Study of Teriflunomide in Reducing the Frequency of Relapses and Accumulation of Disability in Patients With Multiple Sclerosis (TEMSO)
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| ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00134563 |
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Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : August 25, 2005
Results First Posted : November 6, 2012
Last Update Posted : January 4, 2013
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The primary objective was to determine the effect of teriflunomide on the frequency of relapses in patients with relapsing multiple sclerosis (MS).
Secondary objectives were:
- to evaluate the effect of teriflunomide on the accumulation of disability as measured by Expanded Disability Status Scale [EDSS], the burden of disease as measured by Magnetic Resonance Imaging [MRI] and patient-reported fatigue;
- to evaluate the safety and tolerability of teriflunomide.
| Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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| Multiple Sclerosis | Drug: Teriflunomide Drug: Placebo (for teriflunomide) | Phase 3 |
The study period per participant was approximatively 128 weeks broken down as follows:
- Screening period up to 4 weeks,
- 108-week double-blind treatment period (approximatively 2 years)*,
- 16-week post-treatment elimination follow-up period.
'*' Participants successfully completing the week 108 visit were offered the opportunity to enter the optional long-term extension study LTS6050 - NCT00803049.
| Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
| Actual Enrollment : | 1088 participants |
| Allocation: | Randomized |
| Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
| Masking: | Triple (Participant, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor) |
| Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
| Official Title: | A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Parallel Group Design Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Teriflunomide in Reducing the Frequency of Relapses and Delaying the Accumulation of Physical Disability in Subjects With Multiple Sclerosis With Relapses |
| Study Start Date : | September 2004 |
| Actual Primary Completion Date : | July 2010 |
| Actual Study Completion Date : | July 2010 |
| Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Teriflunomide 7 mg
Teriflunomide 7 mg once daily for 108 weeks
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Drug: Teriflunomide
Film-coated tablet Oral administration Other Name: HMR1726 |
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Experimental: Teriflunomide 14 mg
Teriflunomide 14 mg once daily for 108 weeks
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Drug: Teriflunomide
Film-coated tablet Oral administration Other Name: HMR1726 |
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Placebo Comparator: Placebo
Placebo (for teriflunomide) once daily for 108 weeks
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Drug: Placebo (for teriflunomide)
Film-coated tablet Oral administration |
- Annualized Relapse Rate [ARR]: Poisson Regression Estimates [ Time Frame: 108 weeks ]
ARR is obtained from the total number of confirmed relapses that occured during the treatment period divided by the sum of the treatment durations.
Each episode of relapse - appearance, or worsening of a clinical symptom that was stable for at least 30 days, that persisted for a minimum of 24 hours in the absence of fever - was to be confirmed by an increase in EDSS score or Functional System scores.
To account for the different treatment durations among participants, a Poisson regression model with robust error variance was used (total number of confirmed relapses as response variable; log-transformed treatment duration as "offset" variable; treatment group, region of enrollment and baseline EDSS stratum as covariates).
- Time to 12-week Sustained Disability Progression: Kaplan-Meier Estimates of the Rate of Disability Progression at Timepoints [ Time Frame: 108 weeks ]
12-week sustained disability progression was defined as an increase from baseline of at least 1-point in EDSS score (at least 0.5-point for participants with baseline EDSS score >5.5) that persisted for at least 12 weeks.
Probability of disability progression at 24, 48 and 108 weeks was estimated using Kaplan-Meier method on the time to disability progression defined as the time from randomization to first EDSS increase. Participants free of disability progression (no disability progression observed on treatment) were censored at the date of the last on-treatment EDSS evaluation.
Kaplan-Meier method consists in computing probabilities of non occurrence of event at any observed time of event and multiplying successive probabilities for time ≤t by any earlier computed probabilities to estimate the probability of being event-free for the amount of time t. Probability of event at time t is 1 minus the probability of being event-free for the amount of time t.
