SASKATOON — It's great news that Manitoba is calling for nationwide clinical trials of a controversial treatment for multiple sclerosis, Saskatchewan's health minister said Tuesday, but the province isn't going to wait for consensus before funding its own trials.
Don McMorris was among provincial and federal health ministers who received a letter this week from Manitoba Health Minister Theresa Oswald, seeking support for a "pan-Canadian randomized clinical trial of the efficacy of the so-called liberation procedure."
"It's an interesting request and we're not opposed to it," said McMorris.
"But . . . I do know that by the time we get 10 provinces, three territories and a federal government all on the same page on this, as far as extent, cost, that is going to take quite a while — whereas we can lead here in Saskatchewan."
Premier Brad Wall announced last month the province is willing to fund clinical trials of the treatment, based on a theory of Italian neurologist Dr. Paolo Zamboni that MS is related to narrowed or blocked veins in the neck.
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