NCT03915028

Thermal Cures in the Treatment of Multiple Sclerosis

Thermal Cures in the Treatment of Multiple Sclerosis: Effectiveness on the Quality of Life

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 200 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Association Francaise pour la Recherche Thermale · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a chronic, progressive disease with a high prevalence in France, with significant public health consequences. The benefit of spa treatments on the quality of life in this population has not been evaluated. The methods of study in clinical pharmacology can be a scientific methodological model for the evaluation of thermal practices and it is in this perspective that investigators want to lead this project.

Detailed description

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic, progressive disease with a high prevalence in France, and its consequences in terms of public health are important. In this disease, the alteration of the quality of life (QoL) is constant and multifactorial : pain, fatigue, decrease in functional capacities, sleep disorders, cognitive disorders, vesico-sphincterian disorders, anomolytic disorders. -rectal and genito-sexual. The benefit of thermal cures on the quality of life in this population has not been evaluated, even if there is some literature in the literature suggesting a benefit of hydrotherapy on equilibrium or on pain.

Conditions

• Multiple Sclerosis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Spa therapy	The standardized treatment will consist of 4 spa treatments per day for 3 consecutive weeks. Each day, the patient receives at least four treatments, among which: * Cure of Drink (in addition to 4 daily cares) * Bath in running water: Bath * Bath in running water: Pool at 32 ° C * Bath with aerobain * Immersion shower bath * Shower of high pressure under immersion in swimming pool * General penetrating shower * General jet shower * Local jet shower * Local mud bath at the feet * Single poultice * Multiple poultice * Compress * Mobilization pool * Massages under water

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-05-23
• Primary completion: 2021-05-01
• Completion: 2021-08-01
• First posted: 2019-04-16
• Last updated: 2019-07-10

Locations

1 site across 1 country: France