TELEMS: Feasibility of Remote Patient Visits in MS

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Multiple Sclerosis
• Interventions: Other: EDSS; Other: Discussion of symptoms, Patient reported outcome (MSIS)

• Registration Number: NCT04838990
• Lead Sponsor: Medical University of Vienna

Brief Summary

This trials randomizes patients with multiple sclerosis (MS, pwMS) to a remote visit (via phone or videochat) or a regular outpatient visit. Outcomes include satisfaction on the patients' and doctor's side.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2020-11-01
• Study First Submitted: 2021-02-21
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-04-08
• Study First Posted: 2021-04-09
• Primary Completion: 2021-09-01
• Study Completion: 2021-10-01
• Status Verified: 2022-01
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-01-19
• Last Update Posted: 2022-01-21

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 45

Inclusion Criteria

• confirmed diagnosis of any type of MS
• own a phone/smartphone/computer
• informed consent

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Exclusion Criteria

• language barriers

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
conventional visit	EDSS	Regular outpatient visit
conventional visit	Discussion of symptoms, Patient reported outcome (MSIS)	Regular outpatient visit
phone visit	Discussion of symptoms, Patient reported outcome (MSIS)	Remote visit via phone
video visit	EDSS	Remote visit via videochat
video visit	Discussion of symptoms, Patient reported outcome (MSIS)	Remote visit via videochat
phone visit	EDSS	Remote visit via phone

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
TMPQ	1 week after intervention	Telemedicine Perception questionnaire (17-85, higher scores are better)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
PPSM	1 week after intervention	Patient and Physician Satisfaction with monitoring (6-30, higher scores are better)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Medical University of Vienna; 🇦🇹 Vienna, Austria