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A Pilot Study of Warm and Cold Compress to Reduce Injection Site Erythema Due to Peginterferon-beta-1a in MS

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT02490943

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Official title

A Pilot Study of Warm and Cold Compress to Reduce Injection Site Erythema Due to Peginterferon-beta-1a in Multiple Sclerosis

Brief summary

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Peginterferon-beta-1a (PEG) is an approved treatment for relapsing forms of MS that may cause injection related erythema. This is a randomized controlled cross-over trial of superficial hot and cold modalities to reduce injection site erythema caused by PEG.

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT02490943
Recruitment status
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Not applicable
Lead sponsor
Brown, Theodore R., M.D., MPH
Individual
Enrollment
28 participants

Conditions and interventions

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
18 Years and older
Sex
All
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted

This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.

Study timeline

Start date
Jun 2015 (Type not available)
Primary completion
Jan 1, 2019 (Actual)
Completion
Apr 30, 2019 (Actual)
Last update posted
Mar 25, 2022

2015 – 2019

United States locations

U.S. sites
1
U.S. states
1
U.S. cities
1
Facility City State ZIP Site status
Evergreen Health Kirkland Washington 98034 —

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