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Relapsing Remitting Multiple SclerosisPhase 2NCT01037907

A Study of Orally Administered BGC20-0134 (Structured Lipid) in Patients With Relapsing Remitting Multiple Sclerosis (RRMS)

A Phase 2 study testing Pleneva TM BGC20-0134 in people with Relapsing Remitting Multiple Sclerosis, run by Boston Scientific Corporation at 35 sites in 6 countries.

Terminated

Stopped early. The study ended before it was planned to and will not resume.

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Trial summary

To determine the efficacy and safety of an oral drug (BGC20-0134) in patients with relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis. Specifically, the cumulative number of new gadolinium enhancing lesions after 24 weeks of treatment with BGC20-0134. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 to 65 years
Conditions the study is for
Relapsing Remitting Multiple Sclerosis
What is being tested?
Pleneva TM BGC20-0134
Type of treatment
Pill or oral medicine
Could I receive a placebo?
Yes, some participants may receive a placebo
How many people
173 participants
Where
35 sitesin 6 countries
Study dates
Nov 2009to Dec 2011
Phase
Phase 2
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 to 65 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Diagnosis of relapsing MS according to the revised 2005 McDonald criteria
  • Has shown disease activity defined by 1 or more MS attack within the last year which has been documented in prior medical notes and or the presence of active lesions on historical scans being either (based on radiology report or investigator review of MRI):
  • Gd-enhancing on any scan obtained in the last year, or
  • new T2 lesions between two scans both obtained within the last year
  • A minimum total of 9 T2 lesions reported on a recent MRI obtained within 1 month prior to the screening visit
  • Baseline EDSS score 0 - 5.5
  • Has refused to be treated with approved disease modifying therapies available for MS, for any reason and once the investigator has fully informed the patient about the related benefits and potential adverse events associated with such treatments. Also, patients for whom such treatments have proved to be intolerable

Who cannot join

  • Has experienced an MS relapse or received systemic corticosteroids or adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) in the previous 1 month
  • Has a secondary progressive (SPMS), progressive relapsing (PRMS), or primary progressive MS (PPMS).
  • Has received any of the following agents to treat MS (approved or unapproved):
  • Within the previous 3 months: interferon beta, glatiramer acetate, intravenous immunoglobulin or plasmapheresis
  • Within the previous 12 months: natalizumab, daclizumab, cytapheresis, azathioprine, cladribine, cyclophosphamide, methotrexate, mitoxantrone, mycophenolate, pixantrone, sirolimus, tacrolimus, or other agents typically used to prevent transplant rejection or as cancer chemotherapy, excluding hormonal treatments
  • Ever having received: stem cell or bone marrow transplant, total lymphoid irradiation, vaccine therapy for MS, or monoclonal antibodies whose effects may be longer than 1 year (such as alemtuzumab or rituximab)
  • Within the previous 3 months: any other agents given for the non-symptomatic treatment of MS which are not included above, including over-the-counter, herbal and nutritional supplements. However, if the agent is being taken primarily to treat another medical condition, then it is allowed as long as the dose is unchanged within the previous 3 months and is unlikely to change before week 24.

Trial locations and contacts

35 sites in 6 countries.

