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Lifestyle, Exercise and Activity Package for People living with Progressive Multiple Sclerosis (LEAP-MS): adaptions during the COVID-19 pandemic and remote delivery for improved efficiency.

Rachel Lowe, Christy Barlow, Barry Lloyd, Julie Latchem-Hastings, Vincent Poile, Charlotte Scoble, Andrew Dean-Young, Kate Button, Rebecca Playle, Monica Busse

Registry-linked trialOpen access · goldAbstract readLetterRandomized Controlled Trial
In one paragraph

Trial report in Trials, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03951181 (A Single-Arm Feasibility Study of the Life-Style Exercise and Activity Package for People Living With Progressive Multiple Sclerosis), which is not on this map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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12citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.0field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT03951181 nacompletednot on this map

A Single-Arm Feasibility Study of the Life-Style Exercise and Activity Package for People Living With Progressive Multiple Sclerosis

TypeinterventionalSponsorCardiff UniversityRan2020 to 2021Enrolled21ConditionsMultiple SclerosisArmsLEAP-MS
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Rachel LoweCentre for Trials Research, Cardiff University, 4th floor Neuadd Meirionnydd, Heath Park, Cardiff, UK.
Christy BarlowCentre for Trials Research, Cardiff University, 4th floor Neuadd Meirionnydd, Heath Park, Cardiff, UK.
Barry LloydCentre for Trials Research, Cardiff University, 4th floor Neuadd Meirionnydd, Heath Park, Cardiff, UK.
Julie Latchem-HastingsCentre for Trials Research, Cardiff University, 4th floor Neuadd Meirionnydd, Heath Park, Cardiff, UK.
Vincent PoileCentre for Trials Research, Cardiff University, 4th floor Neuadd Meirionnydd, Heath Park, Cardiff, UK.
Charlotte ScobleCentre for Trials Research, Cardiff University, 4th floor Neuadd Meirionnydd, Heath Park, Cardiff, UK.
Andrew Dean-YoungCentre for Trials Research, Cardiff University, 4th floor Neuadd Meirionnydd, Heath Park, Cardiff, UK.
Kate ButtonSchool of Healthcare Sciences, Cardiff University, Ty Dewi Sant, Heath Park, Cardiff, UK.
Rebecca PlayleCentre for Trials Research, Cardiff University, 4th floor Neuadd Meirionnydd, Heath Park, Cardiff, UK.
Monica BusseCentre for Trials Research, Cardiff University, 4th floor Neuadd Meirionnydd, Heath Park, Cardiff, UK. BusseME@cardiff.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5331-5909
Cardiff University · GB

Funding

Multiple Sclerosis Society 81
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The LEAP-MS (Lifestyle, Exercise and Activity Package for People living with Progressive Multiple Sclerosis) study has developed an individualised supported self-management approach for physical activity for people with progressive multiple sclerosis (MS) and severe disability. The intervention has been evaluated in a single-arm feasibility study with embedded process evaluation. The feasibility study was due to open to recruitment during the COVID-19 2020-2021 pandemic, 1 month into the first UK-wide lockdown. We worked rapidly to implement adaptions to the trial procedures and intervention delivery that we believe are applicable to randomised controlled trials. Recruitment became predominantly via self-referral. Electronic consent was employed, with consent discussions occurring over the telephone. Registration, consent, eligibility assessment and data collection as well as the intervention (online physical activity tool) were via a secure, encrypted multi-user web-based platform for participants, physiotherapists and researchers accessible via various hardware. Physiotherapy consultations, as well as the process evaluation, were conducted remotely using video conferencing software or the telephone. A remote training package for physiotherapists and site initiations was also developed and electronic site files employed. Our adaptions are extremely topical given the COVID-19 situation, and whilst not what we had originally planned, have enabled successful delivery of the feasibility study and are relevant to conducting randomised controlled trials and meeting the needs of people with MS who are far more isolated than ever before.

trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov NCT03951181 . Registered on 15 May 2019.

Indexed as

ExerciseLife StyleSelf CareTelemedicineCOVID-19Disease ManagementHumansMultiple SclerosisPandemicsPatient SelectionResearch DesignVideoconferencingCOVID-19 adaptionsElectronic consentFeasibility studyMultiple sclerosisPhysical activityPhysiotherapyRecruitmentRemote intervention deliverySelf-managementTrial management

Identifiers

PMID33863342
PMCPMC8050990
OpenAlexW3155833508

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