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Multiple Sclerosis, Relapsing-RemittingPhase 3NCT02525874

Effect of BG00012 on Lymphocyte Subsets and Immunoglobulins in Subjects With Relapsing Remitting Multiple Sclerosis (RRMS).

A Phase 3 study testing dimethyl fumarate in people with Multiple Sclerosis, Relapsing-Remitting and Multiple Sclerosis, run by Biogen at 34 sites in 7 countries.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

Official record
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Trial summary

The primary objective of the study is to evaluate the effect of BG00012 on lymphocyte subset counts during the first year of treatment in subjects with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS). Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 to 65 years
What is being tested?
dimethyl fumarate
Type of treatment
Pill or oral medicine
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
218 participants
Where
34 sitesin 7 countries
Study dates
11 Aug 2015to 23 Apr 2018
Phase
Phase 3
Are there results?
Yes, posted in the registrySummary in the doctors' view

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

  • Subjects of childbearing potential (including female subjects who are post-menopausal for less than 1 year) must practice effective contraception during the study and be willing and able to continue contraception for 30 days after their last dose of study treatment.
  • Must have a confirmed diagnosis of RRMS according to the revised McDonald criteria (2010) [Polman 2011]

Who cannot join

  • History of or positive test result at Screening for:
  • human immunodeficiency virus
  • hepatitis C virus antibody
  • hepatitis B infection
  • Drug or alcohol abuse within 1 year prior to Screening.
  • Prior treatment with any of the following:
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  • cladribine
  • mitoxantrone
  • total lymphoid irradiation
  • alemtuzumab
  • T-cell or T-cell receptor vaccination
  • any therapeutic monoclonal antibody, with the exception of natalizumab or daclizumab
  • Treatment with any of the following medications or procedures within 6 months prior to Baseline (Day 1):
  • DMF (given as Fumaderm®) or BG00012; enrollment will be limited to no more than 40 subjects (out of 200) with prior DMF exposure
  • cyclosporine
  • azathioprine
  • methotrexate
  • mycophenolate mofetil
  • intravenous (IV) Ig
  • plasmapheresis or cytapheresis
  • NOTE: Other protocol defined Inclusion/Exclusion criteria may apply

Trial locations and contacts

34 sites in 7 countries.

34 sites in 7 countries

United States15 sites
  • Research Site

    Atlanta, Georgia, 30342

  • Research Site

    Baltimore, Maryland, 33612

  • Research Site

    Gilbert, Arizona, 85234

  • Research Site

    Long Beach, California, 90806

  • Research Site

    Ocala, Florida, 34471

  • Research Site

    Oldsmar, Florida, 34677

  • Research Site

    Overland Park, Kansas, 66212

  • Research Site

    Raleigh, North Carolina, 27607

  • Research Site

    Salt Lake City, Utah, 84103

  • Research Site

    San Antonio, Texas, 78258

  • Research Site

    Spartanburg, South Carolina, 29307

  • Research Site

    Tacoma, Washington, 98405

  • Research Site

    Tampa, Florida, 33609

  • Research Site

    Tampa, Florida, 33612

  • Research Site

    Traverse City, Michigan, 49684

Other trials in United States

Poland6 sites
  • Research Site

    Bydgoszcz, 85-795

  • Research Site

    Katowice, 40-595

  • Research Site

    Katowice, 40-650

  • Research Site

    Lodz, 90-324

  • Research Site

    Plewiska, 62-064

  • Research Site

    Szczecin, 70-215

Other trials in Poland

Bulgaria5 sites
  • Research Site

    Plaven, 5800

  • Research Site

    Pleven, 5800

  • Research Site

    Sofia, 1113

  • Research Site

    Sofia, 1606

  • Research Site

    Sofia

Other trials in Bulgaria

Belgium3 sites
  • Research Site

    Brasschaat, 2930

  • Research Site

    Bruges, West-Vlaanderen, 8000

  • Research Site

    La Louvière, Hainaut, 7100

Other trials in Belgium

Lithuania3 sites
  • Research Site

    Kaunas, LT-50009

  • Research Site

    Klaipėda, 92288

  • Research Site

    Vilnius, LT-08661

Other trials in Lithuania

Kuwait1 site
  • Research Site

    Kuwait City, 00001

Other trials in Kuwait

Turkey (Türkiye)1 site
  • Research Site

    Umuttepe, Kocaeli, 41380

Other trials in Turkey (Türkiye)

About this study

Official title: An Open-Label Study to Assess the Effects of BG00012 on Lymphocyte Subsets in Subjects With Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis

The primary objective of the study is to evaluate the effect of BG00012 on lymphocyte subset counts during the first year of treatment in subjects with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS). A secondary objective is to evaluate the pharmacodynamic effect on absolute lymphocyte counts (ALCs) and immunoglobulins (Igs) during the first year of treatment.

