Myth #1:

Clinical trials are for patients who have no other options

In reality:

Clinical trials are a viable treatment option for MS patients since the first diagnosis and allow access to the most advanced therapies and procedures. There are trials for every subtype of MS, including trials for symptoms’ management. You should always consider whether there is a better treatment option in clinical trials and discuss it with your doctor..

Myth #2:

I will be given a placebo and not the experimental treatment

In reality:

In most of the MS clinical trials, a placebo is rarely given. If it is given, it is only for the first year, and thereafter the study drug.

Myth #3:

If I was ineligible for one trial, I cannot participate in any trial

In reality:

Every clinical trial has different inclusion criteria, therefore, being ineligible for one clinical trial would not disqualify a patient from participating in another.

Myth #4:

Clinical trials volunteers are regarded as human guinea pigs

In reality:

There are strict guidelines when conducting a clinical trial, which ensure patients are treated in the best and most ethical way. Most participants say they received great medical attention and care and would recommend other patients to join a trial.

Myth #5:

If I have agreed to join a clinical trial, I must see it through.

In reality:

Clinical trials’ participants are volunteers and therefore, even after signing consent and at any time they wish, they can withdraw from the trial, for any reason.