use in future studies of coded samples and data that are collected for this study.
Where it is running
- National Institutes of Health Clinical Center — Bethesda, Maryland, United States (enrolling)
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