Breakthrough discovery by researchers from uOttawa and The Ottawa Hospital halts MS progression and allows repair
Posted on Friday, June 10, 2016
A clinical trial led by Dr. Harold Atkins and Dr. Mark S.
Freedman of the University of Ottawa and The Ottawa Hospital shows that
an intensive procedure that completely wipes out the immune system and
regenerates a new one with the help of blood stem cells can
significantly reduce inflammation in patients with early, aggressive
multiple sclerosis (MS) and lead to lasting recovery. The trial involved
24 participants who were followed for up to 13 years and is the first
to show a complete, long-term suppression of inflammation in patients
with MS. The results of the $6.47 million trial, funded by the MS
Society of Canada and its affiliated Multiple Sclerosis Scientific
Research Foundation, have been published in The Lancet.
“This procedure should be considered as a treatment option for people with early, aggressive MS,” says Dr. Freedman. “Although this trial was relatively small, it was intensive, with the longest prospective follow-up of any such treatment group to date, and that’s what makes the results so convincing.”
Read the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute's news release.
Media inquiries
Amélie Ferron-Craig
Media Relations Officer
University of Ottawa
Cell.: 613-863-7221
aferronc@uOttawa.ca
Jennifer Ganton
Director, Communications and Public Relations
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Office: 613-798-5555 x 73325
Cell.: 613-614-5253
jganton@ohri.ca
“This procedure should be considered as a treatment option for people with early, aggressive MS,” says Dr. Freedman. “Although this trial was relatively small, it was intensive, with the longest prospective follow-up of any such treatment group to date, and that’s what makes the results so convincing.”
Read the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute's news release.
Media inquiries
Amélie Ferron-Craig
Media Relations Officer
University of Ottawa
Cell.: 613-863-7221
aferronc@uOttawa.ca
Jennifer Ganton
Director, Communications and Public Relations
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Office: 613-798-5555 x 73325
Cell.: 613-614-5253
jganton@ohri.ca
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