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Long-term Efficacy and Safety of Fingolimod (FTY720) in Patients With Relapsing-remitting Multiple Sclerosis

This study has been completed.
Sponsor:
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Novartis
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT00662649
First received: April 17, 2008
Last updated: June 9, 2012
Last verified: June 2012
History of Changes
  Purpose

This extension study of was designed to evaluate the long-term safety, tolerability, and efficacy of fingolimod (FTY720) in patients with multiple sclerosis. The Extension study was an extension to the 24-month Core study (CFTY720D2301/NCT00289978).


Condition Intervention Phase
Multiple Sclerosis
 Drug: Fingolimod 0.5 mg
Drug: Fingolimod 1.25 mg
 Phase 3

Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Allocation: Randomized
Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
Official Title: An Extension of the 24-month, Double-blind, Randomized, Multicenter, Placebo-controlled, Parallel-group Study Comparing Efficacy and Safety of Fingolimod (FTY720) 1.25 mg and 0.5 mg Administered Orally Once Daily Versus Placebo in Patients With Relapsing-remitting Multiple Sclerosis

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U.S. FDA Resources

Further study details as provided by Novartis:

Primary Outcome Measures:
  • Annualized Aggregate Relapse Rate (ARR) During Months 0 to End of Study(Core [CFTY720D2301/NCT00289978] and Extension Study) [ Time Frame: Months 0 to end of study (maximum up to 60 months) ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
    ARR is defined as the number of confirmed relapses in a year. A relapse is defined as the appearance of a new or worsening of a previously stable or improving pre-existing neurological abnormality, separated by at least 30 days from onset of a preceding relapse. The abnormality must be present for at least 24 hours and occur in the absence of fever or infection. The annualized ARR for each treatment group was the mean of the annualized ARRs for all patients in the group, calculated as the total number of confirmed relapses divided by the total number of days on study multiplied by 365.25.

  • Time to First Confirmed Relapse up to End of Study: Kaplan-Meier Estimate of Percentage of Patients Relapse-free [ Time Frame: Core baseline to end of study (maximum up to 60 months) ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
    A relapse was confirmed when it was accompanied by an increase of at least half a step (0.5) on the Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) or an increase of 1 point on two different Functional Systems (FS) of the EDSS or 2 points on one of the FS (excluding Bowel/Bladder or Cerebral FS). Kaplan-Meier estimates of the percentage of relapse-free patients at end of study and and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were presented for the treatment groups.

  • Annualized Aggregate Relapse Rate (ARR) During Months 0-24 (Core Study) and Months 24-48 (Extension Study) [ Time Frame: Months 0-24 (core study) and Months 24-48 (extension study) ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
    ARR is defined as the number of confirmed relapses in a year. A relapse is defined as the appearance of a new or worsening of a previously stable or improving pre-existing neurological abnormality, separated by at least 30 days from onset of a preceding relapse. The abnormality must be present for at least 24 hours and occur in the absence of fever or infection. The annualized ARR for each treatment group was the mean of the annualized ARRs for all patients in the group, calculated as the total number of confirmed relapses divided by the total number of days on study multiplied by 365.25.

  • Change (Expressed as Ratio) in the Annualized Aggregate Relapse Rate (ARR) From Months 0-24 (Core Study) to Months 24-48 (Extension Study) [ Time Frame: Months 0-24 (core study) and Months 24-48 (extension study) ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
    ARR is defined as the number of confirmed relapses in a year. A relapse is defined as the appearance of a new or worsening of a previously stable or improving pre-existing neurological abnormality, separated by at least 30 days from onset of a preceding relapse. The abnormality must be present for at least 24 hours and occur in the absence of fever or infection. The annualized ARR for each treatment group was the mean of the annualized ARRs for all patients in the group, calculated as the total number of confirmed relapses divided by the total number of days on study multiplied by 365.25.


Secondary Outcome Measures:
  • Change in Mean Number of New or Newly Enlarged T2 Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Lesions During Months 0-24 (Core Study) and Months 24-48 (Extension Study) [ Time Frame: Months 0-24 (core study) and Months 24-48 (extension study) ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
    The number of new or newly enlarged T2 lesions was assessed with T2-weighted MRI scans. A T2-weighted MRI scan utilizes particular values of the echo time (TE) and the repetition time (TR) parameters of image acquisition. Inflammation and tissue damage are seen as bright areas in T2 images and are often referred to as T2 lesions. T2 weighted MRI scans are a sensitive way to evaluate the brain for demyelinating diseases, such as multiple sclerosis.

  • Percentage of Patients Free of New or Newly Enlarged T2 Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Lesions During Months 0-24 (Core Study) and Months 24-48 (Extension Study) [ Time Frame: Months 0-24 (core study) and Months 24-48 (extension study) ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
    The number of new or newly enlarged T2 lesions was assessed with T2-weighted MRI scans. A T2-weighted MRI scan utilizes particular values of the echo time (TE) and the repetition time (TR) parameters of image acquisition. Inflammation and tissue damage are seen as bright areas in T2 images and are often referred to as T2 lesions. T2 weighted MRI scans are a sensitive way to evaluate the brain for demyelinating diseases, such as multiple sclerosis.

