Long Term Safety and Efficacy Study of Teriflunomide 7 mg or 14 mg in Patients With Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis

Phase 3

Completed

Conditions: Multiple Sclerosis

Interventions: Drug: Teriflunomide (HMR1726)

Registration Number: NCT00803049

Lead Sponsor: Sanofi

Brief Summary: The primary objective of this study was to document the long-term safety and tolerability of teriflunomide in Multiple Sclerosis (MS) participants with relapse.

The secondary objective was to document the long-term efficacy on disability progression, relapse rate and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) parameters.

Detailed Description: Participants completing the EFC6049 (HMR1726D/3001) study were given the opportunity to continue in the extension study;

* participants receiving teriflunomide 7 mg or 14 mg were blindly maintained on the same dose of teriflunomide.

* participants receiving placebo were randomized at a 1:1 ratio to teriflunomide 7 mg or 14 mg.

The study period per participant was broken down as follows:

* Double-blind treatment: up to a maximum of 288 weeks or until teriflunomide was commercially available in the country where participant lived,

* Post-washout follow-up: 4 weeks after last treatment intake. No post-washout follow up if participant continued on teriflunomide treatment by obtaining its commercial form after end of the study.

The total duration of the extension was 292 weeks (about 6 years) from the first participant enrolled or until teriflunomide is commercially available in the country where participant lived.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: COMPLETED

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 742

Inclusion Criteria

Participant who completed the previous double-blind placebo-controlled study EFC6049 and who did not meet criteria for treatment withdrawal.
Willingness to participate in a long-term safety/efficacy trial.

Exclusion Criteria

Any known condition or circumstance that would prevent in the investigator's opinion, compliance or completion of the study.

The above information is not intended to contain all considerations relevant to a participant's potential participation in a clinical trial.

