Status:

RECRUITING

An Examination of Cognitive Fatigue Using Functional Neuroimaging

Lead Sponsor:

Kessler Foundation

Collaborating Sponsors:

Celgene

Hackensack Meridian Health

Conditions:

Multiple Sclerosis, Relapsing-Remitting

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-64 years

Brief Summary

The purpose of this research study is to investigate the effectiveness of MS Disease modifying medications on cognitive fatigue in persons with relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS). Cognitive...

Detailed Description

The researchers aim is to investigate the effects of disease modifying treatments on cognitive fatigue and on specific brain areas that have been shown to underlie cognitive fatigue in individuals wit...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Age between 18-64.
  • Relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis
  • Been newly prescribed a new disease modifying medication for MS (either Zeposia or other high dose oral efficacy medication)
  • or healthy volunteer who can speak English fluently.

Exclusion

  • History of head injury, stroke, seizures, or any other significant neurological event other than MS
  • Flare up of MS symptoms within the past month.
  • History of significant psychiatric illness (for example, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, or psychosis) or a current diagnosis of Major Depressive Disorder.
  • Pacemaker or other implanted electrical device, brain stimulator, aneurysm clip (metal clips on the wall of a large artery), metallic prostheses (including metal pins and rods, heart valves, and internal hearing aids \[cochlear implants\]), permanent eyeliner, implanted delivery pumps, or shrapnel fragments.
  • left handed.
  • Not able to have an MRI

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

January 1 2022

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

December 1 2024

Estimated Enrollment :

60 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04885894

Start Date

January 1 2022

End Date

December 1 2024

Last Update

March 1 2024

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Kessler Foundation

West Orange, New Jersey, United States, 07052