Actively Recruiting
Care in Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
Led by NYU Langone Health · Updated on 2026-05-05
300
Participants Needed
6
Research Sites
192 weeks
Total Duration
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Sponsors
N
NYU Langone Health
Lead Sponsor
N
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Collaborating Sponsor
AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
This study is structured around three main aims. In Aim 1, investigators will conduct community-based participatory research (CBPR) to develop culturally tailored methods to assess childhood adversity in multiple sclerosis (MS). Aim 2 will investigate the impact of childhood adversity on MS outcomes among individuals with relapsing-remitting MS (RRMS), among whom 70% belong to a group historically under-represented in MS research: Black, Hispanic, or poverty-impacted. Aim 2 procedures involve two visits that include a research blood draw and an MRI scan. In Aim 3, investigators will conduct interviews and surveys to explore environmental and social factors affecting quality of life for minority MS patients.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Care in Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Aged 18 to 29 years
- Diagnosed with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) meeting international criteria
- 70% of participants must self-identify as Black, Hispanic, or poverty-impacted (up to 138% of the federal poverty level)
- Fluent in English or Spanish
- For Aim 2: pediatric-onset MS (onset before age 18, enrollment age 18-25) or adult-onset MS (onset at 18 or older, enrollment age 19-29)
- Disease duration less than 8 years
- For Aim 3: completed at least 80% of Aim 2 study data
- For Aim 3: interviews split evenly between participants with high and low PROMIS-10 scores
You will not qualify if you...
- Diagnosis of primary or secondary progressive MS
- Unable to provide consent
- MS relapse within 30 days before study entry
- Presence of other major neurological or psychiatric illness
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 6 locations
1
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama, United States, 35294
Actively Recruiting
2
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, California, United States, 94158
Actively Recruiting
3
University of Colorado Denver
Aurora, Colorado, United States, 80045
Actively Recruiting
4
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02114
Actively Recruiting
5
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 44195
Actively Recruiting
6
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas, United States, 77030
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
T
Taj Adams
CONTACT
J
Josselyn Zavaka
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Masking
N/A
Allocation
N/A
Model
N/A
Primary Purpose
N/A
Number of Arms
3
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