Observes people with multiple sclerosis who use complementary and alternative medicine
Follows adults with multiple sclerosis who use complementary and alternative medicine over time.
Key facts
- Who runs it
- Bastyr University
- Where
- Kenmore, United StatesSee the site
- Trial code
- Registry title
- Complementary and Alternative Care in Multiple Sclerosis
- Status
- Recruiting
- People taking part
- 1,000 people, planned
- Started
- Jun 2012
- Expected to end
- Jun 2030
- Type of study
- Observational
- Record updated
- 11 February 2020
Who can take part
AI summary
From the trial's eligibility criteria. Machine-read from the registry text on this page, so it can be wrong. The registry text below and the trial team decide who can take part.
The trial is looking for adults with multiple sclerosis (MS) of any type who use complementary and alternative medicine (CAM).
- Age
- 18 to 100 years
- Sex
- Women and men can join.
- Disease stage
- Relapsing remitting MS, secondary progressive MS, primary progressive MS, clinically isolated syndromes (CIS), radiologically-isolated syndromes (RIS), possible MS, or probable MS.
Main reasons for not taking part
- Cannot read or write in English
- Cannot or will not complete surveys every 6 months (about 90 minutes)
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- Diagnosis of multiple sclerosis (including relapsing remitting MS, secondary progressive MS, primary progressive MS, clinically isolated syndromes (CIS), radiologically-isolated syndromes (RIS), possible MS, or probable MS
- Age 18-100
Who cannot take part
- Inability to read/write in English
- Inability or unwillingness to complete surveys every six (6) months. (~ 90 min)
Check if you might fit
Answer for yourself. This is not a decision: only the study team can say whether you can take part.
- Are you between 18 and 100 years old?
Where in United States
- Bastyr University Clinical Research CenterKenmore, United StatesContact: Laurie K Mischley, ND, PhD, MPHTaking people
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
This is a prospective, observational study designed to describe disease progression, symptom change, quality of life, diet and lifestyle habits, and frequency of adverse events among patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) who use complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). In addition to describing the patterns of CAM use, this study will also identify and describe the positive deviants, those individuals with the highest quality of life and least amount of disease activity. Positive deviants will be compared to controls in order to describe medication, diet, and lifestyle patterns associated with a lack of MS disease progression and high quality of life.
The group in the trial
- Individuals with MS
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations
Print a page for my doctorData and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Official title
- Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) in Multiple Sclerosis. A Prospective Observational Study of a CAM-using Cohort
- Plain-language title
- Observes people with multiple sclerosis who use complementary and alternative medicineGenerated from the registry record. The registry title is the official one.
- AI summary
- From the trial's eligibility criteria. Read by machine on 12 November 2026.
- Fit questions
- Built from NCT01703429, who can take part
- Record updated
- 11 February 2020