- Cerebral Magnetic Resonance Imaging [MRI] Assessment: Change From Baseline in Total Lesion Volume (Burden of Disease) [ Time Frame: baseline (before randomization) and 108 weeks ]Total lesion volume is the sum of the total volume of all T2-lesions and the total volume all T1-hypointense post-gadolinium lesions measured through T2/proton density scan analysis and gadolinium-enhanced T1 scan analysis.
- Changes From Baseline in Fatigue Impact Scale [FIS] Total Score [ Time Frame: baseline (before randomization) and 108 weeks ]
FIS is a subject-reported scale that qualifies the impact of fatigue on daily life in patients with MS. It consists of 40 statements that measure fatigue in three areas; physical, cognitive, and social.
FIS total score ranges from 0 (no problem) to 160 (extreme problem).
Least-square means were estimated using a Mixed-effect model with repeated measures [MMRM] on FIS total score data (treatment group, region of enrollment, baseline EDSS stratum, visit, treatment-by-visit interaction, baseline value, and baseline-by-visit interaction as factors).
- Cerebral MRI Assessment: Number of Gd-enhancing T1-lesions Per Scan (Poisson Regression Estimates) [ Time Frame: 108 weeks ]
Number of Gd-enhancing T1-lesions per scan is obtained from the total number of Gd-enhancing T1-lesions observed during the study divided by the total number of scans performed during the study.
To account for the different number of scans among participants, a Poisson regression model with robust error variance was used (total number of Gd-enhancing T1-lesions as response variable; log-transformed number of scans as "offset" variable; treatment group, region of enrollment, baseline EDSS stratum and baseline number of Gd-enhancing T1-lesions as covariates).
- Cerebral MRI Assessment: Volume of Gd-enhancing T1-lesions Per Scan [ Time Frame: 108 weeks ]Total volume of Gd-enhancing T1-lesions per scan is obtained from the sum of the volumes of Gd-enhancing T1-lesions observed during the study divided by the total number of scans performed during the study.
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| Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years to 55 Years (Adult) |
| Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
| Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Multiple sclerosis [MS] subject who was ambulatory (EDSS of ≤ 5.5)
- Exhibiting a relapsing clinical course, with or without progression (relapsing remitting, secondary progressive or progressive relapsing);
- Meeting McDonald's criteria for MS diagnosis;
- Experienced at least 1 relapse over the 1 year preceding the trial or at least 2 relapses over the 2 years preceding the trial;
- No relapse onset in the preceding 60 days prior to randomization;
- Clinically stable during the 30 days prior to randomization, without adrenocorticotrophic hormone [ACTH] or systemic steroid treatment.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Clinically relevant cardiovascular, hepatic, neurological, endocrine or other major systemic disease;
- Significantly impaired bone marrow function;
- Pregnant or nursing woman;
- Alcohol or drug abuse;
- Use of cladribine, mitoxantrone, or other immunosuppressant agents such as azathioprine, cyclophosphamide, cyclosporin, methotrexate or mycophenolate before enrollment;
- Any known condition or circumstance that would prevent in the investigator's opinion compliance or completion of the study;
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00134563
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| Principal Investigator: | Paul O'Connor, MD | St. Michael's Hospital (Toronto, Canada) |
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| Responsible Party: | Sanofi |
| ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00134563 |
| Other Study ID Numbers: |
EFC6049 2004-000555-42 ( EudraCT Number ) HMR1726D/3001 ( Other Identifier: HMR ) |
| First Posted: | August 25, 2005 Key Record Dates |
| Results First Posted: | November 6, 2012 |
| Last Update Posted: | January 4, 2013 |
| Last Verified: | January 2013 |
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Multiple Sclerosis Relapsing Remitting Secondary Progressive Progressive Relapsing |
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Multiple Sclerosis Sclerosis Pathologic Processes Demyelinating Autoimmune Diseases, CNS Autoimmune Diseases of the Nervous System Nervous System Diseases Demyelinating Diseases Autoimmune Diseases Immune System Diseases Teriflunomide |
Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal Analgesics, Non-Narcotic Analgesics Sensory System Agents Peripheral Nervous System Agents Physiological Effects of Drugs Anti-Inflammatory Agents Antirheumatic Agents Immunosuppressive Agents Immunologic Factors |