Blood tests may help unravel mysterious MS variants
NCT ID NCT04201470
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This completed study measured two proteins in the blood—neurofilament light chain and GFAP—that can signal nerve damage. Researchers compared 15 people with atypical MS, 30 with typical MS, and 15 healthy controls to see if these markers differ. The goal was to better understand whether atypical MS is a separate disease or a severe form of MS. No treatment was tested.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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58 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Dec 2019
- Finished
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May 2022
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * The subject must have given his informed consent and signed the consent form (if patient is protected by the law due to the study pathology, the consent will be signed his tutor or guardian ; if patient is unable to read or sign the consent form due to the study pathology, the consent will be signed by his family/trusted person) * The subject is at least 18 years old (≥). * Affiliate or beneficiary of a social security scheme Inclusion criteria specific to Patients: * Patients with atypical form of MS * OR patients with RRMS (Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis) * OR patients with PPMS (Primary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis) (Patients will be matched on EDSS score (+/-1) and age (+/-5) ; Controls will be matched with patients on age) Exclusion Criteria: * Pregnant or lactating women. * Vulnerable people. * Simultaneous participation in any other research protocol. * Contraindication to the realization of an MRI (ferromagnetic ocular or cerebral foreign bodies close to nerve structures, pace-maker, cochlear implants) * Claustrophobic subject * Subject presenting a neurodegenerative disease (Parkinson, Alzheimer ...) * Subject presenting psychiatric disorders like psychosis, excluding anxio-depressive episode * Subject presenting a systemic pathology with neurological manifestation * Subject presenting anterior or evolutionary neurological pathology other than the 3 entities defined in the inclusion criteria * Subject presenting or having had a history of severe group 2 or 3 head trauma according to the Masters classification * Patient receiving high dose corticosteroid therapy in the 3 months prior to inclusion in the study Exclusion criteria specific to Patients: * Patient who is taking, or who has taken in the last year, one of the following treatments: Fingolimod, or any Monoclonal Antibody (Natalizumab, Rituximab, Ocrelizumab, Alemtuzumab ...) * Patient having had an outbreak of the disease in the 3 months prior to inclusion in the study Exclusion criteria specific to Controls: * Subjects who are protected or unable to give their consent * Subject with anterior or progressive neurological pathology * Patient being treated or having taken any Monoclonal Antibody * In the period of exclusion relating to another protocol or for which the annual amount of the maximum indemnities of 4500 € has been reached
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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CHU Montpellier
Montpellier, 34000, France
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