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The goal of the project is to validate the developed standardized atrophy measurement method at VU University Medical Centre in patients with MS. This is done by testing how well the measurements of atrophy agree between different scanners and…
PROUD is a multicentre prospective study, using clinical factors in combination with additional tests with the aim to clarify more about the aetiology and pathogenesis of MS.
To identify (clinical) features of MMN patients that predict a poor clinical disease course. Moge agressive IVIg regimen can be established is this subgroup to maintain functional status of the patient. To find domains in quality of life in MMN…
a) To study the relationship between ankle push off and walking-induced motor fatigability and the potential confounders of this relationship in persons with progressive MS and healthy controls. b) To assess the feasibility of a targeted, sequential…
To determine whether damage in the cortical and/or subcortical GM in patients with early RRMS increases in regions connected to more damaged WM tracts, i.e. WM tracts with larger lesion volume, WM tracts with more severe damage inside lesions, and/…
Our primary objective is to identify de novo/rare mutations causative of MS using WES in members of multi-incident families. Our secondary objective is to describe phenotypes per family using questionnaires and semi-structured interviews with family…
The main objective of the proposed study is to investigate whether the disproportionally strong clinical effects of fingolimod in RRMS can be explained by enhanced functional brain adaptation and whether enhanced functional adaptation is sustained…
The purpose of the present study is the evaluation of the effectiveness of MBCT in MS patients. Based on previous research we hypothesize that after the MBCT intervention period, MS patients will have significantly less symptoms of fatigue than…
Primairy objective:• To determine the safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics of 2B3-201, and in comparison to free methylprednisolone hemisuccinate and placebo;Secundairy objective:• To determine the pharmacodynamic effects of 2B3-201 on CNS…
(1) to establish the neuropsychiatric and personality status (symptoms and impairments) (2) to assess the possible determinants of these symptoms and impairments and (3) to examine the impact of these symptoms and impairments on daily life…
To investigate the impact of high field 3T MRI on the diagnostic criteria in MS in a large multicenter study population using multiple vendor MRI systems.
The main objective of the study is to investigate whether the strong clinical effects of natalizumab in RRMS can be explained by enhanced functional adaptation mechanisms of the brain and whether enhanced functional reorganisation is sustained over…
Primary:- To measure the effect of Teriflunomide on lymphocytes subsets in patients with relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis as compared with baseline values and those of a reference population of untreated healthy subjects.Secondary:- To assess…
The aim of this MRI study is to understand how neurodegeneration in MS (in vivo) is related to other facets of MS pathology, i.e. inflammatory (T2) lesions, black hole (T1) lesions, cortical lesions and damage of the normal appearing brain tissue.…
The primary objective of this study is to determine the prevalence and degree of impaired cerebral venous drainage in MS patients in comparison to healthy subjects.Secondly, we want to determine a possible relationship between the degree of impaired…
The main point of this study is to detect in a controlled fashion if there is a relationship between CCSVI and MS. We focus on 5 parameters indicative of CCSVI: 1-reflux in the internal jugular vein (IJV) or in the vertebral vein (VV), or both with…
Primary: Does immunomodulation brought about by interferon beta-1a (Rebif) enhance or prolong functional reorganization in subjects with RRMS?Secondary: Does interferon beta-1a (Rebif) also affects functional connectivity as measured by resting-…
Isolation of skin fibroblasts from MS patients for reprogramming into induced pluripotent stem cells
In this study we aim to address the hypothesis that oligodendrocytes and oligodendrocyte precursor cells from MS patients exhibit epigenetically determined differences in protein expression profiles and functional behavior in comparison to those…
To assess the usefulness (sensitivity) of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in detecting TCP-induced changes in neurobiological markers induced by engine oil fumes.
The aim of the proposed study is to get more insight into the role of the hippocampus and thalamus in cognitive impairment in MS patients. To achieve our goal, we propose to study the (abnormal) structure and function of the two structures with…