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Trial details imported from ClinicalTrials.gov

For full trial details, please see the original record at https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01065090




Registration number
NCT01065090
Ethics application status
Date submitted
8/02/2010
Date registered
9/02/2010
Date last updated
13/04/2015

Titles & IDs
Public title
A Single-blinded, Controlled, Multi-centre Study of Effects of Exercise in Participants With Multiple Sclerosis
Scientific title
A Single-blinded, Controlled, Multi-centre Study of Effects of Exercise in Patients With Multiple Sclerosis
Secondary ID [1] 0 0
ACTIMS
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
Trial acronym
ACTIMS
Linked study record

Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Exercise 0 0
Condition category
Condition code

Intervention/exposure
Study type
Observational
Patient registry
Target follow-up duration
Target follow-up type
Description of intervention(s) / exposure
training - one group will receive resistance training and one group the normal physiotherapeutic treatment

physiotherapy - one group will receive resistance training and one group the normal physiotherapeutic treatment
Comparator / control treatment
Control group

Outcomes
Primary outcome [1] 0 0
Change of muscle strength
Timepoint [1] 0 0
Baseline, 12 months, 15 months and 18 months.
Secondary outcome [1] 0 0
Changes of speed of walking
Timepoint [1] 0 0
Baseline, 12 months and 18 months

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
Key

* Age > 18 years and age < 65 years at screening
* Relapsing Remitting Multiple Sclerosis (RRMS) diagnosis according to McDonald Criteria
* Subjects who have been on Avonex treatment for 3-6 months prior to screening
* A signed informed consent form (ICF) is obtained before any study activity
* EDSS > 1.5 and < 5 at Screening with at least a score of 1 in pyramidal function
* Are able to walk at least 100 meters
* Are able to transport themselves to and from the training facility

Key
Minimum age
18 Years
Maximum age
64 Years
Sex
Both males and females
Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
Key exclusion criteria
* Suffer from dementia, alcoholism or if they use pacemaker
* Have any serious medical co-morbidities like cardiovascular, respiratory, orthopedic or metabolic diseases
* Have had a MS relapse within an eight week period prior to the study start
* Are pregnant
* Have trained systematic resistance training for one day or more each week in the prior 3 months before study start.
* Only able to participate in less than 70% of the planned training sessions.
* Suffers from major depression

NOTE: Other protocol defined Inclusion/Exclusion criteria may apply.

Study design
Purpose
Duration
Selection
Timing
Prospective
Statistical methods / analysis

Recruitment
Recruitment status
Completed
Data analysis
Reason for early stopping/withdrawal
Other reasons
Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
1/06/2010
Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
Date of last data collection
Anticipated
Actual
1/01/2014
Sample size
Target
Accrual to date
Final
38
Recruitment in Australia
Recruitment state(s)
Recruitment hospital [1] 0 0
Coordinating Research Site - NSW
Recruitment postcode(s) [1] 0 0
- NSW
Recruitment outside Australia
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Denmark
State/province [1] 0 0
Odense
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Denmark
State/province [2] 0 0
Sønderborg
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Denmark
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Vejle
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Finland
State/province [4] 0 0
Jyväskylä
Country [5] 0 0
Finland
State/province [5] 0 0
Oulu
Country [6] 0 0
Finland
State/province [6] 0 0
Pori
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Finland
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Seinäjokï
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New Zealand
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Hamilton
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Norway
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Drammen
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Norway
State/province [10] 0 0
Ullevål
Country [11] 0 0
Sweden
State/province [11] 0 0
Gothenburg
Country [12] 0 0
Sweden
State/province [12] 0 0
Stockholm
Country [13] 0 0
Sweden
State/province [13] 0 0
Ängelholm

Funding & Sponsors
Primary sponsor type
Commercial sector/industry
Name
Biogen
Address
Country
Other collaborator category [1] 0 0
Other
Name [1] 0 0
Biogen Idec A/S
Address [1] 0 0
Country [1] 0 0

Ethics approval
Ethics application status

Summary
Brief summary
Trial website
Trial related presentations / publications
Public notes

Contacts
Principal investigator
Name 0 0
Medical Director
Address 0 0
Biogen
Country 0 0
Phone 0 0
Fax 0 0
Email 0 0
Contact person for public queries
Name 0 0
Address 0 0
Country 0 0
Phone 0 0
Fax 0 0
Email 0 0
Contact person for scientific queries

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What supporting documents are/will be available?

No Supporting Document Provided



Results publications and other study-related documents

No documents have been uploaded by study researchers.

Results not provided in https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01065090