Study & Design

Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL

Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Teriflunomide 7 mg/7 mg	Teriflunomide (HMR1726)	Participants who completed treatment of teriflunomide 7 mg tablet QD for 108 weeks in EFC6049 study, continued their treatment with teriflunomide 7 mg tablet QD for 288 weeks in this extension study.
Placebo/Teriflunomide 14 mg	Teriflunomide (HMR1726)	Participants who completed treatment of placebo (for teriflunomide) tablet QD for 108 weeks in EFC6049, study received teriflunomide 14 mg tablet QD for 288 weeks in this extension study.
Teriflunomide 14 mg/14 mg	Teriflunomide (HMR1726)	Participants who completed treatment of teriflunomide 14 mg tablet QD for 108 weeks in EFC6049 study, continued their treatment with teriflunomide 14 mg tablet QD for 288 weeks in this extension study.
Placebo/Teriflunomide 7 mg	Teriflunomide (HMR1726)	Participants who completed treatment of placebo (for teriflunomide) tablet once daily (QD) for 108 weeks in EFC6049 study, received teriflunomide tablet 7 mg QD for 288 weeks in this extension study.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Percentage of Participants With Treatment-Emergent Adverse Events (TEAEs)	Baseline (LTS6050) up to 28 days after last dose of study drug up to 450 weeks	Adverse event (AE) was defined as any untoward medical occurrence in a participant who received investigational medicinal product (IMP) without regard to possibility of causal relationship with this treatment. TEAEs: AEs that developed or worsened or became serious during on-treatment period which was defined as the period from the time of first dose of study drug (in LTS6050) up to 4 weeks (28 days) after last dose of study drug. Serious adverse event (SAE) was defined as any untoward medical occurrence that resulted in any of the following outcomes: death, life-threatening, required initial or prolonged in-patient hospitalization, persistent or significant disability/incapacity, congenital anomaly/birth defect, or considered as medically important event. Any TEAE included both serious and non-serious AEs.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Time to 12 Week Sustained Disability Progression (DP): Kaplan-Meier Estimates of the Rate of DP	Up to 10.8 years (EFC6049: 108 weeks + LTS6050: 450 weeks)	Sustained DP defined as sustained increase of at least 1 point from baseline (EFC6049) expanded disability status scale (EDSS) score (0.5 point for participants with baseline EDSS\>5.5) persisting for at least 12 weeks. EDSS: an ordinal scale qualifies disability in participants with MS. EDSS total score range: 0 (normal neurological examination) to 10 (death due to Multiple Sclerosis \[MS\]). Probability of DP at 12 weeks was estimated using Kaplan-Meier method on time to DP defined as date of first DP minus (-) date of randomization in EFC6049 study +1 day. Participants free of DP (no DP observed on treatment) were censored at the date of last on-treatment EDSS evaluation in LTS6050. Kaplan-Meier method consists in computing probabilities of non-occurrence of event at any observed time of event and multiplying successive probabilities for time ≤t by any earlier computed probabilities to estimate the probability of being event-free for the amount of time t.
Time to 24 Week Sustained Disability Progression (DP): Kaplan-Meier Estimates of the Rate of DP	Up to 10.8 years (EFC6049: 108 weeks + LTS6050: 450 weeks)	Sustained DP was defined as sustained increase of at least 1 point from baseline (EFC6049) EDSS score (0.5 point for participants with baseline EDSS\>5.5) persisting for at least 24 weeks. EDSS: an ordinal scale qualifies disability in participants with MS. EDSS total score range: 0 (normal neurological examination) to 10 (death due to MS). Probability of DP at 24 weeks was estimated using Kaplan-Meier method on time to DP defined as date of first DP minus (-) date of randomization in EFC6049 study +1 day. Participants free of DP (no DP observed on treatment) were censored at the date of last on-treatment EDSS evaluation in LTS6050. Kaplan-Meier method consists in computing probabilities of non-occurrence of event at any observed time of event and multiplying successive probabilities for time ≤t by any earlier computed probabilities to estimate the probability of being event-free for the amount of time t.
Percentage of Participants Free of Sustained Disability Progression (DP)	Up to 10.8 years since EFC6049 randomization (EFC6049: 108 weeks + LTS6050: 450 weeks)	Sustained DP was defined as sustained increase of at least 1 point from baseline (EFC6049) EDSS score (0.5 point for participants with baseline EDSS\>5.5) persisting for at least 12 weeks and 24 weeks. EDSS is an ordinal scale in half-point increments that qualifies disability in participants with MS. It consists of 8 ordinal rating scales assessing seven functional systems (visual, brainstem, pyramidal, cerebellar, sensory, bowel/bladder, cerebral) as well as ambulation. EDSS total score ranges from 0 (normal neurological examination) to 10 (death due to MS), where higher scores indicates worse neurological function. Percentage of participants who were considered as free of disability progression confirmed after 12 week sustained progression and 24 week sustained progression were reported. Analysis for this outcome measure was performed on combined data of EFC6049 and LTS6050 study, as pre-specified in protocol.
Annualized MS Relapse Rate (ARR): Poisson Regression Estimates	Up to 8 years since LTS6050 randomization	ARR was obtained from total number of confirmed relapses that occurred during treatment period divided by sum of treatment durations in LTS6050 study only. Each episode of relapse - appearance, or worsening of a clinical symptom that was stable for at least 30 days, that persisted for a minimum of 24 hours in the absence of fever was to be confirmed by an increase in EDSS score or Functional System (FS) scores. EDSS: an ordinal scale qualifies disability. EDSS total score range: 0 (normal neurological examination) to 10 (death due to MS). FSS: to assess the neurological function. Total score range: 0 (normal) - 6(worse), higher scores = worse neurological function. To account for the different treatment duration among participants, a Poisson regression model with robust error variance was used (total number of confirmed relapses as response variable; log transformed treatment duration as "offset" variable; treatment group, region of enrolment and baseline EDSS stratum as covariates).
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Assessment: Change From Baseline in Total Volume of Abnormal Lesions (Burden of Disease [BOD]) at Week 192 Since LTS6050 Randomization	Baseline, Week 192	BOD was assessed by cerebral MRI and defined as the total volume of all abnormal brain tissue (calculated as the sum of the total volume of T2-lesion component and T1-hypointense lesion component).

Trial Locations

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Maitland, Florida, United States
Investigational Site Number 1038
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Ft. Wayne, Indiana, United States
Investigational Site Number 1033
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Detroit, Michigan, United States
Investigational Site Number 1037
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Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States
Investigational Site Number 1603
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Graz, Austria
Investigational Site Number 1604
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Innsbruck, Austria
Investigational Site Number 1601
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Wien, Austria
Investigational Site Number 1602
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Wien, Austria
Investigational Site Number 1208
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Calgary, Canada
Investigational Site Number 1212
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Gatineau, Canada
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Investigational Site Number 1032
🇺🇸Maitland, Florida, United States