A Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Ocrelizumab in Adults With Primary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis (O'HAND)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04035005 |
Recruitment Status :
Recruiting
First Posted : July 29, 2019
Last Update Posted : January 4, 2023
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Multiple Sclerosis, Primary Progressive | Drug: Ocrelizumab Drug: Placebo | Phase 3 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Estimated Enrollment : | 1000 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | Double (Participant, Investigator) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | A Phase IIIb Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Ocrelizumab in Adults With Primary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis |
Actual Study Start Date : | August 12, 2019 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date : | April 1, 2025 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | April 4, 2028 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Ocrelizumab
Participants will receive ocrelizumab by IV infusion every 24 weeks.
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Drug: Ocrelizumab
The first dose of ocrelizumab will be administered as two 300 mg IV infusions given 14 days apart. For the subsequent doses, ocrelizumab will be administered as a single 600 mg infusion every 24 weeks. A minimum interval of 20 or 22 weeks, depending if the previous dose was administered in one or two infusion, should be maintained between each infusion.
Other Name: Ocrevus |
Placebo Comparator: Placebo
Participants will receive placebo matched to ocrelizumab by IV infusion every 24 weeks.
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Drug: Placebo
The first dose of placebo will be administered as two 300 mg IV infusions given 14 days apart. For the subsequent doses, placebo will be administered as a single 600 mg infusion every 24 weeks, with a minimum interval of 20 or 22 weeks, depending if the previous dose was administered in one or two infusion, should be maintained between each infusion. |
- Time to Upper Limb Disability Progression Confirmed For at Least 12 Weeks [ Time Frame: Baseline up to approximately 5.5 years ]20% increase from baseline in Nine-Hole Peg Test (9-HPT) confirmed for at least 12 weeks.
- Time to Upper Limb Disability Progression Confirmed For at Least 24 Weeks [ Time Frame: Baseline up to approximately 5.5 years ]20% increases from baseline in 9-HPT confirmed for at least 24 weeks.
- Time to Disability Progression Confirmed For at Least 12 Weeks [ Time Frame: Baseline up to approximately 5.5 years ]Increase in EDSS Score is defined as an increase of >= 1.0 point from baseline EDSS score in participants with a baseline EDSS score <= 5.5 or an increase of >= 0.5 point in participants with a baseline EDSS score of > 5.5.
- Time to Disability Progression Confirmed For at Least 24 Weeks [ Time Frame: Baseline up to approximately 5.5 years ]Increase in EDSS Score is defined as an increase of >= 1.0 point from baseline EDSS score in participants with a baseline EDSS score <= 5.5 or an increase of >= 0.5 point in participants with a baseline EDSS score of > 5.5.
- Percent Change in Total Volume of T2 Lesions on MRI [ Time Frame: Baseline up to week 120 ]
- Percent Change in Total Brain Volume on MRI Scans [ Time Frame: Week 24 to Week 120 ]
- Percentage of Participants with Adverse Events [ Time Frame: Baseline up to 8.5 years ]
- Percentage of Participants With Serious Adverse Events [ Time Frame: Baseline up to 8.5 years ]
- Area Under the Serum Concentration-Time Curve (AUC) of Ocrelizumab [ Time Frame: Baseline, Weeks 2, 12, 24, 48, 60, 72, and every 12 weeks till the end of the double-blind period and Weeks 0 and 48 of the OLE period ]
- Evaluation of Ocrelizumab Pharmacodynamics, as measured by B-Cell Levels in Blood [ Time Frame: Baseline, Weeks 2, 24, 48, 72 and every 12 weeks till the end of the double-blind period and Weeks 0, 22, 46, 70 and 96 of the OLE period ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years to 65 Years (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- EDSS score at screening and baseline >= 3.0 to 8.0, inclusive
- Disease duration from the onset of MS symptoms relative to randomization date:
Less than 20 years in patients with an EDSS score at screening 7.0 - 8.0 Less than 15 years in patients with an EDSS at screening 5.5 - 6.5 Less than 10 years in patients with an EDSS at screening <= 5.0
- Documented history or presence at screening of at least one of the following laboratory findings in a cerebrospinal fluid specimen: Elevated IgG index or one or more IgG oligoclonal bands detected by isoelectric focusing
- Screening and baseline 9-HPT completed in > 25 seconds (average of the two hands)
- Neurological stability for ≥ 30 days prior to baseline
- Ability to complete the 9-HPT within 240 seconds with each hand at screening and baseline
- Neurological stability for >/= 30 days prior to baseline
- Patients previously treated with immunosuppressants, immunomodulators, or other immunomodulatory therapies must undergo an appropriate washout period according to the local label of the immunosuppressant/immunomodulatory drug used
- For women of childbearing potential: agreement to remain abstinent (refrain from heterosexual intercourse) or use adequate contraceptive methods during the treatment period and for 6 or 12 months after the final dose of ocrelizumab. Adherence to local requirements, if more stringent, is required.
