"The oxcarbazepine trial in SPMS has a name. Thank you."
PROXIMUS - PRotective role of OXcarbazepine In MUltiple Sclerosis
"The results are quite interesting; not only did PROXIMUS get the most votes it also had the best profile on the Lickert scale with majority voting for 4 or 5, i.e. excellent."
Other posts of interest in relation to the PROXIMUS trial:
This study reports the preliminary findings about your views on the potential of having repeated lumbar punctures as part of a novel trial design. Prof G made a video for watching before taking the survey. This indicated that ...
A big hurdle to overcome to do this trial is whether or not MS'ers are prepared to have lumbar punctures as part of a clinical trial. To assess this we have prepared a short education video describing the trial design and how we ...
Why repeated lumbar punctures to assess neuroprotective trials? In response to one of the comments from my posting in relation to disease outcomes. In MS damage to nerve processes called axons releases proteins into the ...
As you know Team G and UCL partners have been awarded funds to do a trial on performing serial lumbar punctures (spinal taps) to monitor the effect of a neuroprotective drug (oxcarbazipine) currently used in epilepsy on ...
Without your help we never have got it funded; you provide the necessary data to convince the reviewers' that MSers are prepared to have multiple lumbar punctures as part of a clinical trial. This study will involve a ...