Defining the Anti-inflammatory Role of Lipoic Acid in Multiple Sclerosis
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Brief summary
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The purpose of this study is to learn about how the antioxidant, lipoic acid, works in the body and how it may help in the management of relapsing remitting and secondary progressive multiple sclerosis. This study will compare how subject's and healthy volunteers bodies absorb and break down the supplement. This information may help in developing new therapies.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT00997438
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 1
- Enrollment
- 69 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepts healthy volunteers
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Jul 31, 2010
- Primary completion
- Nov 30, 2013
- Completion
- Nov 30, 2013
- Last update posted
- Jan 25, 2017
2010 – 2013
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 2
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oregon Health & Science University | Portland | Oregon | 97239 | — |
| Portland VA Medical Center | Portland | Oregon | 97239 | — |
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- Last update posted Jan 25, 2017 · Synced Sep 1, 2026
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