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NCT06402487CompletedPhase 2/3

Propionic Acid in Multiple Sclerosis

Propionic Acid in Multiple Sclerosis - a Placebo-controlled Randomized Double-blinded Clinical Trial

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 15 Sept 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

The purpose of this study is to demonstrate the superiority of propionic acid over placebo as add on treatment in multiple sclerosis (MS).

Status (registry)
Completed
Phase (registry)
Phase 2/3
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
101 (actual)
First submitted
29 Apr 2024
Start date
1 May 2024
Primary completion date
15 Sept 2024
Lead sponsor
Salzburger Landeskliniken
NCT number
NCT06402487

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional · Phase 2/3
  • Participants enrolled: 101
  • From 1 May 2024 to the primary completion date, 15 Sept 2024
  • 1 site in 1 country
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

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Who cannot take part

Copied verbatim from ClinicalTrials.gov and grouped by topic. Only the trial team decides who can take part.

Prior treatment

  • Change in disease-modifying therapy (DMT) in the previous 4 weeks
  • Presence of other concomitant structural nerve diseases (e.g., polyneuropathy, brain tumor, strokes)

Other illness

  • Existing severe systemic diseases

Other

  • Existing propionic acid supplementation
  • High JCV titer under Natalizumab

Who the study is looking for

  • Diagnosis of multiple sclerosis (MS)
  • Clinically and radiologically stable MS in the previous 3 months
  • Age between 18 and 60 years
  • Positive finding for oligoclonal bands (OCBs)
  • Written consent
  • Blood collection at the beginning and end of the study for routine parameter examination as well as sample preservation (especially for measuring propionic acid levels)
  • Negative pregnancy test for female participants of childbearing age

Age in the registry: 18 years to 60 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (1)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
Salzburger Landeskliniken
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SalzburgAustriaUnknown status

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