- For female patients without reproductive potential: Women may be enrolled if surgically sterile (i.e hysterectomy, complete bilateral oophorectomy) or post-menopausal unless the patient is receiving a hormonal therapy for her menopause or if surgically sterile
Exclusion Criteria:
- History of relapsing-remitting or secondary progressive MS at screening
- Confirmed serious opportunistic infection including: active bacterial, viral, fungal, mycobacterial infection or other infection, including tuberculosis or atypical mycobacterial disease
- Patients who have or have had confirmed or a high degree of suspicion of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML)
- Known active malignancy or are being actively monitored for recurrence of malignancy
- Immunocompromised state
- Receipt of a live-attenuated vaccine within 6 weeks prior to randomization
- Inability to complete an MRI or contraindication to Gd administration.
- Patients requiring symptomatic treatment of MS and/or physiotherapy who are not on a stable regimen. Patients must not initiate symptomatic treatment of MS or physiotherapy within 4 weeks of randomization.
- Contraindications to mandatory premedications for infusion-related reactions, including:
uncontrolled psychosis for corticosteroids and closed-angle glaucoma for antihistamines
- Known presence of other neurologic disorders
- Pregnant or breastfeeding, or intending to become pregnant during the study and for 6 or 12 months after last infusion of the study drug
- Lack of peripheral venous access
- Significant, uncontrolled disease, such as cardiovascular, pulmonary, renal, hepatic, endocrine or gastrointestinal, or any other significant disease that may preclude patient from participating in the study
- Any concomitant disease that may require chronic treatment with systemic corticosteroids or immunosuppressants during the course of the study
- History of alcohol or other drug abuse
- History of primary or secondary immunodeficiency
- Treatment with any investigational agent within 24 weeks prior to screening (Visit 1) or 5 half-lives of the investigational drug (whichever is longer), or treatment with any experimental procedure for MS
- Previous treatment with B-cell targeting therapies
- Any previous treatment with bone marrow transplantation and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
- Any previous history of transplantation or anti-rejection therapy
- Treatment with IV Ig or plasmapheresis within 12 weeks prior to randomization
- Systemic corticosteroid therapy within 4 weeks prior to screening
- Positive serum hCG measured at screening or positive urine β-hCG at baseline
- Positive screening tests for hepatitis B
- Any additional exclusionary criterion as per ocrelizumab (Ocrevus®) local label, if more stringent than the above
- Lack of MRI activity at screening/baseline if more than 650 patients without MRI activity have already been enrolled, as defined by T1 Gd+ lesion(s) and/or new and/or enlarged T2 lesion(s) in the screening, to ensure that at least 350 patients with MRI activity will be randomized
Eligibility Criteria for Open-Label Extension Phase:
- Completed the double-blind treatment phase of the trial or have received PDP OCR in the FU1 phase, and who, in the opinion of the investigator, may benefit from treatment with Ocrelizumab. Patients who withdrew from study treatment and received another disease-modifying therapy (DMT) or commercial ocrelizumab will not be allowed to enter in the OLE phase.
- Meet the re-treatment criteria for ocrelizumab
- For women of childbearing potential: agreement to remain abstinent (refrain from heterosexual intercourse) or use adequate contraceptive methods during the treatment period and for 6 or 12 months after the final dose of ocrelizumab. Adherence to local requirements, if more stringent, is required.
- For female patients without reproductive potential: Women may be enrolled if surgically sterile (i.e. hysterectomy, complete bilateral oophorectomy) or post-menopausal unless the patient is receiving a hormonal therapy for her menopause or if surgically sterile

To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT04035005
Contact: Reference Study ID Number: WA40404 https://forpatients.roche.com/ | 888-662-6728 (U.S. and Canada) | global-roche-genentech-trials@gene.com |

Study Director: | Clinical Trials | Hoffmann-La Roche |
Responsible Party: | Hoffmann-La Roche |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT04035005 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
WA40404 |
First Posted: | July 29, 2019 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | January 4, 2023 |
Last Verified: | January 2023 |
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: | |
Plan to Share IPD: | Yes |
Plan Description: | Qualified researchers may request access to individual patient level data through the clinical study data request platform (www.clinicalstudydatarequest.com). Further details on Roche's criteria for eligible studies are available here (https://clinicalstudydatarequest.com/Study-Sponsors/Study-Sponsors-Roche.aspx). For further details on Roche's Global Policy on Sharing of Clinical Study Information and how to request access to related clinical study documents, see here (https://www.roche.com/research_and_development/who_we_are_how_we_work/clinical_trials/our_commitment_to_data_sharing.htm). |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: | Yes |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: | No |
Multiple Sclerosis Multiple Sclerosis, Chronic Progressive Sclerosis Pathologic Processes Demyelinating Autoimmune Diseases, CNS Autoimmune Diseases of the Nervous System Nervous System Diseases |
Demyelinating Diseases Autoimmune Diseases Immune System Diseases Ocrelizumab Immunologic Factors Physiological Effects of Drugs |