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| Name | Class |
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| Biogen | INDUSTRY |
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Many patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) experience "relapses" of disease activity during which they have increased numbness, weakness, visual problems, or other symptoms. If a person with MS has new symptoms that are concerning to them, their doctor may want to see them in the office in order to confirm that these symptoms are due to a true "relapse" of activity before starting relapse treatment. This requirement can be frustrating for patients, who may have to take time off from work or travel long distances for such unexpected doctors' visits. In this study, the investigators will use input from patients with MS and MS physicians to create a relapse questionnaire that can be used to confirm a relapse has occurred. The investigators will also evaluate if having a more direct line of communication with the provider's office improves overall patient care and satisfaction.
This research is being done to study if a relapse questionnaire for people with multiple sclerosis (MS) may help more easily determine if a relapse has occurred.
A further goal of this study is to determine if receiving periodic messages from the doctor's office, as well as having the direct contact information of a person in the office, improves the care of the patients and their experience thereof.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Control | Active Comparator | One kind of communication with the clinic will be used. |
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| Experimental | Experimental | A different kind of communication with the clinic will be used. |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Communication with the clinic | Other | Over the course of the study, subjects will receive brief periodic communications on their cellular phone from the doctor's office. |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Blinded | The primary and secondary outcomes for this study are blinded. | 96 weeks |
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Inclusion Criteria:
at least two relapses, OR one relapse and two new lesions (unrelated to relapse symptoms) on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), OR RRMS (MAGNIMS 2010 criteria) onset within the past year with no exposure to disease modifying therapies (DMT)
Exclusion Criteria:
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Ellen Mowry | Johns Hopkins University | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore | Maryland | 21287 | United States |
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| ID | Term |
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| D009103 | Multiple Sclerosis |
| ID | Term |
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| D020278 | Demyelinating Autoimmune Diseases, CNS |
| D020274 | Autoimmune Diseases of the Nervous System |
| D009422 | Nervous System Diseases |
| D003711 | Demyelinating Diseases |
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| D001327 | Autoimmune Diseases |
| D007154 | Immune System Diseases |