CompletedPhase 3Relapsing MSNCT014892542011-000888-27

What it found

Shown as good as the comparator

The trial was designed to show the treatment was not worse than another, and it did.

“For gadolinium-enhancing lesions, the estimated ratio of generic drug to brand drug was 1.095 (95% CI, 0.883-1.360), which was within the predefined equivalence margin of 0.727 to 1.375.”
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total number of gadolinium-enhancing lesions during months 7, 8, and 9 · months 7, 8, and 9

ratio of generic to brand 1.095

Total participants: 794

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What was tested

Treatment tested

Compared with

Placebo or sham

  • Placebo

Results by group

The Number of T1-Gadolinium Enhancing Lesions During Months 7-9

9 months

GroupValueIntervalNumber analysed
Glatiramer 20 mg0.42 Number of lesions0.31–0.57353
Copaxone 20 mg0.38 Number of lesions0.28–0.52357
Placebo0.82 Number of lesions0.57–1.284
Glatiramer 20 mg0.45 Number of lesions0.34–0.59353
Copaxone 20 mg0.41 Number of lesions0.31–0.54357

Values as posted on ClinicalTrials.gov. Outcomes measured differently across trials are not directly comparable.

Safety

GroupParticipants at riskSerious adverse eventsDeaths
Glatiramer 20 mg35312 (3.4%)
Copaxone 20 mg35717 (4.8%)
Placebo842 (2.4%)
Extension Glatiramer 20 mg72822 (3.0%)

As posted on ClinicalTrials.gov. Serious adverse events include any serious health event during the trial, whether or not the treatment caused it.

What it measured

Main measures

  • The Number of T1-Gadolinium Enhancing Lesions During Months 7-9

    9 months

    MRI lesions
  • The mean number of Gadolinium enhancing lesions.

    MRI lesions

Other measures (1)

  • • MRI parameters;

    MRI lesions

Who could take part

Relapsing MS · 18 to 55

Inclusion Criteria: * Willing and able to sign written Informed Consent; * Female and male subjects aged 18-55 years inclusive at the time of Informed Consent signing; * Diagnosis of RRMS according to the revised McDonald criteria; * Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) score of 0.0 up to and including 5.5; * Neurologically stable with no evidence of relapse within 30 days prior to randomization; * Experienced at least 1 relapse in the year before first screening assessment; * At least 1 T1-weighted Gadolinium enhancing (T1-GdE) lesion on routine brain MRI taken within 3 months of starting screening or on screening brain MRI (as confirmed by central imaging laboratory; * Having a routine brain MRI showing maximally 15 T1-GdE lesions if scan is taken without subject receiving immuno-modulatory treatment, or a routine brain MRI showing maximally 5 T1-GdE lesions when taken while on immuno-modulatory treatment, or a screening MRI showing maximally 15 T1-GdE lesions; * Must decline initiation or continuation of treatment with other available disease-modifying drugs for MS, for whatever reason, after having been informed about their respective benefits and possible adverse events by the investigator; * Female subjects of childbearing potential must agree to practice appropriate contraceptive methods as assessed by the investigator. Exclusion Criteria: * Any life-threatening, medically unstable or otherwise clinically significant condition or findings other than MS, in particular neoplastic disease, seizure disorders, or psychiatric disease; * Any clinically significant deviation from reference ranges in laboratory tests; * Positive laboratory test results for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), HBsAg or HCV at screening; * Any significant deviation from reference ranges for hepatic function; * Positive urine drug screen or history of substance abuse within the year before screening (any use of illicit or prescription drugs or alcohol constituting an abuse pattern in the opinion of the investigator); * Having been treated with or having received 1. at any time: * glatiramer acetate, cladribine, rituximab, cyclophosphamide, alemtuzumab, or other immunosuppressive treatments with effects potentially lasting for more than 6 months * total lymphoid irradiation or bone marrow transplantation 2. within one year before screening: * mitoxantrone, but subject cannot be enrolled when mitoxantrone was taken at a cumulative lifetime dosing above 100 mg/m2 3. within 6 months before screening: * fingolimod, immunoglobulins and/or monoclonal antibodies (including natalizumab), leflunomide, or putative MS treatments * chronic oral or injected corticosteroids or injected ACTH (more than 30 consecutive days) 4. within 3 months before screening: * azathioprine, methotrexate * plasma exchange * any other experimental intervention, in particular experimental drugs 5. within 1 month before screening: * Interferon-β 1a or 1b * short-term oral or injectable corticosteroids for treatment of a relapse * short-term ACTH * Having, in the opinion of the investigator, consecutively failed on efficacy grounds two full and adequate courses of accepted treatment modalities (normally at least one year of treatment for each); * Pregnancy or breastfeeding; * Known hypersensitivity to gadolinium-containing products, glatiramer acetate or mannitol; * Having an estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) \< 50 mL/min/1.73m2; * Inability to undergo (repeat) MRI investigations as judged by the investigator, e.g. due to claustrophobia, metal implants or fragments, tattoos or permanent make-up; * Any reason why, in the investigator's opinion, the subject should not participate.

As registered. Criteria can change, so ask the trial team or your neurologist.

About this trial

In the sponsor's words

The purpose of this study is demonstrate that efficacy and safety of Synthon's glatiramer acetate (GTR) is equivalent to Copaxone® (Teva) in patients with relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis

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History

    1. Started

      Oct 2011

    2. Main results due

      Jan 2015

    3. Finished

      Jan 2015

    4. Results posted

      Oct 2016

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