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| ID | Type | Description | Link |
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| W81XWH-16-1-0462 | Other Grant/Funding Number | Department of Defense |
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| United States Department of Defense | FED |
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The histaminergic system is phylogenetically one of the oldest parts of the nervous system but it is a relatively recent discovery. It is involved with several vegetative functions like sleep, attention and learning, feeding and satiety, working memory, cognition, depression, and most of all arousal and energy
The findings from this study go beyond the effects of histamine on fatigue. If central histamine can be increased by the strategy outlined above, a number of other vegetative hypothalamic functions intricately associated with fatigue including sleep, cognition and satiety need to be examined in MS patients in future studies.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Histidine Intervention Group | Experimental | A total of 15 subjects will be recruited in batches of 5 until completed 15 subjects in the trial. If a subject withdraws the trial, the study will continue and enrolling subjects until 15 of them complete the trial. The subject composition (MS patient/Normal subject) 4 MS and 1 normal will be tested on a dose of L-Histidine 250 mg plus Lodosyn 50 mg BID for seven days. If there are no safety concerns, the next 5 patients will be recruited 4 MS and 1 normal to test the dose of 500 mg with Lodosyn 50 mg bid for seven days. If there are no safety concerns, then L-histidine 1,000 mg plus Lodosyn (Carbidopa) 50 mg bid will be tested in the next 5 subjects 4 MS and 1 normal for seven days. |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Carbidopa | Drug | All subjects will receive a fixed dose of 50mg of Lodosyn twice daily. |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Number of adverse events experienced by participants. | All adverse and serious adverse events reported during the study will be analyzed and tabulated. No quantitative statistical analysis will be performed. The primary goal of this study is to establish that this intervention is safe and possibly effective. | 30 days |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Change extent of fatigue. | At the conclusion of the study, each individual would have completed a screening and baseline visit without any intervention and two weekly visits during intervention with the study medications. The two evaluations off drug will be compared to the two evaluations on drug. A drop of the Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS) score by 1 point or more will be considered a response. Once the information is converted into a binary function of response / no response, the data is amenable to conditional logistic regression analysis. |
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Inclusion Criteria for Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria for Patients with Multiple Sclerosis (MS):
Exclusion Criteria for Healthy Volunteers:
Exclusion Criteria for Patients with Multiple Sclerosis (MS):
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Kottil Rammohan, MD | University of Miami | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| University of Miami | Miami | Florida | 33136 | United States |
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| ID | Term |
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| D009103 | Multiple Sclerosis |
| D005221 | Fatigue |
| 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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| ID | Term |
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| D002230 | Carbidopa |
| D006639 | Histidine |
| ID | Term |
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| D008750 | Methyldopa |
| D004295 | Dihydroxyphenylalanine |
| D002395 | Catecholamines |
| D000588 | Amines |
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| L-Histidine | Dietary Supplement | Sequential Dose Escalation of 250mg to 500mg to 1000mg twice daily. |
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| Screening(0 day), baseline(15 days) and final visit(30 days) |
| Change in Quality of life. | Multiple Sclerosis Quality of Life (MSQOL) scales will be used to measure the change in Quality of Life. Based on the scale, there will be a 0 to 100 with a higher score indicating a higher quality of life. | Screening(0 day), baseline(15 days) and final visit(30 days) |
| Change of fatigue impact scale. | Modified Fatigue Impact Scale (MFIS) scale will be used to evaluate the physical, cognitive and psychosocial scores. The score ranges from 0 to 84 with a lower score, lower side effects of fatigue. | Screening(0 day), baseline(15 days) and final visit(30 days) |
| Change of visual pain. | Visual analogue scale to evaluate the pain by using a numerical scale for 0 to 10 with a lower score, less visual pain. | Screening(0 day), baseline(15 days) and final visit(30 days) |
| Change of daytime sleepiness. | Epworth sleep scale to rate the probability of falling asleep during daytime on a scale of 0 to 24 with a lower score the lower the symptoms of sleepness. | Screening(0 day), baseline(15 days) and final visit(30 days) |
| Change of hunger sensitivity. | Hunger Satiety Scale to determine the extent of hunger and fullness by using a 1 to 10 score range with a higher score indicating a higher hunger sensitivity. | Screening(0 day), baseline(15 days) and final visit(30 days) |
| D001327 | Autoimmune Diseases |
| D007154 | Immune System Diseases |
| D012816 | Signs and Symptoms |
| D013568 | Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms |
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| Organic Chemicals |
| D006834 | Hydrazines |
| D002396 | Catechols |
| D010636 | Phenols |
| D001555 | Benzene Derivatives |
| D006841 | Hydrocarbons, Aromatic |
| D006844 | Hydrocarbons, Cyclic |
| D006838 | Hydrocarbons |
| D000598 | Amino Acids, Cyclic |
| D000596 | Amino Acids |
| D000602 | Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins |
| D000601 | Amino Acids, Essential |