The MS Society funds Octopus: a revolutionary trial to test multiple drugs for progressive multiple sclerosis at once. The aim is to deliver life-changing new treatments up to three times faster than a normal trial.
Currently, those with progressive MS have very few treatment options, but Octopus has the potential to change this. What’s more, the multi-arm, multi-stage design of the trial is a first for MS.
Your donation will help fund research to bring us one step closer to stopping MS. Here’s what your money could do:
- £5 could pay for laboratory equipment such as microscope slides, used to look at cells and tissue samples in minute detail
- £30 could pay for the processing of one blood sample, giving researchers crucial information about MS
- About £200 could pay for an hour of MRI scanner use, which is crucial for understanding how MS affects the brain
- About £2200 could pay for Octopus’s information costs for 100 participants, helping people understand the research they’re taking part in
