Multiple Sclerosis, Relapsing-Remitting
Conditions
Keywords
Cognition, Tecfidera, RRMS, BG00012
Brief summary
The primary objective(s) of the study are to assess the BG00012 (dimethyl fumarate) treatment effect on cognition over 2 year period in RRMS patients. The secondary objectives of this study are to further assess BG00012 treatment effect on cognition, predictors of cognitive impairment, clinical efficacy, and patient reported outcomes (PRO): depression, fatigue, quality of life, and work and social life activity.
Interventions
DRUGdimethyl fumarate
dimethyl fumarate administered as per the arm description
Sponsors
Biogen
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Key Inclusion Criteria: * Must have a confirmed diagnosis of RRMS according to McDonald criteria (Polman, Reingold et al. 2005). * Must have a baseline EDSS between 0.0 and 5.0, inclusive. * Must have experienced at least 1 relapse within the 12 months prior to randomization, with a prior brain MRI demonstrating lesion(s) consistent with MS, or show evidence of gadolinium-enhancing lesion(s) of the brain on an MRI performed within the 6 weeks prior to randomization. Key
Exclusion criteria
Candidates will be excluded from study entry if any of the following
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Proportion of patients with worsening in cognitive improvement over 2 years. | Up to 2 years | As measured by at least 2 standard deviation (SD) below Italian normative data of the Rao's Brief Repeatable Battery of Neuropsychological Tests (BRB) and a 100-item version of the Stroop Test. The Brief Repeatable Battery of Neuropsychological Tests (BRB-N) is a sensitive measure of cognitive impairment in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients. The Stroop Test is a test used to measure a person's sustained attention for word reading and color naming with and without interference. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Annualized relapse rate at year 1. | Up to one year | — |
| Annualized relapse rate at year 2. | Up to 2 years | — |
| Time to relapse over 2 years. | 2 years | — |
| Proportion of patients with 6-month sustained progression of disability as measured by at least a 1.0 point increase from a baseline EDSS>1.0 or at least a 1.5 point increase from a baseline EDSS=0). | Up to 2 years | The Kurtzke Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) is a method of quantifying disability in multiple sclerosis. The EDSS quantifies disability in eight Functional Systems (FS) and allows neurologists to assign a Functional System Score (FSS) in each of these. Each functional system is scored on a scale of 0 (no disability) to 5 or 6 (more severe disability). EDSS steps 1.0 to 4.5 refer to people with MS who are fully ambulatory. EDSS steps 5.0 to 9.5 are defined by the impairment to ambulation. |
| Change in cognitive impairment index score (CII) over two years | Up to 2 years | An individual cognitive change index will be measured by calculating changes on the cognitive impairment index (CII) for each participant between year 0 and year 1, and year 0 and year 2. The CII is an individual cognitive change index aimed at providing a more precise assessment of the amount and direction of cognitive changes over time. |
| Change from baseline in a self rating version of the Montgomery and Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS) | 2 years | The MADRS instrument has nine questions, with an overall score ranging from 0 to 27 points |
| Change from baseline in fatigue as measured by the Modified Fatigue Impact Scale (MFIS) | 2 years | The MFIS is a modified form of the Fatigue Impact Scale based on items derived from interviews with MS patients concerning how fatigue impacts their lives. This instrument provides an assessment of the effects of fatigue in terms of physical, cognitive, and psychosocial functioning. The full-length MFIS consists of 21 items |
| Change from baseline in Quality of life (QOL) as measured by the EQ-5D Health Survey | 2 years | The EQ-5D is a widely-used survey instrument for measuring economic preferences for health states. It is a self-administered questionnaire consisting of 5 sets of 3 questions pertaining to specific health states (i.e., mobility, self-care, pain, usual activities, anxiety). |
| Change from baseline in the Environmental Status Scale (ESS) | 2 years | The Environmental Status Scale (ESS) is used to quickly evaluate a patient for handicap. It was derived from a measure of socio-economic status. It consists of seven parameters: (1) actual work status, (2) financial and economic status, (3) personal residence or home, (4) personal assistance required, (5) transportation, (6) community services, (7) social activity. Each parameter has a single score from minimum 0 to maximum 5. ESS score is the sum of the points for all 7 parameters: minimum score: 0; maximum score: 35. The higher the score the greater the handicap. |
| Assessment of baseline demographic, disease characteristics and related patient reported outcomes that predict CI at two years. | Up to 2 years | Demographics may include age and gender, disease characteristics may include year of diagnosis and disability and PRO may include fatigue and depression at the time of initiation of BG00012. |
Countries
Italy
Outcome results
None listed