35 sites in 6 countries

Germany11 sites
  • Klnik Hohe Warte

    Bayreuth, D-95445

  • Jüdisches Krankenhaus Berlin

    Berlin

  • Universitätsklinikum Charité, Campus Mitte

    Berlin

  • Klinikum der Ruhr-Universität Bochum

    Bochum

  • Universitätsklinikum der Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf

    Düsseldorf

  • Universitätsklinikum Essen

    Essen

  • Universitätsklinikum Magdeburg A.ö.R

    Magdeburg, 39120

  • Klinikum Osnabrück Klinik für Neurologie

    Osnabrück, 49076

  • Universitätsklinikum Rostock AöR

    Rostock, 18147

  • Neurologische und psychiatrische Praxis

    Stuttgart, 70191

  • Universitätsklinikum Ulm

    Ulm

Other trials in Germany

Spain7 sites
  • Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol

    Badalona

  • Hospital Clinic de Barcelona

    Barcelona

  • Vall'd Hebron

    Barcelona

  • Hospital Universitari de Girona

    Girona, Avda.De Franca, S/n, 17007

  • Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón

    Madrid, 28007

  • Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal

    Madrid, 28034

  • Hospital Universitario Ntra Sra de la Candelaria

    Santa Cruz de Tenerife, 38010

Other trials in Spain

Russia6 sites
  • City hospital # 11 Str. Dvintcev 6

    Moscow

  • Moscow regional institute of clinical research named after M.F. Vladimirsky

    Moscow

  • State Medical University named after I.P. Pavlov

    Saint Petersburg, Str. L. Tolstogo 6/8, 197022

  • Institute of Human Brain, str. Acad. Pavlov, St-Petersburg

    Saint Petersburg

  • City hospital # 9 Str. B. Gornaya 43, Saratov

    Saratov

  • hospital # 33 pr. Lenina 54, Nizniy Novgorod

    Velikiy Novgorod

Other trials in Russia

France4 sites
  • CHU Amiens-Hôpital Nord-

    Amiens

  • CHU Clermont Ferrand-Hôpital Gabriel Montpied-

    Clermont

  • CHRU Strasbourg- Hôpital Civil-1 place de l'hôpital

    Strasbourg

  • CHU Toulouse-Hôpital Purpan

    Toulouse

Other trials in France

Poland4 sites
  • Medical University of Gdansk Ul. Nowe Ogrody 1-6

    Gdansk

  • Upper Silezian Medical Center SAM Ul Ziolowa 45/47

    Katowice

  • Medical University of Lodz

    Lodz

  • Samodzielny Publiczny Szpital Kliniczny

    Lublin, 20-954

Other trials in Poland

Belgium3 sites
  • University Hospital Gent

    Ghent

  • AZ St. Jan Brugge Oostende AV.

    Ruddershove

  • AZ ALMA

    Sijsele

Other trials in Belgium

About this study

Official title: A Placebo-controlled Phase IIa Study of Orally Administered BGC20-0134/Pleneva TM (Structured Lipid) in Patients With RRMS

To determine the efficacy and safety of an oral drug (BGC20-0134) in patients with relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis. Specifically, the cumulative number of new gadolinium enhancing lesions after 24 weeks of treatment with BGC20-0134.

Read the detailed description

Primary outcome measure:

The cumulative number of new GdE T1 lesions developing while on treatment.

Secondary outcome measures:

  • MRI:
  • Cumulative number of total GdE T1 lesions developing while on treatment
  • Cumulative number of new T2 lesions
  • Patients free of GdE (T1-weighted) lesions at week 24
  • Change in volume of GdE T1
  • Brain atrophy
  • Cumulative number of new T1 hypointense lesions (black holes)
  • Disease burden, T1 and T2 lesion activity at week 48.
  • Number of clinical relapses from baseline to the end of treatment. • Change on the Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS)
  • Number of patients requiring methylprednisolone treatment for a relapse.
  • Serum levels of pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines.
  • Quality of life (MSQOL-54)

Eligibility Criteria

MS-Related inclusion criteria

  1. Diagnosis of relapsing MS according to the revised 2005 McDonald criteria.
  2. Has shown disease activity defined by 1 or more MS attack within the last year which has been documented in prior medical notes and or the presence of active lesions on historical scans being either (based on radiology report or investigator review of MRI):
  3. Gd-enhancing on any scan obtained in the last year, or
  4. new T2 lesions between two scans both obtained within the last year.
  5. A minimum total of 9 T2 lesions reported on a recent MRI obtained within 1 month prior to the screening visit.
  6. Baseline EDSS score 0 - 5.5.
  7. Has refused to be treated with approved disease modifying therapies available for MS, for any reason and once the investigator has fully informed the patient about the related benefits and potential adverse events associated with such treatments. Also, patients for whom such treatments have proved to be intolerable.

