Smart Monitoring Assessing Spasticity-related Health

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Conditions studied: Multiple Sclerosis

In brief

This observational study seeks to investigate the underlying of spasticity in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) by employing multimodal monitoring techniques. By integrating digital biomarkers alongside clinical monitoring, the investigators aim to evaluate whether digital measurements are suitable for monitoring spasticity-related everyday limitations and to compare them with established clinical scores, blood analyses and questionnaires including sores on quality of life, sleep quality or activities of daily living.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06937723

Run by

Heinrich-Heine University, Duesseldorf

People needed

46

Starts

2023-10-19

Expected to finish

2025-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2025-04-22

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patients must meet all the following criteria to be eligible to participate in the study:
• ≥ 18 years of age
• Diagnosis of multiple sclerosis according to the McDonald criteria of 2017
• Presence of spasticity that requires medical treatment from a medical point of view
• own and use a smartphone with Android 8.1 (or higher version) or iOS 12.3 (or higher version)
• Able to operate a smartphone

You may not qualify if…

• Missing informed consent
• Lack of declaration of consent
• Unwillingness or inability to use the smartphone app
• Any comorbidity that leads to impaired understanding or successful completion of the study, such as (but not limited to) psychiatric comorbidities or dementia. The decision will be made at the discretion of the investigators.

Where it is running

• Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University — Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (enrolling)

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