Senolytics for Secondary Progressive MS

Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phasePhase 1
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age50-85
SponsorOhio State University

About this trial

This is a clinical trial to see whether senolytic therapy is safe and feasible for patients with secondary progressive MS and whether treatment improves physical and thinking abilities. The study seeks to enroll adults with secondary progressive MS (SPMS), aged 50-85, who are not currently taking a MS disease-modifying therapy and have noticed their MS symptoms getting worse. People who join the study will take the medicines dasatinib and quercetin by mouth every two weeks for three months. These medicines work together to remove old, damaged cells that may cause inflammation and slow the repair of nerves. Participants will also be followed for one year from enrollment to monitor for treatment effects.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Individuals aged 50-85 with SPMS diagnosed using the 2024 McDonald Criteria

Not treated with a DMT for MS within the last 6 months or have used alemtuzumab, cladribine, or mitoxantrone.

Evidence of MS progression over the past 12 months.

Disqualifiers

Unstable coronary artery disease (myocardial infarction within 6 months or angina)

Hospitalization within 6 months

Stroke or transient ischemic attack in the past 6 months

Pulmonary arterial hypertension

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Dasatinib and quercetin

Treatment groups

30 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment group

Sponsors and collaborators