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Has experienced an MS relapse or received systemic corticosteroids or adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) in the previous 1 month.
  2. Has a secondary progressive (SPMS), progressive relapsing (PRMS), or primary progressive MS (PPMS).
  3. Has received any of the following agents to treat MS (approved or unapproved):
  • Within the previous 3 months: interferon beta, glatiramer acetate, intravenous immunoglobulin or plasmapheresis.
  • Within the previous 12 months: natalizumab, daclizumab, cytapheresis, azathioprine, cladribine, cyclophosphamide, methotrexate, mitoxantrone, mycophenolate, pixantrone, sirolimus, tacrolimus, or other agents typically used to prevent transplant rejection or as cancer chemotherapy, excluding hormonal treatments.
  • Ever having received: stem cell or bone marrow transplant, total lymphoid irradiation, vaccine therapy for MS, or monoclonal antibodies whose effects may be longer than 1 year (such as alemtuzumab or rituximab).
  • Within the previous 3 months: any other agents given for the non-symptomatic treatment of MS which are not included above, including over-the-counter, herbal and nutritional supplements. However, if the agent is being taken primarily to treat another medical condition, then it is allowed as long as the dose is unchanged within the previous 3 months and is unlikely to change before week
Being tested
Pleneva TM BGC20-0134, Placebo
Keywords
Oral treatment for MS, Oral drug for multiple sclerosis, Oral RRMS, Oral relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis, Gamma Linolenic Acid, GLA, Fatty acid, Triglyceride, Structured lipid, MRI, Magnetic resonance imaging, gadolinium enhancing lesions, expanded disability status scale, EDSS, Demyelination, Remyelination, TGFB1, Transforming growth factor beta 1, cytokines, disease modifying therapy
Medical subject headings
Multiple Sclerosis, Relapsing-Remitting, Demyelinating Diseases, Camurati-Engelmann Syndrome

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Pleneva TM BGC20-0134Drug

    Placebo or 5 g dose

  • PlaceboDrug

    Placebo or 5 g dose

Study groups in NCT01037907
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
BGC20-0134 (Pleneva TM)ExperimentalStructured lipid
Receives: Drug: Pleneva TM BGC20-0134
Placebo controlPlacebo comparatorPlacebo - dummy pill
Receives: Drug: Placebo

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. The cumulative number of new gadolinium-enhanced (GdE) T1 weighted lesions developing while on treatment (specifically the sum of new GdE T1 lesions seen on MRI at weeks 12, 16, 20 and 24).

    Measured: 24 weeks

Secondary outcomes (15)
  1. Cumulative number of total GdE T1 weighted lesions developing while on treatment

    Measured: 24 weeks

  2. Cumulative number of new T2 weighted lesions

    Measured: 24 weeks

  3. Patients free of GdE (T1-weighted) lesions

    Measured: 24 weeks

  4. Change in volume of GdE T1 weighted lesions

    Measured: 24 weeks

  5. Change in volume of T2 lesions

    Measured: 24 weeks

  6. Brain atrophy

    Measured: 24 weeks

  7. Cumulative number of new T1 hypointense lesions (black holes)

    Measured: 24 weeks

  8. Disease burden, T1 and T2 lesion activity at week 48.

    Measured: 48 weeks

  9. Number of clinical relapses from baseline during the first 24 weeks.

    Measured: 24 weeks

  10. Change on the Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) during the first 24 weeks

    Measured: 48 weeks

  11. Number of patients receiving methylprednisolone treatment for a relapse during the first 24 weeks.

    Measured: 48 weeks

  12. Serum levels of cytokines during the first 24 weeks.

    Measured: 24 weeks

  13. Quality of life (MSQOL-54) assessment

    Measured: 48 weeks

  14. PK for determination of circulating levels of BGC20-0134 and plasma concentrations of dihomo-gamma linolenic acid (DHGLA) during the first 24 weeks.

    Measured: 24 weeks

  15. Overall safety of BGC20-0134

    Measured: 48 weeks

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted23 Dec 2009 (estimated)
  2. Study startNov 2009
  3. Primary completionDec 2011
  4. Study completionDec 2011

Why it stopped: Lack of efficacy

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
Quadruple blind
Who is masked
Participant, Care provider, Investigator, Outcomes assessor
Enrolment
173 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT01037907
Sponsor's protocol ID
BGC20-0134-02
Status last verified
Jun 2022
First submitted
21 Dec 2009
Last updated
3 Jun 2022
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 2 study testing Pleneva TM BGC20-0134 in people with Relapsing Remitting Multiple Sclerosis, run by Boston Scientific Corporation at 35 sites in 6 countries.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 7 inclusion and 7 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: stopped early, as of the sponsor's last update on 3 Jun 2022. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 35 sites in Germany, Spain, Russia, France, Poland and 1 more country. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. Some participants in this study may receive a placebo. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this phase mean?

Phase 2 studies give the treatment to a larger group to see whether it has the intended effect and to keep checking safety.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

The study was stopped early (reason given: Lack of efficacy). Results are not available in the source record.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

The cumulative number of new gadolinium-enhanced (GdE) T1 weighted lesions developing while on treatment (specifically the sum of new GdE T1 lesions seen on MRI at weeks 12, 16, 20 and 24). (time frame: 24 weeks). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 3 Jun 2022; AzTrials last refreshed its copy on 6 Nov 2026.

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