Stopped earlyPhase 3Relapsing MSNCT033686642016-003100-30

What it found

Stopped early

The trial ended early for another reason (see below).

Reason given: Enrolment formally closed earlier than planned due to recruitment challenges.

What was tested

Treatment tested

  • Alemtuzumab

    CAMPATH-1 antigen inhibitor

  • Glatiramer acetate

    Unknown

  • Beta-Interferon
  • Methylprednisolone

    Glucocorticoid receptor agonist

  • Ranitidine

    Histamine H2 receptor antagonist

  • Cetirizine
  • Dexchlorpheniramine
  • Acetaminophen

    Anandamide amidohydrolase inhibitor|Cyclooxygenase inhibitor|Vanilloid receptor opener

  • Acyclovir

    Human herpesvirus 1 DNA polymerase inhibitor

  • Prednisolone

    Glucocorticoid receptor agonist

  • Diphenydramine
  • Other H1 antagonist

Results by group

Brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Assessment: Adjusted Number of New or Enlarged T2 Lesions Per Month

Period 1: Month -4 up to Month 0, Period 2: Month up 4 to Month 8

GroupValueIntervalNumber analysed
Period 13.53 lesions per month1.78–7.0311
Period 20.13 lesions per month0.03–0.4811

Period 1

3.53

Period 2

0.13

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

Safety

GroupParticipants at riskSerious adverse eventsDeaths
Prior DMT Phase163 (18.8%)0
Alemtuzumab Treatment Phase + Safety Monitoring Phase113 (27.3%)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

  • Brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Assessment: Adjusted Number of New or Enlarged T2 Lesions Per Month

    Period 1: Month -4 up to Month 0, Period 2: Month up 4 to Month 8

    MRI lesions
  • Number of new or enlarging T2 lesions during continuation of

    MRI lesions

Other measures (19)

  • Brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging Assessment: Number of Participants With New or Enlarged T2 Lesions

    Period 1: Month -4 up to Month 0, Period 2: Month 4 to Month 8

    MRI lesions
  • Change From Baseline in Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) Score at Months 4 and 8

    Baseline (Month 0), Months 4 and 8

    Disability progressionBladder, bowel and sexual function
  • Adjusted Annualized Relapse Rate (ARR) at Year 2

    At Year 2

    Relapses
  • Change From Baseline in Cognition Test Score of Brief Visuospatial Memory Test - Revised (BVMT-R) Total Score

    Period 1: Baseline (Month -4) and Month 0, Period 2: Baseline (Month 4) and Month 8

    Thinking and memory
  • Change From Baseline in Cognition Test Score of Symbol Digit Modality Test (SDMT): Number of Completed Responses and Corrected Substitutions

    Period 1: Baseline (Month -4) and Month 0, Period 2: Baseline (Month 4) and Month 8

    Thinking and memory
  • Change From Baseline in Pediatric Quality of Life (PedsQL) Questionnaire Score

    Child and teen report: Baseline (Month 0) and Months 4, 8, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48 and 60; Parent report for children and teens: Baseline (Month 0) and Months 4, 8, 12, 18, 24 and 36

    Quality of life (reported by participants)
  • Change From Baseline in Pediatric Quality of Life in Neurological Disorders (NeuroQoL) Questionnaire Score

    Baseline (Month 0) and Months 4, 8, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48 and 60

    Thinking and memoryFatiguePainMood and sleepQuality of life (reported by participants)
  • Serum Concentrations of Alemtuzumab Over Time

    Pre-dose on Day 1, end of infusion on Day 5, Day 14 of Month 0; Months 1 and 2; pre-dose on Day 1, end of infusion on Day 3, Day 12 of Month 12; Months 13 and 14

    How the body handles the medicine
  • Maximum Observed Serum Concentration (Cmax) of Alemtuzumab

    Pre-dose on Day 1, end of infusion on Day 5, Day 14 of Month 0; Months 1 and 2; pre-dose on Day 1, end of infusion on Day 3, Day 12 of Month 12; Months 13 and 14

    How the body handles the medicine
  • Time to Reach Maximum Observed Serum Concentration (Tmax) of Alemtuzumab

    Pre-dose on Day 1, end of infusion on Day 5, Day 14 of Month 0; Months 1 and 2; pre-dose on Day 1, end of infusion on Day 3, Day 12 of Month 12; Months 13 and 14

