Recruitment

Recruitment Status
Recruiting

Inclusion Criteria

Subjects without evidence of inflammatory systemic or inflammatory central nervous system disease, who require CSF removal for some other cause, such treatment of benign intracranial hypertension or as part of the procedure for insertion of an intrathecal medication delivery system.
Subjects with clinically stable definite MS, with no evidence of clinical relapse for at least the past 12 weeks, and have no gadolinium enhancing lesions on MRI in the prior 4 weeks. These subjects will fulfill the Revised (2010) McDonald's Criteria for the Diagnosis of MS.
Subjects with suspected MS, who have had a clinical attack within the last 12 weeks, have at least one gadolinium-enhancing lesion on brain or spinal cord MRI taken within the prior 4 weeks, and for which they have not received any immunomodulating or immunosuppressant medication.
Subjects without evidence of inflammatory systemic or inflammatory central nervous system disease, who require CSF removal for some other cause, such treatment of benign intracranial hypertension or as part of the procedure for insertion of an intrathecal medication delivery system.
Subjects with clinically stable definite MS, with no evidence of clinical relapse for at least the past 12 weeks, and have no gadolinium enhancing lesions on MRI in the prior 4 weeks. These subjects will fulfill the Revised (2010) McDonald's Criteria for the Diagnosis of MS.
Subjects with suspected MS, who have had a clinical attack within the last 12 weeks, have at least one gadolinium-enhancing lesion on brain or spinal cord MRI taken within the prior 4 weeks, and for which they have not received any immunomodulating or immunosuppressant medication.

Summary

Conditions
  • Multiple Sclerosis - Relapsing Remitting
  • Multiple Sclerosis, Relapsing-Remitting
Type
Observational
Design
  • Observational Model: Case-Control
  • Time Perspective: Prospective

Participation Requirements

Age
Between 18 years and 45 years
Gender
Only females

Description

The goal of this study is to obtain baseline information on serum and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) relaxin and Sema4A levels in patients with MS, as well as to further study RXFP-1 receptor binding affinity for RLX in patients with active and clinically stable MS, and further characterize the role of S...

The goal of this study is to obtain baseline information on serum and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) relaxin and Sema4A levels in patients with MS, as well as to further study RXFP-1 receptor binding affinity for RLX in patients with active and clinically stable MS, and further characterize the role of Sema4A in MS patients.

Inclusion Criteria

Subjects without evidence of inflammatory systemic or inflammatory central nervous system disease, who require CSF removal for some other cause, such treatment of benign intracranial hypertension or as part of the procedure for insertion of an intrathecal medication delivery system.
Subjects with clinically stable definite MS, with no evidence of clinical relapse for at least the past 12 weeks, and have no gadolinium enhancing lesions on MRI in the prior 4 weeks. These subjects will fulfill the Revised (2010) McDonald's Criteria for the Diagnosis of MS.
Subjects with suspected MS, who have had a clinical attack within the last 12 weeks, have at least one gadolinium-enhancing lesion on brain or spinal cord MRI taken within the prior 4 weeks, and for which they have not received any immunomodulating or immunosuppressant medication.
Subjects without evidence of inflammatory systemic or inflammatory central nervous system disease, who require CSF removal for some other cause, such treatment of benign intracranial hypertension or as part of the procedure for insertion of an intrathecal medication delivery system.
Subjects with clinically stable definite MS, with no evidence of clinical relapse for at least the past 12 weeks, and have no gadolinium enhancing lesions on MRI in the prior 4 weeks. These subjects will fulfill the Revised (2010) McDonald's Criteria for the Diagnosis of MS.
Subjects with suspected MS, who have had a clinical attack within the last 12 weeks, have at least one gadolinium-enhancing lesion on brain or spinal cord MRI taken within the prior 4 weeks, and for which they have not received any immunomodulating or immunosuppressant medication.

Tracking Information

NCT #
NCT01909492
Collaborators
  • Providence Brain & Spine Institute; Microstein, LLC
  • Microstein, LLC
Investigators
  • Principal Investigator: Stanley Cohan, MD, PhD Providence Brain & Spine Institute, Providence Health & Services
  • Stanley Cohan, MD, PhD Providence Brain & Spine Institute, Providence Health & Services