Octopus trial one step closer to launch MS Society


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Monday 14 November 2022 Octopus is a new clinical trial for primary and secondary progressive MS. After some delays, it's now had the official thumbs up from the regulators. This important milestone brings us another step closer to the trial getting started.


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Introducing Octopus - the world's first multi-arm, multi-stage trial for MS Tuesday 4 May 2021 We're pleased to introduce Octopus - our revolutionary, multi-arm, multi-stage trial that will transform the way we test treatments for progressive MS.


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The Octopus trial - so-called because it is a multi-arm, multi-stage trial - is being run by Prof Jeremy Chataway, from the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery UCLH in London,.


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Launched in April 2023, Octopus is a revolutionary MS clinical trial that will transform the way we test treatments for progressive MS. The trial is devised to be smarter than the current standard style of clinical trial.


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4 April 2023 The first patients have been recruited for a revolutionary trial, led by UCL researchers, that will transform the way that treatments are tested for progressive multiple sclerosis (MS). Octopus is a world-first clinical trial, funded by the MS Society and led by researchers at the MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL.


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This is a real unmet need for people living with MS, many of whom have no treatments to slow disability progression at the moment. The Octopus trial is designed to slot in new drugs asthey're discovered. We hope that Octopus will test more drugs - or combinations of drugs - that can stop progression of the disease altogether, and even one.


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Octopus is a revolutionary trial that will transform the way we test treatments for progressive MS. A smarter way of testing potential treatments, it could deliver life-changing new treatments up to three times faster.


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The Octopus MS clinical trial is the first multi-arm, multi-stage trial for MS. The trial is led by researchers at University College London and is currently testing two drugs already used in other conditions against a placebo (dummy drug). These are metformin and alpha lipoic acid.


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OCTOPUS is the first MS trial to use a type of trial design known as multi-arm multi-stage (MAMS). This method can have many advantages over traditional trials: It allows several treatments to be tested at the same time against a common control (i.e. "multi-arm"). Treatments which appear to be effective from the early data can continue onto.


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Octopus is a revolutionary trial that will transform the way we test treatments for Progressive Multiple Sclerosis (MS). A smarter way of testing potential treatments, it could deliver life-changing new treatments up to three times faster. Octopus is now open to recruitment!


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Octopus is a clinical trial evaluating several potential treatments for primary and secondary progressive multiple sclerosis (MS).


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Octopus will test several experimental MS therapies against a shared control group. Treatments that appear effective from early data can continue into the next stage without needing to set up a.


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The Octopus trial is intended to accelerate the search for drugs to treat progressive MS by comparing three against the same control group and rolling trial phases together. The design.


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Jeremy Chataway, MA, PhD, FRCP, UCL Institute of Neurology, London, UK, gives an insight into the Octopus trial, the first-ever multi-arm, multi-stage (MAMS).


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A broad-reaching trial of already-approved drugs is hoped to turn up new treatment options for people with progressive forms of MS. Octopus Study to Test Drug Effects on Progressive MS


Octopus trial one step closer to launch MS Society

Inside the MS Octopus mega-trial: inspired by cancer, supported by patients Features Inside the MS mega-trial: inspired by cancer, supported by patients The UK MS Society discusses how it plans to research treatments for progressive MS. Kezia Parkins June 23, 2021

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