Internet-Based coaching aims to boost activity in MS patients
NCT ID NCT03490240
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests a 6-month online program designed to help people with multiple sclerosis become more physically active. Participants receive interactive video lessons, a step tracker, and one-on-one video chats with a coach. The goal is to see if the program increases daily activity and improves walking, thinking, fatigue, and quality of life compared to a control group. The trial involves 280 adults with MS who are not currently active.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- online behavioral intervention with video courses, step tracking, and coaching
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a practical, home-based way for people with MS to become more active, potentially improving walking, thinking, and overall well-being.
- What could go wrong
- This is a behavioral study, not a drug trial, so effects may be modest. The program requires internet access and motivation, and results may not apply to everyone with MS.
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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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About 280 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Mar 2018
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- 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 to 64 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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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: * Diagnosis of MS * Relapse free in the past 30 days * Internet and email access * Willingness to complete the questionnaires, wear the accelerometer, and undergo randomization * Being non-active defined as not engaging in regular activity (30 minutes accumulated per day) on more than 2 days of the week during the previous six months * Ability to ambulate with or without assistance (i.e. walking with or without a can or walker, but not a wheelchair) * Age between 18 and 64 Exclusion Criteria: * Moderate or high risk for undertaking strenuous or maximal exercise per participants response to the PAR-Q. Those who report no more than one YES or affirmative on the 7 item PAR-Q will be considered at low risk and included for participation. All others will be considered at moderate or high risk and excluded from participation.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Exercise Neuroscience Research Lab
Birmingham, Alabama, 35233, United States
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