May 2026 Recruitment Update

As of May OCTOPUS has a total of 785 participants randomised!

Thank you to all sites for maintaining such a good rate of recruitment!

As of 31-May-26 there are 924 participants screened for Octopus and 785 randomised.

Check out the table below to see how each site is doing as of 31-May-26:

Site

Number Screened

Number Randomised

UCLH(London)

250

223

Edinburgh

87

72

Cardiff

33

28

Southampton

101

71

Leeds

47

42

Sheffield

64

58

Belfast

86

75

Coventry

64

56

Poole

32

30

Cambridge

13

11

Nottingham

22

19

Newcastle

34

23

Morriston, Swansea

15

15

Bristol

33

27

Queen's Hospital (Romford)

27

24

Pinderfields (Mid Yorkshire)

3

2

Ipswich

4

2

Griffiths, AUSTRALIA

3

3

TOTAL

924

785

Octopus is funded by the MS Society with supported funding from MS Australia and MSWA for the Australian extension Platypus