Patients will receive 1 gram of IV SoluMedrol over 1 hour, once every month for 12 months.

Patient will receive an Extracorporeal Photopheresis treatment at a set frequency over the course of 1 year. The treatment takes about 2-3 hours per session to complete. The treatment schedule is as follows:
ECP will be administered according to the following schedule:
Study Arm: Weeks 1-8: 3 times per week Weeks 9-16: Twice per week Weeks 17-36: Treatment on two consecutive days every 2 weeks (or optionally, one treatment per week) Weeks 37-43: Once every 2 weeks Weeks 44-52: Once every 4 Weeks

Patients will receive 1 gram of IV SoluMedrol over 1 hour, once every month for 12 months.
SoluMedrol: Infusion of drug subcutaneously, once a month.

Corticosteriod Arm

Patient will receive an Extracorporeal Photopheresis treatment at a set frequency over the course of 1 year. The treatment takes about 2-3 hours per session to complete. The treatment schedule is as follows:
ECP will be administered according to the following schedule:
Study Arm: Weeks 1-8: 3 times per week Weeks 9-16: Twice per week Weeks 17-36: Treatment on two consecutive days every 2 weeks (or optionally, one treatment per week) Weeks 37-43: Once every 2 weeks Weeks 44-52: Once every 4 Weeks
Extracorporeal Photopheresis: This intervention is the placement of up to two IV's to extract your blood as a set volume, separate out the white cells and return the red cells to your body. Then the white cells are treated with a drug called UVADEX (methoxsalen), excited by a UV light and returned to your body. Once IV is to withdraw your blood and the other is to return your blood to your body.

Extracorporeal Photopheresis

Total

Sex: Female, Male

Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)

Race (NIH/OMB)

MSFC score is a composite score calculated from 3 tests: 1) Timed 25-Foot walk (leg function); 2) 9-Hole Peg Test (arm function); and 3) Paced Auditory Serial Addition Test (cognitive function). The results are combined to create a single score (the MSFC Z-Score) to measure performance and change over time in subjects with MS. MSFC Z-score = {Z arm + Z leg + Z cognitive} / 3.0. A positive score indicates that, on average, an individual performed better than the reference population and a negative score indicates that, on average, an individual performed worse than the reference population.

Multiple Sclerosis Functional Composite (MSFC)

The Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) is used to quantify disability due to symptoms of MS and to track changes in disability status over time. Scores range from 0 (normal neurological exam) to 10 (death due to multiple sclerosis). Scores are determined by performing a neurological exam and given in increments of 0.5.

Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS)

MSFC score is a composite score calculated from 3 tests: 1) Timed 25-Foot walk (leg function); 2) 9-Hole Peg Test (arm function); and 3) Paced Auditory Serial Addition Test (cognitive function). The results are combined to create a single score (the MSFC Z-Score) to measure performance and change over time in subjects with MS. MSFC Z-score = {Z arm + Z leg + Z cognitive} / 3.0. A positive score indicates that, on average, an individual performed better than the reference population and a negative score indicates that, on average, an individual performed worse than the reference population.
The Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) is used to quantify disability due to symptoms of MS and to track changes in disability status over time. Scores range from 0 (normal neurological exam) to 10 (death due to multiple sclerosis). Scores are determined by performing a neurological exam and given in increments of 0.5.

Study participants assigned to ECP treatment

ECP Arm

Study participants assigned to corticosteroid treatment

Corticosteroid Arm

Multiple Sclerosis Functional Composite (MSFC) Z-score and Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS)

Changes in immunological parameters that occur following initiation of ECP or corticosteroids and any relevant correlation with clinical outcomes

Immunological Parameters in Relation to SPMS

Overall Study

Dr. Daniel Couriel

Secondary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis

Infusion of drug subcutaneously, once a month.

SoluMedrol

This intervention is the placement of up to two IV's to extract your blood as a set volume, separate out the white cells and return the red cells to your body. Then the white cells are treated with a drug called UVADEX (methoxsalen), excited by a UV light and returned to your body. Once IV is to withdraw your blood and the other is to return your blood to your body.

University of Michigan Health Systems

Open-Label Study to Evaluate the Efficacy of ECP in Secondary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis

A Randomized, Controlled, Open-Label Study to Evaluate the Efficacy of Extracorporeal Photopheresis (ECP) Versus Corticosteroids in the Treatment of Patients With Secondary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis (SPMS)

methoxsalen/inflammation

Open-Label Study to Evaluate the Efficacy of ECP in Secondary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis

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