Telehealth-Based Exercise Program to Treat Fatigue in MS (MS-FIT)

VA Office of Research and Development

Status: Completed

Conditions: Multiple Sclerosis

Treatments: Other: Education counseling; Behavioral: Brief telephone-based counseling

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other U.S. Federal agency

Identifiers

NCT01198977

B4972-W

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is a clinical trial examining a brief motivational intervention to improve adherence to exercise among individuals with MS to improve fatigue.

Full description

This is a 2-arm single blind parallel group RCT comparing a brief telephone based motivational intervention to an informational control to improve adherence to exercise among individuals with MS. The primary outcome is improvement in fatigue.

Enrollment: 64 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Multiple Sclerosis
• Veteran receiving services in VA VISN 20
• Fatigue
• Ability to ambulate
• cell phone or Household phone line
• Individual with multiple sclerosis verified by MS provider
• ambulatory

Exclusion criteria

• Current alcohol dependence or other substance dependence
• No working phone

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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64 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Brief telephone-based counseling

Active Comparator group

Description:

Telephone based counseling and instructional video

Treatment:

Behavioral: Brief telephone-based counseling

Education Counseling

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

Mailed Physical Activity information and instructional video only

Treatment:

Other: Education counseling