NCT04413682

Brief Summary

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a complex neurodegenerative autoimmune disease. People with MS (PwMS) have low quality of life (QoL) and activities of daily living (ADL). Exercise is a safe and effective rehabilitation tool for PwMS. A structured and personalized exercise program can improve physical fitness, functional capacity, quality of life and modifiable disorders in PwMS. On the other hand, Telerehabilitation is an alternative rehabilitation method in PwMS. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of exercise programs and telerehabilitation on ADL and QoL in PwMS, and compare the effects of supervised exercise and home-based exercise programs for the PwMS.

Trial Health

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Trial Health Score

Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach

Enrollment
30

participants targeted

Target at P25-P50 for not_applicable multiple-sclerosis

Timeline
Completed

Started Feb 2019

Geographic Reach
1 country

1 active site

Status
completed

Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.

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Study Timeline

Key milestones and dates

Study Start

First participant enrolled

February 1, 2019

Completed
1 year until next milestone

Primary Completion

Last participant's last visit for primary outcome

February 10, 2020

Completed
4 months until next milestone

First Submitted

Initial submission to the registry

May 30, 2020

Completed
Same day until next milestone

Study Completion

Last participant's last visit for all outcomes

May 30, 2020

Completed
5 days until next milestone

First Posted

Study publicly available on registry

June 4, 2020

Completed
Last Updated

June 4, 2020

Status Verified

May 1, 2020

Enrollment Period

1 year

First QC Date

May 30, 2020

Last Update Submit

May 30, 2020

Conditions

Keywords

Multiple SclerosisTelerehabilitationSupervised exercisesStructured exerciseQuality of LifeActivities of Daily Living

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

  • Functional Independence Measure (FIM)

    FIM is a tool used for evaluation of primary ADL of people with disability. FIM items include self care, sphincter control, transfers, locomotion, communication, and social cognition subgroups. Grading is based on 7 points. 7: complete independence, 6: modified independence, 5, 4 and 3: modified dependence, 2 and 1: complete dependence.

    Changes after 12 weeks

  • Nottingham Health Profile, First section (NHP-I)

    NHP is a tool used for measuring and definition of QoL regarding the health status in general. NHP-I contains 38 yes/no statements, focusing on different aspects of the general health problems, including six dimensions of subjective health defined as physical abilities, pain, sleep, energy, emotional reaction, energy level and social isolation. Questions are evaluated according to the patients' yes/no responses and are scored between 0 and 100. High scores indicate high level health status in the specified item. Total scores are summed in all fields.

    Changes after 12 weeks

  • Quality of life scale (QoLS)

    QoLS is a standardized interview consisting of 41 questions clustered in four subscales: functional and economic scale, social and recreational scale, affect and life in general scale, and medical problems scale. Each question in the scale is evaluated over 5 points. (1 is negative at all times and 5 is the best response).

    Changes after 12 weeks

Study Arms (2)

Supervised Exercise Group

EXPERIMENTAL

One session per day, 3 days per week over a 12-weeks structured exercise program under supervision of a physical therapist.

Behavioral: Structured Supervised Exercise

Telerehabilitation Group

EXPERIMENTAL

One session per day, 3 days per week over a 12-weeks structured exercise program through Telerehabilitation

Behavioral: Structured telerehabilitation

Interventions

Structured Exercise Program under the supervision of Physical Therapist

Supervised Exercise Group

Structured Exercise Program checked and controlled through telerehabilitation

Telerehabilitation Group

Eligibility Criteria

Age20 Years - 60 Years
Sexall
Healthy VolunteersNo
Age GroupsAdult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

  • patients with:
  • Stable period at the time of application to the clinic
  • Expanded Disability Status Scale Levels between 2 - 6.5
  • Appropriate cognitive level to understand the exercises
  • No diseases to affect their participation in exercise programs

You may not qualify if:

  • patients with:
  • Poorly controlled diabetes, hypertension or other medical conditions to be incompatible with study participation,
  • A new history of previous attacks
  • No reliable informed consent

Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Sites (1)

Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa

Istanbul, 34815, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Multiple Sclerosis

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Demyelinating Autoimmune Diseases, CNSAutoimmune Diseases of the Nervous SystemNervous System DiseasesDemyelinating DiseasesAutoimmune DiseasesImmune System Diseases

Study Officials

  • Ela Tarakci, Professor

    etarakci@istanbul.edu.tr

    PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

Study Type
interventional
Phase
not applicable
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
SINGLE
Who Masked
PARTICIPANT
Masking Details
Participants will randomly assign to the structured supervised exercise or structured home-based groups. Randomization are done using Microsoft Excel 'RAND()' function.
Purpose
TREATMENT
Intervention Model
PARALLEL
Sponsor Type
OTHER
Responsible Party
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
PI Title
Professor

Study Record Dates

First Submitted

May 30, 2020

First Posted

June 4, 2020

Study Start

February 1, 2019

Primary Completion

February 10, 2020

Study Completion

May 30, 2020

Last Updated

June 4, 2020

Record last verified: 2020-05

Data Sharing

IPD Sharing
Will not share

Locations