Can a phone app beat standard care for MS fatigue?
NCT ID NCT06386133
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether a digital tool called MSCopilot Boost can reduce the impact of fatigue in people with multiple sclerosis better than standard care. The tool includes remote monitoring of walking, dexterity, vision, and cognition, plus a personalized telerehabilitation program. 208 participants will be followed for 9 months to see if fatigue scores improve.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- MSCopilot Boost (a digital tool with remote monitoring and telerehabilitation)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could provide a new way to manage chronic fatigue in multiple sclerosis using a smartphone app and personalized exercise program.
- What could go wrong
- This is a relatively small study (208 people) testing a digital intervention, not a drug. The results may not apply to all MS patients, and the benefit may be modest.
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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 208 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Dec 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Aug 2027
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.
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18 years and older
- 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: * Aged over 18 years * With a confirmed MS diagnosis according to 2017 McDonald's revised criteria * Having an EDSS score comprised between 0 and 6.5 * With a fatigue score ≥ 43 on MFIS scale * Able to walk with or with walking aids * Owning a personal smartphone with a mobile operating system version higher than 14 for IOS (iPhone) and 8 for Android * Able to read the language in which the mobile application is available and able to understand pictograms * Affiliated to a social security system * Having signed the free and informed consent * Having accepted to wear an actimeter during the whole duration of study participation * Having been on a stable disease-modifying therapy for MS for at least 6 months. Exclusion Criteria: * Psychiatric disorder, major visual or cognitive deficiency, as assessed by the investigator * Participation in an exercise reconditioning program at a rehabilitation center within the 6 weeks prior to inclusion * Major comorbidities that could influence fatigue management (lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, chronic fatigue syndrome, etc). * Contraindication to physical activity: * History of cardiac events: * Abnormal cardiac examination at last medical check-up. * Palpitations, tachycardia or irregular heartbeat * Pain and shortness of breath: * Cramp-like pain in the lower limbs when walking, disappearing when walking stops, except for MS-related pain (neuropathic or spastic). * Chest pain * Shortness of breath at rest (appearing or worsening in the lying position) * Shortness of breath during low-intensity exercise or usual activities * Pain, discomfort or heaviness in the chest at rest or during exertion * Unstable chronic diseases : * Unstable metabolic disease * Unstable renal disease * Uncontrolled chronic disease * Ankle edema * Dizziness or syncope * Having received fampridine, corticosteroid therapy or therapeutic cannabis within the 2 months prior to inclusion. * Psychoactive substances and/or alcohol consumption likely to influence test performance (investigator's judgment). * Patients confined to bed or whose daily activity is less than 2 hours. * Persons under guardianship or curatorship. * Pregnant or breast-feeding women. * Subjects who have participated in another clinical study within 30 days prior to selection, or who are participating in another study that, in the opinion of the investigator, could interfere with full participation in the study or confound the participant's assessment or the study results.
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