Status:
COMPLETED
A Study of Rebif® Compared With Avonex® in the Treatment of Relapsing-remitting Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
Lead Sponsor:
EMD Serono
Collaborating Sponsors:
Merck Serono International SA
Conditions:
Multiple Sclerosis, Relapsing-Remitting
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-55 years
Phase:
PHASE3
Brief Summary
This is an open-label, randomized, multicenter, comparative, and parallel-group study comparing the therapeutic effects of two interferon-beta-1a regimens in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (MS...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Age between 18 and 55 years
- Clinically definite or laboratory-supported definite relapsing-remitting MS according to Poser's criteria
- Two or more relapses within the preceding 24 months
- Clinical stability or improving neurological state during the 4 weeks before Study Day 1
- Expanded disability status scale (EDSS) score from 0 to 5.5, inclusive
- Two or more lesions consistent with MS on a Screening proton density/T2-magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan to be performed 28 plus/minus (+/-) 4 days before the Study Day 1 MRI
- Willingness and ability to comply with the protocol for the duration of the study
- Written informed consent given before any study-related procedure not part of the subject's normal medical care, with the understanding that the subject can withdraw consent at any time without prejudice to future medical care
- For female subjects, lack of childbearing potential must be satisfied by either being post-menopausal or surgically sterilized or using a hormonal contraceptive, intra-uterine device, diaphragm with spermicide or condom with spermicide for the duration of the study. Subjects should neither be pregnant nor breast-feeding; confirmation that the subject is not pregnant will be established by a negative serum human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) pregnancy test within 7 days of Study Day 1 (the pregnancy test will not be required of subjects who will be post-menopausal or surgically sterilized)
Exclusion
- Secondary progressive MS, primary progressive MS or progressive relapsing MS
- Prior use of interferon
- Treatment with oral or systemic corticosteroids or adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) within 4 weeks of Study Day 1 or within 7 days before the Screening MRI
- Psychiatric disorder that is unstable or will preclude safe participation in the study
- Significant leucopenia (white blood cell count less than 0.5 times the lower limit of normal) within 7 days of Study Day 1
- Elevated liver function tests (Alanine transaminase \[ALT\], Aspartate transaminase \[AST\], alkaline phosphatase or total bilirubin greater than 2 times the upper limit of normal) within 7 days of Study Day 1
- Prior cytokine or anti-cytokine therapy or glatiramer acetate within the 3 months before Study Day 1
- Immunomodulatory or immunosuppressive therapy within the 12 months before Study Day 1, including but not limited to cyclophosphamide, cyclosporin, methotrexate, azathioprine, linomide and mitoxantrone
- Previous use of cladribine or total lymphoid irradiation
- Allergy to human serum albumin, mannitol or gadolinium diethylenetriaminepentacetic acid (DTPA)
- Intravenous immunoglobulin or any other investigational drug or procedure in the 6 months before Study Day 1
- Systemic disease that can interfere with subject safety, compliance or evaluation of the condition under study, such as insulin-dependent diabetes, Lyme disease, clinically significant cardiac disease or infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or Human T-cell lymphotrophic virus, Type-1 (HTLV-1)
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
November 1 1999
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
June 1 2002
Estimated Enrollment :
677 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00292266
Start Date
November 1 1999
End Date
June 1 2002
Last Update
August 5 2013
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