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Hi all, I've been recently diagnosed (about a month and a half ago), and was told to pick a DMD. I live near 2 fairly well known hospitals with MS centers, and looked into what trials they had. One hospital has several trials for which they are recruiting. I shied away from the trials which have a p...

I think the intent of combining Avonex and Copaxone is to see if the efficacy greatly increases over one medication alone. This trial has actually been going on for a few years now.

I'm sorry to hear about your discouraging results. I've been looking into the Campath trial at the University of Maryland hospital (in Baltimore). I know they are actively recruiting. From what I have read about the trial, it is not blinded to the patient (though if I remember right, you aren't supp...

I'm looking at the CombiRx trial (combining Avonex and Copaxone) and the Campath trial. If I had to do one, I'm leaning more toward the CombiRx, but Campath does sound attractive. In the release form for the Campath trial, it explicitly states that the cost of treatment for any injury caused by the ...

A question for anybody that's participated in a trial or looked into one. Did you have to coordinate with your health insurance company? What was their policy? For instance, if the drug being tested caused some health problem, would the insurance company cover treatment for it? Recently, I've been t...