    How the body handles the medicine

Who could take part

Relapsing MS · 10 to 18

Inclusion criteria : * Participants with RRMS aged from 10 years to \<18 years at study entry was eligible. Participants must meet the criteria of diagnosis of MS as defined by the International Pediatric MS Study Group (IPMSSG) criteria for pediatric MS and the criteria of MS based on 2010 McDonald criteria. * Signed written informed consent/assent obtained from participant and participant's legal representative (parent or guardian) according to local regulations. * Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) score of 0.0 to 5.0 (inclusive) at screening. * At least 2 recorded MS attacks and at least 1 MS attack (relapse) in the last year during treatment with a beta interferon therapy (IFNB) or glatiramer acetate (GA) after being on that therapy for at least 6 months, and was currently still taking the same therapy. * At least 1 of the following: * >=1 new or enlarging T2 hyperintense lesion or gadolinium enhancing lesion while on that same prior therapy (IFNB or GA), or * Two or more relapses in the prior year, or * Tried at least 2 MS DMTs. Exclusion criteria: * Any progressive or non-relapsing forms of MS. * Conditions/situations such as: * Impossibility to meet specific protocol requirements. * Current participation in another interventional clinical study. Participants who were treated with a comparator agent approved for screening inclusion (INF or GA) may be considered for this trial. * Participant was the Investigator or any Sub-Investigator, research assistant, pharmacist, study coordinator, other staff or relative thereof directly involved in the conduct of the protocol. * Uncooperative participant or any condition that could make the participant potentially non-compliant to the study procedures in the opinion of the Investigator. * Mental condition rendering the participant or parent/guardian unable to understand the nature, scope, and possible consequences of the study. * Clinically relevant cardiovascular, hepatic, neurological, endocrine, or other major systemic disease making implementation of the protocol or interpretation of the study results difficult or that would put the participant at risk by participating in the study in the opinion of the Investigator. * History of drug or alcohol abuse. * History of known human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positivity. * Pregnant or breast-feeding female participants or those who had planned to become pregnant during the study. * Unwilling to agree to use a highly effective contraceptive method when receiving a course of alemtuzumab treatment and for 4 months following that course of treatment (fertile participants only). * Female participants who have commenced menstruating (i.e., are of childbearing potential) and are unwilling or unable to be tested for pregnancy. * Previous treatment with alemtuzumab. * Treatment with natalizumab, daclizumab, fingolimod, methotrexate, azathioprine, cyclosporine, or mycophenolate mofetil in the last 6 months prior to screening, or determined by the treating physician to had residual immune suppression from these or other MS treatments. * Treatment with teriflunomide in the last 12 months except if the participant underwent the recommended elimination procedure as per Summary of Product Characteristics (SmPC). * Previous treatment with mitoxantrone, cyclophosphamide, cladribine, rituximab, ocrelizumab, leflunomide, or any cytotoxic therapy. * Previous treatment with any investigational medication (drug that had not been approved at any dose or for any indication). Use of an investigational medication that is subsequently licensed and nonstandard use of a licensed medication (e.g., using a dose other than the dose that is stated in the licensed product labeling or using a licensed therapy for an alternative indication) was not exclusionary. Prior treatment with herbal medications or nutritional supplements was also permitted. * Intolerance of pulsed corticosteroids, especially a history of steroid psychosis. * History of malignancy. * Prior documented history of thrombocytopenia, or platelet count at screening \< lower limits of normal (LLN). * Any disability acquired from trauma or another illness that, in the opinion of the Investigator, could interfere with evaluation of disability due to MS. * Participants with known Type 1 hypersensitivity or anaphylactic reactions to the active substances or any of the excipients, or intolerance of acyclovir or its therapeutic equivalent. * Major systemic disease or other illness that would, in the opinion of the Investigator, compromise participant safety or interfere with the interpretation of study results, e.g., current peptic ulcer disease, or other conditions that might predispose to hemorrhage, immune cytopenias, rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, other connective tissue disorders, vasculitis, inflammatory bowel disease, severe psoriasis. * Medical, psychiatric, cognitive, or other conditions that, in the Investigator's opinion, compromise the participant's ability to understand the participant information, to give informed consent, to comply with the trial protocol, or to complete the study. * Major psychiatric disorder that is not adequately controlled by treatment in the opinion of the Investigator. * Epileptic seizures that are not adequately controlled by treatment. * Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-related conditions: conditions that could interfere with MRI acquisition and/or interpretation of MRI results (eg, claustrophobia, orthopedic implants/treatments, orthodontic treatments etc). * Known bleeding disorder (e.g., dysfibrinogenemia, factor IX deficiency, hemophilia, Von Willebrand's disease, disseminated intravascular coagulation, fibrinogen deficiency, clotting factor deficiency). * Prior history of invasive fungal infections. * Active infection, eg, deep-tissue infection, that the Investigator considers sufficiently serious to preclude study participation. * In the Investigator's opinion, participant is at high risk for infection (e.g., indwelling catheter, dysphagia with aspiration, decubitus ulcer, history of prior aspiration pneumonia or recurrent urinary tract infection). The above information is not intended to contain all considerations relevant to a participant's potential participation in a clinical trial.

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

About this trial

In the sponsor's words

Primary Objective: To evaluate the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of alemtuzumab intravenously (IV) in pediatric participants from 10 to less than (\<) 18 years of age with Relapsing Remitting Multiple Sclerosis (RRMS) who have disease activity on prior DMT. Secondary Objective: To assess the pharmacokinetics (PK), pharmacodynamics (PD), anti-drug antibody (ADA) formation, and potential effects of alemtuzumab on other multiple sclerosis (MS) disease characteristics such as cognition and quality of life (QoL).

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    History

      1. Started

        Oct 2017

      2. Main results due

        May 2021

      3. Finished

        Sept 2025

      4. Results posted

        Jul 2022

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