National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Age
18–any
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
Aim 1 -
aged ≥18-29 years
diagnosis of RRMS (Fulfill international criteria for relapsing remitting (RRMS))
70% self-identifying as a Black, Hispanic, or poverty-impacted (up to 138% of the federal poverty level) individual,and
fluent in English or Spanish.
Aim 2 -
aged ≥18-29 years
diagnosis of RRMS (Fulfill international criteria for relapsing remitting (RRMS))
70% self-identifying as a Black, Hispanic, or poverty impacted, and
fluent reading in English or Spanish
Pediatric onset MS (MS onset before age 18 and age at time of enrollment is 18-25) OR adult-onset MS (MS onset at age 18 or older and age at time of enrollment is 19-29)
Disease duration below 8 years
Aim 3 -
Aim 3 will enroll the first 20 participants from Aim 2 who meet the following criteria:
completed at least 80% of study data in the cross-sectional study/Aim 2.
a total of 70% must self-identify as Black, Hispanic, or meet criteria for poverty impacted.
interviews will be evenly split between participants with high (top quartile) and low (bottom quartile) of PROMIS-10 scores.