  • Percent Change in Brain Volume From Month 0 to Month 24 (Core Study) and From Month 24 to Month 48 (Extension Study) [ Time Frame: Months 0-24 (core study) and Months 24-48 (extension study) ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
    Calculations of brain volume change were performed using the structural image evaluation of normalized atrophy (SIENA), software included in the Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Brain (FMRIB) software library. SIENA is a fully automated method for estimating temporal brain volume change.

  • Percent Change in Brain Volume From Month 0 End of Study (Core and Extension Study) [ Time Frame: Months 0 to end of study (maximum up to 60 months) ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
    Calculations of brain volume change were performed using the structural image evaluation of normalized atrophy (SIENA), software included in the Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Brain (FMRIB) software library. SIENA is a fully automated method for estimating temporal brain volume change.

  • Time to First 3-month Confirmed Disability Progression up to End of Study Based on Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS): Kaplan-Meier Estimate of Percentage of Patients Free of Disability Progression [ Time Frame: Core baseline to end of study (maximum up to 60 months) ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
    Kurtzke's Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) is a scale for assessing neurologic impairment in multiple sclerosis (MS) includes a series of scores in each of eight functional systems such as Visual, Brain Stem, Pyramidal, Cerebellar, Sensory, Bowel & Bladder, Cerebral, and Other. The EDSS steps range from 0 (normal) to 10 (death due to MS). The Kaplan-Meier estimates of the percentage of participants free of disability progression at end of study and their 95% CIs were provided for each treatment group.


Enrollment: 920
Study Start Date: February 2008
Study Completion Date: June 2011
Primary Completion Date: June 2011 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Arms Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Fingolimod 1.25 mg
Patients continued the same dose to which they had been randomized in the Core study (CFTY720D2301/NCT00289978), fingolimod 1.25 mg/day, in this Extension study.
 Drug: Fingolimod 1.25 mg
Patients self-administered fingolimod 1.25 mg capsules orally once daily.
Other Name: FTY720
Experimental: Fingolimod 0.5 mg
Patients continued the same dose to which they had been randomized in the Core study, fingolimod 0.5 mg/day, in this Extension study.
 Drug: Fingolimod 0.5 mg
Patients self-administered fingolimod 0.5 mg capsules orally once daily.
Other Name: FTY720
Experimental: Placebo-fingolimod
Patients randomized to placebo in the Core study were re randomized to fingolimod (either 0.5 or 1.25 mg/day) in this Extension study.
 Drug: Fingolimod 0.5 mg
Patients self-administered fingolimod 0.5 mg capsules orally once daily.
Other Name: FTY720
Drug: Fingolimod 1.25 mg
Patients self-administered fingolimod 1.25 mg capsules orally once daily.
Other Name: FTY720
Experimental: Placebo-fingolimod 1.25 mg
Patients randomized to placebo in the Core study were re randomized to fingolimod 1.25 mg/day in this Extension study.
 Drug: Fingolimod 1.25 mg
Patients self-administered fingolimod 1.25 mg capsules orally once daily.
Other Name: FTY720
Experimental: Placebo-fingolimod 0.5 mg
Patients randomized to placebo in the Core study were re randomized to fingolimod 0.5 mg/day in this Extension study.
 Drug: Fingolimod 0.5 mg
Patients self-administered fingolimod 0.5 mg capsules orally once daily.
Other Name: FTY720

  Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:   20 Years to 58 Years
Genders Eligible for Study:   Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Patients should complete the 24 month core study

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients with other chronic disease of the immune system, malignancies, acute pulmonary disease, cardiac failure, etc.
  • Pregnant or nursing women

Other protocol-defined inclusion/exclusion criteria may apply.

  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00662649

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Sponsors and Collaborators
Novartis
Investigators
Study Chair: Novartis Pharmaceuticals Novartis Pharmaceuticals
  More Information

No publications provided

Responsible Party: Novartis
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00662649     History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers: CFTY720D2301E1, 2007-004122-24
Study First Received: April 17, 2008
Results First Received: June 9, 2012
Last Updated: June 9, 2012
Health Authority: Sweden: Regional Ethical Review Board

Keywords provided by Novartis:
Multiple sclerosis.
Relapse-remitting
Fingolimod

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Multiple Sclerosis
Sclerosis
Multiple Sclerosis, Relapsing-Remitting
Demyelinating Autoimmune Diseases, CNS
Autoimmune Diseases of the Nervous System
Nervous System Diseases
Demyelinating Diseases
Autoimmune Diseases
 Immune System Diseases
Pathologic Processes
Fingolimod
Immunosuppressive Agents
Immunologic Factors
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Pharmacologic Actions

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