MSCopilot, a new multiple sclerosis self‐assessment digital solution: results of a comparative study versus standard tests

Background and purpose Assessing patients’ disability in multiple sclerosis (MS) requires time‐consuming batteries of hospital tests. MSCopilot is a software medical device for the self‐assessment of patients with MS (PwMS), combining four tests: walking, dexterity, cognition and low contrast vision. The objective was to validate MSCopilot versus the Multiple Sclerosis Functional Composite (MSFC). Methods This multicentre, open‐label, randomized, controlled, crossover study enrolled 141 PwMS and 76 healthy controls (HCs). All participants performed MSCopilot and MSFC tests at day 0. To assess reproducibility, 46 PwMS performed the same tests at day 30 ± 3. The primary end‐point was the validation of MSCopilot versus MSFC for the identification of PwMS against HCs, quantified using the area under the curve (AUC). The main secondary end‐point was the correlation of MSCopilot z‐scores with MSFC z‐scores. Results In all, 116 PwMS and 69 HCs were analysed. The primary end‐point was achieved: MSCopilot performance was non‐inferior to that of MSFC (AUC 0.92 and 0.89 respectively; P = 0.3). MSCopilot and MSFC discriminated PwMS and HCs with 81% and 76% sensitivity and 82% and 88% specificity respectively. Digital and standard test scores were highly correlated (r = 0.81; P