Phase 2 Trial of Ibudilast in Progressive Multiple Sclerosis

Robert J Fox¹, Christopher S Coffey¹, Robin Conwit¹+53

• ¹From the Mellen Center for Multiple Sclerosis, Neurological Institute (R.J.F., S. Natarajan, R.A.B., D.O.), the Imaging Institute (X.H., M.J.L., K.E.S., X.Z.), and the Department of Biomedical Engineering (P.J., K.N., B. Thoomukuntla), Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio State University, Columbus (M.R.), and University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati (A.Z.) - all in Ohio; the Data Coordinating Center, Network for Excellence in Neuroscience Clinical Trials (NeuroNEXT), University of Iowa, Iowa City (C.S.C., J.B., D.E., E.K., M.K., J.D.L., J.Y.); the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Bethesda, MD (R.C.); the Clinical Coordinating Center, NeuroNEXT, Massachusetts General Hospital, Neurological Clinical Research Institute, Harvard Partners (M.E.C., M.M., A.A., B. Thornell), the Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School (E.C.K.), and Brigham and Women's Hospital (C.S.), Boston; patient advocate (T.G.) and Swedish Medical Center at Seattle (P.R.), Seattle; University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester (A.G.), Corinne Goldsmith Dickinson Center for Multiple Sclerosis, Mount Sinai Medical Center (S.K.), Weill Cornell Medical College (J.S.P.), Columbia University Medical Center (C.S.R.), and Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine (S.S.), New York, State University of New York (SUNY) at Stony Brook, Stony Brook (P.K.C.), SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse (B.J.), and SUNY at Buffalo, Buffalo (B.W.-G.) - all in New York; MediciNova, La Jolla (K.M.), University of California at Davis, Sacramento (M.A.), and University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles (B.S.G.) - all in California; Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis (R.T.N.); Barrow Neurological Institute, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ (J.P.D.); NeuroRx Research, Montreal (S. Narayanan); the School of Health Sciences, College of Health and Human Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN (X.Z.); University of Colorado Denver, Aurora (E.A.); University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham (K.B.); Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago (B.A.C.); University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami (S.D.); University of Utah, Salt Lake City (L.D.D.); University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas (A.F.); University of Virginia at Charlottesville, Charlottesville (M.D.G.); Emory University, Atlanta (N.L.); University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City (S.G.L.); Vanderbilt University, Nashville (H.M.); University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh (V.S.); and Oregon Health and Science University, Portland (V.Y.).