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CompletedNCT02970370Updated Nov 22, 2016

Demographics, Clinical and Paraclinical Characteristics of Multiple Sclerosis in Egypt

An observational study in Multiple Sclerosis, sponsored by Cairo University. Completed. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2016-11-22.

Sponsored by Cairo University · Observational

Study type
Observational
Model
Cohort
Enrollment
2,752
Sex
All
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Study summary

The primary study aim is to depict the demographics, clinical and para clinical features of patients attending five tertiary referral multiple sclerosis (MS) centers in Egypt.

This requires effective and unified pooled registries to extract data from with a standardized, sufficient and high quality clinical, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data, neurophysiological data and body fluids.

Investigators want to shed light on the challenges that face both physicians and patients in the area of "diagnosis and treatment"

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Conditions studied

  • Multiple Sclerosis
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In context

Multiple Sclerosis

3,460 studies on the registry are indexed under Multiple Sclerosis; 661 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 2,752 is above the median of 100 across 1,016 observational studies indexed under Multiple Sclerosis.

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Lead sponsor

Cairo University is the lead sponsor of 4,780 studies on the registry; 1,427 are open to participants now.

Of its 36 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 5 (14%) have results posted.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
Child (0–17), Adult (18–64), Older adult (65+)
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No
Sampling method
Non-probability sample

Study population

Radiologically isolated syndrome, Clinically isolated Syndrome , Multiple Sclerosis, Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders (NMOSD), MS mimics

Inclusion criteria

  • Patients with MS/NMOSD or their mimics who sought advice in one of our centers even once

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients with missing data in their records that couldn't be completed
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Study design

Observational model
Cohort
Enrollment
2,752 participants (actual)
Target follow-up
15 Years
Patient registry
Yes

Interventions

  • Otherno intervention
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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. portrayed phenotypes and para-clinical data of Egyptian Multiple Sclerosis Patients

    Time frame: 6 months

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Study locations

No study locations are listed for this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Nov 22, 2016, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT02970370
Lead sponsor
Cairo University
Responsible party
Hatem Samir Shehata (Professor of Neurology, Cairo University) — Principal investigator
First posted
Nov 22, 2016
Start date
Dec 2015
Primary completion
Jul 2016
Last update
Nov 22, 2016
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