Being tested
dimethyl fumarate
Keywords
Tecfidera, DMF, dimethyl fumarate
Medical subject headings
Multiple Sclerosis, Relapsing-Remitting, Multiple Sclerosis

What participants receive

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

  • dimethyl fumarateDrug

    Also called BG00012, Tecfidera, DMF

    Initial oral dose for 7 days with maintenance dose thereafter

Study groups in NCT02525874
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
dimethyl fumarateExperimental120 mg twice daily (BID) for the first 7 days and 240 mg BID thereafter
Receives: Drug: dimethyl fumarate

What is being measured

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

  1. Change From Baseline in Lymphocyte Subsets Counts up to 48 Weeks: T Cell, B Cell, Natural Killer Cell (TBNK)

    Lymphocyte subsets include T cell, B cell and Natural killer (NK) cells.

    Measured: Baseline, Week 4, Week 8, Week 12, Week 24, Week 36 and Week 48

  2. Change From Baseline in Lymphocyte Subsets Counts up to 48 Weeks: T-Cells Subsets

    T-cells subsets includes Activated CD4+ T-cell, Activated CD8+ T-cell, Activated CD8+ T-cell [CD38+], Activated Th (T helper) 1 phenotype, Activated Th17 phenotype, Activated Th2-enriched phenotype, Activated CD4+ T-cell [CD38+HLA-DR+], Activated CD4+ T-cell [HLA-DR+], Activated CD8+ T-cell [HLA-DR+], Central Memory (CM) CD4+ T-cell [CD45RA-CCR7+], CM CD4+ T-cell [CD45RA-CCR7+], CM CD8+ T-cell [CD45RA-CCR7+], Effector CD4+ T-cell [CD45RA+CCR7-], Effector CD8+ T-cell [CD45RA+CCR7-], Effector Memory (EM) CD4+ T-cell [CD45RA-CCR7-], EM CD8+ T-cell [CD45RA-CCR7-], Effector Regulatory T-cells, Effector CD4+ T-cell [CD45RA+CCR7-], Effector CD8+ T-cell [CD45RA+CCR7-], Naïve CD4+ T-cell [CD45RA+], Naïve CD8+ T-cell [CD45RA+], Naïve (N) CD8+ T-cell [CD45RA+], Naïve Regulatory T-cells, Terminal Effector Regulatory T-cells, Th1 phenotype, Th17 phenotype, Th2-enriched phenotype. Here, Change at week is represented as CW.

    Measured: Baseline, Week 4, Week 8, Week 12, Week 24, Week 36 and Week 48

  3. Change From Baseline in Lymphocyte Subsets Counts up to 48 Weeks: B-Cell Subsets

    B-cell subsets include CD10+ Transitional B cells, CD138+ Plasma Cells, Ig (Immunoglobulin) D+ Memory B cells [non-class switched], IgD- Memory B cells [class switched], Naïve B cells, Plasma Cells [CD10-], Transitional B-cells and Plasmablasts. Here, Change at week is represented as CW.

    Measured: Baseline, Week 4, Week 8, Week 12, Week 24, Week 36 and Week 48

  4. Change From Baseline in Lymphocyte Subsets Counts up to 48 Weeks: Myeloid and Natural Killer (NK) Cells

    Myeloid and natural killer cell subsets include CD56Bright NK cells, CD56Dim NK cells, Classical Monocytes, Myeloid dendritic cells, Non-classical Monocytes, Plasmacytoid dendritic cells, Total dendritic cells and Total monocytes [CD14+].

    Measured: Baseline, Week 4, Week 8, Week 12, Week 24, Week 36 and Week 48

  5. Change From Baseline in Lymphocyte Subsets Counts up to 48 Weeks: T-Cell Cytokines

    T-cell cytokine subsets include IFN (interferon) g+ (% of CD4+ T cells), IFNg+ (% of CD8+ T cells), IFNg+ (% of memory CD4+ T cells), IFNg+ (% of memory CD8+ T cells), IL- (interleukin) 17A+/IFNg- (% of CD4+ T cells), IL-17A+/IFNg- (% of CD8+ T cells), IL-17A+/IFNg- (% of memory CD4+ T cells), IL-17A+/IFNg- (% of memory CD8+ T cells), IL-2+ (% of CD4+ T cells), IL-2+ (% of CD8+ T cells), IL-2+ (% of memory CD4+ T cells), IL-2+ (% of memory CD8+ T cells), IL-4+ (% of CD4+ T cells), IL-4+ (% of CD8+ T cells), IL-4+ (% of memory CD4+ T cells) and IL-4+ (% of memory CD8+ T cells). Here, Change at week is represented as CW.

