Clinical trial NCT01018537: NARCOMS Registry: a Multiple Sclerosis Registry
Official title: NARCOMS Global Multiple Sclerosis Registry: a Long-Term Study to Facilitate Research in Multiple Sclerosis
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: RECRUITING
Conditions: Multiple Sclerosis
Keywords: Multiple Sclerosis
NARCOMS
Patient Registry
Registry
Lead sponsor: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers
First posted: 2009-11-23
Enrollment: 50000
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Observational model: OTHER
Time perspective: PROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Individuals who have been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis

Brief summary: This project is based on the idea that we can learn about the complexities of MS by following disease and treatment patterns in a large group of people over several years. The information gathered is used for research only. Results are presented in summary form only. All details submitted by registry participants is strictly confidential.

To participate in NARCOMS complete the baseline enrollment survey online through www.narcoms.org (or directly using the following link: https://redcap.link/py2rnyyn) or you can request a mail-in survey be sent to you by emailing MSregistry@narcoms.org. You will be asked to update your information, online or by mail, twice a year. Each update survey typically takes less than 20 minutes to complete.

There is no cost to participate. For your participation you are offered a free subscription to the NARCOMS quarterly magazine, NARCOMS Now. NARCOMS Now provides a reliable source of information about the latest in MS research and disease management. You can stop participating in the registry at any time.

You may also receive additional surveys or information on clinical trials. You are not obligated to participate and these additional studies will always come directly from NARCOMS. Your contact information will not be shared or sold to other parties.

Detailed description: The data coordinating center, located at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, maintains NARCOMS, the worlds largest voluntary, patient driven MS registry. The registry involves personnel from at least three other sites in the US and Canada (Cleveland Clinic Foundation, University of Alabama at Birmingham, and the Dalhousie University in Canada). Over the past 20 years more than 41,000 people with MS across the U.S., Canada and over 50 other countries, including over 4,000 Veterans, have participated in the registry by submitting their health-related data by mail or online. Registry data have been featured in over 100 peer-reviewed journal articles, scientific posters and presentations. These reports have provided information to guide new research. They also provide evidence supporting the approval of new drugs in the fight against MS.

The North American Research Committee on Multiple Sclerosis (NARCOMS) is supported in part by the Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers (CMSC), a not-for-profit professional organization for multiple sclerosis (MS) healthcare providers and researchers involving 198 participating centers of the MS treatment and research community.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Any individual who has been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis or clinically isolated syndrome
* Must be at least 18 years of age

Exclusion Criteria:

* None

Primary outcomes:
measure: Disease progression over time of follow up
timeFrame: up to 15 years
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Contributing factors to change in MS disease status
timeFrame: up to 15 years
Other outcomes:
measure: Medication usage in multiple sclerosis
timeFrame: up to 15 years
Locations:
city: Dallas
country: United States
facility: UT Southwestern Medical Center
state: Texas
Study officials:
affiliation: Mellen Center for MS / Cleveland Clinic
name: Robert J. Fox, M.D.
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
affiliation: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
name: Amber Salter, Ph.D.
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
affiliation: University of Alabama at Birmingham
name: Gary R Cutter, Ph.D.
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
affiliation: Dalhousie University
name: Ruth Ann Marrie, M.D., Ph.D.
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
References:
citation: Mahajan ST, Patel PB, Marrie RA. Under treatment of overactive bladder symptoms in patients with multiple sclerosis: an ancillary analysis of the NARCOMS Patient Registry. J Urol. 2010 Apr;183(4):1432-7. doi: 10.1016/j.juro.2009.12.029. Epub 2010 Feb 20.
citation: Buchanan RJ, Chakravorty BJ, Tyry T, Hatcher W, Vollmer T. Age-related comparisons of people with multiple sclerosis: demographic, disease, and treatment characteristics. NeuroRehabilitation. 2009;25(4):271-8. doi: 10.3233/NRE-2009-0525.
citation: Marrie RA, Cutter G, Tyry T, Vollmer T. A cross-sectional study of bone health in multiple sclerosis. Neurology. 2009 Oct 27;73(17):1394-8. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3181beece8.
citation: Hadjimichael O, Vollmer T, Oleen-Burkey M; North American Research Committee on Multiple Sclerosis. Fatigue characteristics in multiple sclerosis: the North American Research Committee on Multiple Sclerosis (NARCOMS) survey. Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2008 Nov 14;6:100. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-6-100.
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citation: Salter A, Thomas NP, Tyry T, Cutter GR, Marrie RA. A contemporary profile of primary progressive multiple sclerosis participants from the NARCOMS Registry. Mult Scler. 2018 Jun;24(7):951-962. doi: 10.1177/1352458517711274. Epub 2017 May 19.