By Samantha Maciag

Application closes for MS Liberation treatment study in New York

Feb 27, 2012 | 12:14 PM

For hundreds Multiple Sclerosis patients in Saskatchewan the next few months will be spent waiting.

On Friday, February 24 the deadline closed for the provincially funded MS Liberation Treatment trial in Albany, New York. The government received 682 applications to be part of the trial

Lori Lumax is one of the many people hoping to be chosen for the double-blind study and she is happy to see the government taking a step in the right direction.

“I’m really happy that this is going and there’s more studies coming out all the time so Canada is getting on top of it finally,” Lumax said.

The 46-year-old from Regina was diagnosed in 2003 and most of the time she only feels tired and dizzy. About once a year she has a relapse of symptoms which affect her cognitive functions causing her to lose feeling in her hands and feet and her balance.

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Lumax said she is very excited for the study because all of the data will be documented to see if the controversial liberation treatment really works.

“If I’m not chosen for this trial – well, I’ll be looking at other trials coming up,” she said, explaining that she doesn’t want to wait for two years to see if the treatment will be offered here.

Lumax added that she is not willing to go overseas for treatment because she wants to know that there will be after-care in place.

Saskatchewan has one of the highest rates of MS with 3,500 people suffering from the disease. Starting in March the provincial government will send 86 patients to participate in the study in New York.

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