    Measured: Baseline, Week 4, Week 8, Week 12, Week 24, Week 36 and Week 48

  6. Change From Baseline in Lymphocyte Subsets Counts up to 48 Weeks: Very Late Antigen-4 (VLA-4/Lymphocyte Function-Associated Antigen-1 (LFA-1) Antigen

    VLA-4/LFA-1 antigen subsets include CD11a+ (% of B cells), CD11a+ (% of T cells), CD11a+ (% of MNC), CD11a+ (% of dendritic cells [CD11c++]), CD11a+ (% of lymphocytes), CD11a+ (% of monocytes), CD11a+ (% of neutrophils), CD49d+ (% of B cells), CD49d+ (% of T cells), CD49d+ (% of MNC), CD49d+ (% of dendritic cells [CD11c++]), CD49d+ (% of lymphocytes), CD49d+ (% of monocytes) and CD49d+ (% of neutrophils).

    Measured: Baseline, Week 4, Week 8, Week 12, Week 24, Week 36 and Week 48

Secondary outcomes (4)
  1. Change From Baseline in Immunoglobulin A (IgA) up to 48 Weeks

    Measured: Baseline, Week 4, Week 8, Week 12, Week 24, Week 36 and Week 48

  2. Change From Baseline in Immunoglobulin M (IgM) up to 48 Weeks

    Measured: Baseline, Week 4, Week 8, Week 12, Week 24, Week 36 and Week 48

  3. Change From Baseline in Immunoglobulin G (IgG) up to 48 Weeks

    Measured: Baseline, Week 4, Week 8, Week 12, Week 24, Week 36 and Week 48

  4. Change From Baseline in Immunoglobulin G (IgG) Subclasses up to 48 Weeks

    Measured: Baseline, Week 4, Week 8, Week 12, Week 24, Week 36 and Week 48

Timeline

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

  1. First posted18 Aug 2015 (estimated)
  2. Study start11 Aug 2015
  3. Primary completion24 Apr 2017
  4. Study completion23 Apr 2018

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 3
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
218 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT02525874
Sponsor's protocol ID
109MS310
Other IDs
2015-001973-42, 2015
Status last verified
Jun 2019
First submitted
10 Jul 2015
Last updated
27 Jun 2019
Data monitoring committee
No

Publications

  • Mao-Draayer Y, Bar-Or A, Balashov K, Foley J, Smoot K, Longbrake EE, Robertson D, Mendoza JP, Lewin JB, Everage N, Bozin I, Lyons J, Mokliatchouk O, Bame E, Giuliani F. Real-World Safety and Effectiveness of Dimethyl Fumarate in Patients with MS: Results from the ESTEEM Phase 4 and PROCLAIM Phase 3 Studies with a Focus on Older Patients. Adv Ther. 2025 Jan;42(1):395-412. doi: 10.1007/s12325-024-03047-w. Epub 2024 Nov 21.

    PubMed 39570545

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 3 study testing dimethyl fumarate in people with Multiple Sclerosis, Relapsing-Remitting and Multiple Sclerosis, run by Biogen at 34 sites in 7 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 2 inclusion and 21 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: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 27 Jun 2019. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 34 sites in United States, Poland, Bulgaria, Belgium, Lithuania and 2 more countries. 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. 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 3 studies compare the treatment with the current standard treatment or a placebo in a large group, to confirm how well it works and watch for side effects.

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

Are results available for this study?

Yes. Results are posted in the registry (first posted 27 Jun 2019). A summary is in the For doctors view, and the full results are on ClinicalTrials.gov.

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?

Change From Baseline in Lymphocyte Subsets Counts up to 48 Weeks: T Cell, B Cell, Natural Killer Cell (TBNK) (time frame: Baseline, Week 4, Week 8, Week 12, Week 24, Week 36 and Week 48). The study lists 6 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT02525874, which also lists 1 linked publication.

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 27 Jun 2019.

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