Is spasticity in your arms tying you down?

Is spasticity in your arms tying you down?

Has a stroke or traumatic brain injury left you living with spasticity in your arms? Have you or a loved one thought about participating in a clinical study but are not sure what to expect? Clinical research is vital to the development of new and improved arm spasticity treatments. Most people find the experience of being in a clinical study to be very rewarding.

There are many benefits to participating in a clinical study. A few include:

  • Access to new investigational treatment not available outside the clinical trial
  • Close monitoring, advice, care, and support by a research team of doctors and other healthcare professionals who understand your condition
  • The chance to play an active role in your own healthcare and gain a greater understanding of your condition
  • The chance to help others who come after you by contributing to medical research. People who take part in clinical trials are vital to the process of improving medical care

Whatever a person’s reason for participating in clinical research, researchers will monitor their health and protect their privacy.

There are possible risks involved with any clinical study. Your study doctor will review the risks with you, and you will be closely monitored throughout the study.

The JUNIPER Research Study

New medicines are being studied for people suffering from arm spasticity (also called upper limb spasticity or ULS) after a stroke or traumatic brain injury (TBI). One research study that may be of interest to you or someone close to you is called JUNIPER. JUNIPER is studying an investigational drug called daxibotulinumtoxinA (DAXI) for injection to treat the symptoms of ULS.

The JUNIPER research study is for patients between the ages of 18 and 70 who have been told that they have moderate or severe ULS. People who qualify and take part in JUNIPER receive at no cost:

  • The investigational drug, given in one injection
  • Study-related care from a local study doctor

Your Arm Spasticity Matters – Be a part of important research

Most research participants experience great satisfaction knowing they play a key role in advancing medical science that may help people live longer, better lives. Despite this fact, few people enroll in clinical trials – mostly because they don’t know about them. Volunteers are critical to discovering new treatments for ULS – and someday, a cure. Right now, doctors are working on important ULS research to find tomorrow’s treatment breakthroughs. You can play an important role.

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