Study Status: Recruiting
Recruit Status: Recruiting
Study Type: Interventional
Official Title: Open-label, Single-center, Single-arm Futility Trial Evaluating Oral Hydroxychloroquine 200mg BID for Reducing Progression of Disability in Patients With Primary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis (PPMS)
Brief Summary: The purpose of this clinical trial is to determine if HCQ in a dose of 400mg daily can prevent worsening of walking ability in people PPMS. The number of participants in this study will be 35. A maximum of 42 people with PPMS will be included. The trial is funded through a private donation to the Hotchkiss Brain Institute MS Translational Clinical Trials Research Program and the University of Calgary. There is no sponsorship from the pharmaceutical industry.