Stopped earlyPhase 3Relapsing MSNCT038707632018-000516-22

What it found

Stopped: safety

The trial was stopped early for safety reasons.

Reason given: Decision to stop the trial was based on long-term difficulties in fulfilling our enrolment commitments and changes in paediatric MS landscape which no longer support placebo-controlled trials.Decision to stop study was not based on safety concerns.

What was tested

Treatment tested

Placebo or sham

  • Placebo

Results by group

Time to First Relapse

Baseline up to Week 96

GroupValueIntervalNumber analysed
Dimethyl Fumarate 240 mg413 Days413–4132
Peginterferon Beta-1a 125 µgNot reached6
Placebo166.5 Days113–2203

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

Safety

GroupParticipants at riskSerious adverse eventsDeaths
Dimethyl Fumarate 240 mg21 (50.0%)0
Peginterferon Beta-1a 125 µg60 (0.0%)0
Placebo31 (33.3%)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

  • Time to First Relapse

    Baseline up to Week 96

    Relapses
  • -The primary endpoint that relates to primary objective is the TTFR.

Other measures (5)

  • Number of Participants With Adverse Events (AEs) and Serious Adverse Events (SAEs)

    Baseline up to Week 100

    Safety
  • Number of New or Newly Enlarging T2 Hyperintense Lesions on Brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Scans at Weeks 48 and 96

    Weeks 48 and 96

    MRI lesions
  • Number of Galdolinium (Gd)-Enhancing Lesions at Weeks 48 and 96

    Weeks 48 and 96

    MRI lesions
  • Annualized Relapse Rate

    Up to Week 96

    Relapses
  • -Occurrence of adverse events (AEs) and serious adverse events (SAEs)

    Safety

Who could take part

Relapsing MS · 10 to 17

Key Inclusion Criteria: * Must have a diagnosis of RRMS as defined by the revised consensus definition for pediatric MS * Must have an EDSS score between 0.0 and 5.0. * Must have a body weight of ≥30 kg * Must have experienced ≥1 relapse in the 12 months prior to randomization (Day 1), or must have evidence of asymptomatic disease activity seen on MRI in the 6 months prior to randomization, or ≥2 relapses in the 24 months prior to randomization (Day 1). Relapse is defined as the occurrence of a clinical demyelination event regardless of whether the event is a first or subsequent demyelinating event. Key Exclusion Criteria: * Participants having primary progressive, secondary progressive, or progressive RMS. * Disorders mimicking MS, such as other demyelinating disorders, systemic autoimmune disorders, metabolic disorders, and infectious disorders. * History of clinically significant cardiovascular, pulmonary, GI, hepatic, renal, endocrinologic, hematologic, immunologic, metabolic, dermatologic, growth, developmental, psychiatric (including depression), neurologic (other than MS), and/or other major disease and/or laboratory abnormality indicative thereof, that would preclude participation in a clinical study * Occurrence of an MS relapse within the 30 days prior to randomization (Day 1) and/or the subject has not stabilized from a previous relapse prior to randomization NOTE: Other protocol defined Inclusion/Exclusion criteria may apply.

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

About this trial

In the sponsor's words

The main objective of the study is to evaluate the efficacy of dimethyl fumarate (Tecfidera) and peginterferon beta-1a (Plegridy), both compared with placebo, in pediatric participants with RRMS. The other objectives of this study are to evaluate the safety and tolerability of dimethyl fumarate and peginterferon beta-1a and to assess the effect of dimethyl fumarate and peginterferon beta-1a, both compared with placebo, on additional clinical and radiological measures of disease activity.

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    History

      1. Started

        Mar 2019

      2. Main results due

        Jul 2022

      3. Finished

        Jul 2022

      4. Results posted

        May 2023

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