The Auslong Study of Factors that Contribute to the Development & Progression of MS
The Auslong study is an NHMRC project that extends the original Ausimmune study of factors that lead to the development of a first demyelinating event to five years of follow up. This study is powered to detect factors that lead to conversion to clinically definite MS following a first episode of central nervous system demyelination that may represent the first symptom of MS, and the rate of progression of MS once diagnosed. This study is based in Hobart but has research centres in Geelong, Newcastle and Brisbane. The study will use multiple measures of MS disease progression and multiple environmental, biological, clinical and biological will be studied.
AusLong 3: What predicts the progressive phase of MS is now under way. AusLong 3 is not recruiting but is continuing to follow each participant for an annual telephone review, or 15-year face-to-face review in Tasmania, Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland
Research Groups
Related Diseases
Staff
Team Leaders
- Professor Bruce Taylor (Senior Member)
- Associate Professor Ingrid van der Mei (Member)
- Associate Professor Leigh Blizzard (Senior Member)
Team Members
- Dr Steve Simpson Jr. (Research fellow)
- Roxanne Maher (Study Coordinator)
- Kate Probert (Research Officer)
External Collaborators
- Professor Alan Coulthard - University of Queensland
- Dr Robyn Lucas - Australian National University