ATP Expression in Lymphocytes of MS Patients by Means of "ImmuKnow®" Assay. (Cylex)
Single Center, Pilot Study to Measure ATP Expression in Lymphocytes of MS Patients Undergoing Various Therapies by Means of Using the "ImmuKnow®" Test
The purpose of this study is to see if we can find a new way to test how certain Multiple Sclerosis (MS) medications work in the body and to better understand how the medicines change certain substances (cells) found in the immune (protective) system.
Blood test will be drawn by doing the following:
- Use a new method called the "Immuknow®" Test to see if this method will help to better understand how MS medicines work.
- Measure certain levels of immune cells in a new way, to see if it this will help to understand the body's response to MS medicines.
These methods will test those with MS who are not taking any MS medications, to help us compare the results.
About 100 subjects will be enrolled in this study at the Partners Multiple Sclerosis Center at Brigham and Women's Hospital. Biogen Idec, Inc. of Cambridge, MA, is paying for this study to be done.
Studieoversigt
Status
Betingelser
Detaljeret beskrivelse
The primary objective of this study is to determine the effects of various therapies (immunomodulatory as well as immunosuppressive) on ATP levels in CD4+ cells and to determine whether the "ImmuKnow®" assay is an appropriate screening tool to assess the immunocompetence of potential Tysabri patients.
Secondary objective is to correlate the expression of ATP in CD4+ cells with CD4+ cell count.
Tertiary objective is to examine the level of regulatory T-cells (CD4+ and CD25+) in MS patients and its possible correlation to the therapy used, and how well a recently proposed marker of regulatory T-cells, LAP, correlates with CD25 marker.
Undersøgelsestype
Tilmelding (Faktiske)
Kontakter og lokationer
Studiesteder
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Massachusetts
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Brookline, Massachusetts, Forenede Stater, 02445
- Brigham and Women's Hospital - Partners MS Center
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Deltagelseskriterier
Berettigelseskriterier
Aldre berettiget til at studere
- Barn
- Voksen
- Ældre voksen
Tager imod sunde frivillige
Køn, der er berettiget til at studere
Prøveudtagningsmetode
Studiebefolkning
Beskrivelse
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients must be taking 1 of the following medications for 3 months or more: Cytoxan, Cellcept, Novantrone Betaseron, Rebif, Avonex or Copaxone.
- Patients must be able to provide written informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients on combination of multiple medications.
- Restricted treatment whereby no use in 50 days prior to enrollment visit is permitted: systemic steroids.
- With educational completion below 8th grade school equivalent or non-fluent in English.
- Any other reason, in the opinion of both the Investigator and/or Sponsor, the patient is determined not suitable for study participation.
Studieplan
Hvordan er undersøgelsen tilrettelagt?
Design detaljer
Hvad måler undersøgelsen?
Primære resultatmål
Resultatmål |
Tidsramme |
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The primary objective of this study is to determine the effects of various therapies (immunomodulatory as well as immunosuppressive) on ATP levels in CD4+ cells.
Tidsramme: 1 blood draw
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1 blood draw
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Sekundære resultatmål
Resultatmål |
Tidsramme |
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Secondary objective is to correlate the expression of ATP in CD4+ cells with CD4+ cell count.
Tidsramme: 1 blood draw
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1 blood draw
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Samarbejdspartnere og efterforskere
Sponsor
Samarbejdspartnere
Efterforskere
- Ledende efterforsker: Samia J Khoury, MD, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital - Partners MS Center
Datoer for undersøgelser
Studer store datoer
Studiestart
Primær færdiggørelse (Faktiske)
Studieafslutning (Faktiske)
Datoer for studieregistrering
Først indsendt
Først indsendt, der opfyldte QC-kriterier
Først opslået (Skøn)
Opdateringer af undersøgelsesjournaler
Sidste opdatering sendt (Skøn)
Sidste opdatering indsendt, der opfyldte kvalitetskontrolkriterier
Sidst verificeret
Mere information
Begreber relateret til denne undersøgelse
Yderligere relevante MeSH-vilkår
Andre undersøgelses-id-numre
- 014-07-NAT
- Biogen Idec 014-07-NAT
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