Characterization of Cortical Injury in Early MS Patients: a 7T MRI Stu
Characterization of Cortical Injury in Early MS Patients: a 7T MRI Study
What it found
We found no results in the registry or in papers.
What was tested
Treatment tested
- MRI 7T
- TEST EDSS
- TEST MSFC
What it measured
Main measures
visualization of cortical lesions
12 MONTHS
MRI lesions
Other measures (2)
measure of physical disability
12 months
Disability progressioncognitive impairment index
12 months
Thinking and memory
Who could take part
Relapsing MS · 18 to 45
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Inclusion criteria
* Patients with relapsing-remitting MS (McDonald's criteria 2010) early (duration evolution \<2 years), * Age between 18 and 45 years, * No history of neurological symptoms suggestive of demyelinating pathology, * No corticosteroids in the month preceding the completion of the MRI, * Realization of the MRI in the first 6 months following the inaugural clinical episod
Exclusion criteria
* Argument for a differential diagnosis (systemic lupus erythematosus, antiphospholipid syndrome, Behçet's disease, sarcoidosis, Lyme disease, cerebral arteritis, lymphoma CNS, etc.), * History of neurological or psychiatric illness, * History of taking immunosuppressive drugs, * Claustrophobia * Pregnancy, * Patient unable or unwilling to give consent, patient under guardianship, * Patient not affiliated to a social security regime
As registered. Criteria can change, so ask the trial team or your neurologist.
About this trial
In the sponsor's words
The main aim of the present study is to assess the prevalence, the topography and the clinical counterpart of cortical lesions in patient included early after the first clinical episode of multiple sclerosis. A second aim is to assess the direct contribution of cortical lesions - independent of WM injury - on the diffuse grey matter damage. Thirty MS patients will be included in the six months after the first clinical episode of multiple sclerosis for a monocentric transversal MRI study at 7T to assess cortical MS injury. Clinical (EDSS) and neuropsychological assessments will be performed in the population the same day of a multi-parametric MRI. MRI protocol is designed to increase the detection rate of CL using multiple contrasts at high isotropic resolution (600µm3) on a whole brain exploration. Thus, MRI acquisition will include MP2RAGE, T2*, FLAIR and DIR as previously published but also recent MRI technique like FLAWS, focusing on the grey matter by attenuating the white matter and CSF signal. Finally, QSM sequences will be performed. QSM measures tissue magnetic susceptibility mostly influenced by iron, myelin and calcium content in the brain. Due to physical properties of the technique (bipolarity), we suppose that high resolution QSM will be more sensitive that previous used sequences to depict cortical lesions. Using this multi-contrast approach with relevant MRI sequence and with a high resolution whole brain exploration might improve the detection of CL in early MS. Furthermore, MRI protocol allow us to estimate neuronal loss (T1 relaxation time), myelin and iron content (QSM and T2* relaxation time) within and outside cortical lesions in GM. The present study is an opportunity to assess cortical pathology in MS from the onset of the disease, allowing to a better understanding of its origins and its impact and disease severity. This study is a preliminary requirement to longitudinal studies to precisely depict the kinetic of cortical lesion accumulation and the links with disease aggravation.
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History
Started
Oct 2018
Main results due
Oct 2019
Finished
Mar 2020