New Eye-Tracking app could spot MS progression early
NCT ID NCT05061953
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests a new eye-tracking app to monitor multiple sclerosis (MS). Researchers will ask 168 adults with MS to complete simple cognitive tests and eye movement tasks. The goal is to develop software that can track MS progression and related cognitive changes over 48 months.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 168 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Oct 2021
- Expected to finish
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Oct 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
The target sample size for the MS group is 120. Eligible patients will be stratified based on their EDSS score. Based on the known distribution of EDSS scores, we will recruit 46 MS patients with a score between 0-2, 46 patients with a score between 2.5-4, 23 patients with a score between 4.5-6.0, and 23 patients with a score between 6.5-8. Data will also be acquired from a control group (n=30) that will be frequency-matched for age.
- 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: * Able to provide informed consent. * Aged 18 years or older at the time of enrollment. * Able to read in either French or English. * Visual acuity of 20/100 in at least one eye (corrective glasses, contact lenses, surgery etc. are permitted) For patients only: * Confirmed diagnosis of MS with no signs of progressive increase in physical disability within the past six months. * Neurological condition is medically stable during the study visit. * Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) score 0 - 8.0 at the initial visit. Exclusion Criteria: * Evidence or medical history of psychiatric issues that are known to also affect movements and oculomotor control. * Presence of co-morbid neurological conditions to avoid eye movement anomaly confounds (Strabismus, cranial nerve palsy, stroke-causing hemianopsia). * Diagnosis of macular edema or other pre-existing ocular conditions that would prevent a participant from performing the eye movement assessments. * Recent (less than three months from enrollment) start of, change of dose, or irregular use of, new prescription drugs known to influence ocular motor visual function, such as benzodiazepines, antipsychotics and anticonvulsants. Occasional use of benzodiazepines for medical procedures is permitted, at the investigator's discretion, but should not occur within a short time period prior to or during an eye movement assessment. For healthy controls only: * Evidence or history of significant neurodegenerative disorder affecting brain function, e.g., multiple sclerosis (MS), Parkinson's disease (PD), Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Dementia. For MS patients only * Diagnosis of Clinically Isolated Syndrome (CIS), Radiologically Isolated Syndrome (RIS) or Primary Progressive MS (PPMS). * Patients who are currently experiencing a relapse or who have experienced a relapse within the last three months. A relapse is defined as appearance of a new neurological abnormality or worsening of previously stable or improving pre-existing neurological abnormality, separated by at least 30 days from onset of a preceding clinical demyelinating event (McDonald et al. 2001). The abnormality must have been present for at least 24 hours and occurred in the absence of fever (\< 37.5°C) or known infection. * Patients who have been undergoing disease-modifying therapy for less than three months
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Conditions
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The places running it
2 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Genge Partners, Inc.
RECRUITINGMontreal, Quebec, H4A 3T4, Canada
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The Neuro
RECRUITINGMontreal, Quebec, H3A 2B4, Canada
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