That was a very good article - thanks! I went to clinicaltrials.gov and can't find any testing of it on MS patients at this point. Lots of other conditions but not MS. I wonder why?
I think in the near future one of the monoclonal antibodies, like Rituxan, will be the best treatment for MS. Rituxan has shown promising results, as has Campath.
Lulu:
If you do a search of Rituximab (Rituxan is the trade name) at clincaltrials, it shows a phase II trial has already been completed. I don't think it is in phase III trials yet. Since it has already been approved for RA, doctors can prescribe it off-label for MS, and many are.
RITOXIN WILL BE AVAILABLE IN OUR AREA IN FEBUARY,THE CLINIC TRIALS ARE PROMISING.
MANY IN ARE AREA ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.
T-LYNN
Here are some news articles on Rituxan:
http://www.msrc.co.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=show&pageid=1394
Unfortunately, it failed in a trial with PPMS, but it otherwise seems promising, although they do note that a couple people on Rituxan died of PML, the same brain virus that has killed people on Tysabri.
sho