A Multinational, Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blind, Parallel-Group, Placebo-Controlled Study Followed by an Active Treatment Period, to Evaluate the Efficacy, Safety and Tolerability of Two Doses of Oral Administration of Laquinimod (0.6 mg/Day or 1.2 mg/Day) in Patients With Relapsing Remitting Multiple Sclerosis (RRMS)
Overview
- Phase
- Phase 3
- Intervention
- Placebo
- Conditions
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Sponsor
- Teva Branded Pharmaceutical Products R&D, Inc.
- Enrollment
- 2199
- Locations
- 284
- Primary Endpoint
- Placebo-Controlled Phase: Time to Confirmed Disease Progression (CDP) Confirmed After At Least 3 Months (Number of Participants With CDP After At Least 3 Months)
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 4 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
This is a multinational, multicenter, randomized, double-blind, parallel-group, placebo-controlled study followed by active treatment, to evaluate the efficacy, safety and tolerability of two doses of oral administration of laquinimod in participants with RRMS. The study has 2 periods: Period 1, the double-blind, placebo-controlled period (up to 24 months) and Period 2, the active treatment period (24 months).
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Participants must have a confirmed and documented multiple sclerosis (MS) diagnosis as defined by the Revised McDonald criteria, with relapse onset disease or a relapsing-remitting disease course.
- •Participants must be ambulatory with Kurtzke's expanded disability status scale (EDSS) score of 0 to 5.5 in both screening and randomization visits.
- •Participants must be in a stable neurological condition, relapse-free and free of any corticosteroid treatment \[intravenous (IV), intramuscular (IM) and/or per os (PO)/oral\] or adrenocorticotrophic hormone, 60 days prior to randomization.
- •Participants must have experienced at least one documented relapse in the 12 months prior to randomization.
- •Participants must have disease duration of not more than 15 years.
- •Women of child-bearing potential (for example, women who are not postmenopausal or surgically sterilized) must practice an acceptable method of birth control for 30 days before taking the study drug and two acceptable methods of birth control during the duration of the study and until 30 days after the last dose of study medication.
- •Additional criteria apply, please contact the investigator for more information.
Exclusion Criteria
- •Participants with progressive forms of MS.
- •Participants with neuromyelitis optica.
- •Use of experimental or investigational drugs and/or participation in drug clinical studies within the 6 months prior to randomization.
- •Use of immunosuppressive agents or cytotoxic agents, including cyclophosphamide, within 6 months prior to randomization.
- •Use of either of the following within 2 years prior to randomization visit: natalizumab (Tysabri®), rituximab, ocrelizumab, atacicept, belimumab, or ofatumumab.
- •Use of teriflunomide (Aubagio®) within 2 years prior to randomization, except if active washout (with either cholestyramine or activated charcoal) was done 2 months or more prior to randomization.
- •Previous treatment with glatiramer acetate (Copaxone®) Interferon β (either 1a or 1b), fingolimod (Gilenya®), dimethyl fumarate (Tecfidera®) or intravenous immunoglobulins within 2 months prior to randomization.
- •Chronic (more than 30 consecutive days) systemic (IV, IM or PO) corticosteroid treatment within 2 months prior to randomization.
- •Previous use of mitoxantrone (Novantrone®), cladribine, or alemtuzumab (Lemtrada®).
- •Previous use of laquinimod.
Arms & Interventions
Placebo-Controlled Phase: Placebo
Participants will receive 2 capsules of placebo (matching to laquinimod 0.6 milligrams \[mg\]) once daily orally for up to 24 months.
Intervention: Placebo
Placebo-Controlled Phase: Laquinimod 0.6 mg
Participants will receive 1 capsule of laquinimod 0.6 mg and 1 capsule of matching placebo once daily orally for up to 24 months.
Intervention: Laquinimod
Placebo-Controlled Phase: Laquinimod 0.6 mg
Participants will receive 1 capsule of laquinimod 0.6 mg and 1 capsule of matching placebo once daily orally for up to 24 months.
Intervention: Placebo
Placebo-Controlled Phase: Laquinimod 1.2 mg
Participants will receive laquinimod 1.2 mg (2 capsules of laquinimod 0.6 mg each) once daily orally for up to 24 months.
Intervention: Laquinimod
Active Treatment Phase: Laquinimod 0.6 mg
Participants who completed the placebo-controlled phase on placebo and on laquinimod 0.6 mg treatment group after 01 January 2016, will receive 1 capsule of laquinimod 0.6 mg and 1 capsule of matching placebo once daily orally for 24 months.
Intervention: Laquinimod
Active Treatment Phase: Laquinimod 0.6 mg
Participants who completed the placebo-controlled phase on placebo and on laquinimod 0.6 mg treatment group after 01 January 2016, will receive 1 capsule of laquinimod 0.6 mg and 1 capsule of matching placebo once daily orally for 24 months.
Intervention: Placebo
Active Treatment Phase: Laquinimod 1.2 mg
Participants who completed the placebo-controlled phase on placebo and on laquinimod 1.2 mg treatment group prior to 01 January 2016, will receive laquinimod 1.2 mg (2 capsules of laquinimod 0.6 mg each) once daily orally for 24 months.
Intervention: Laquinimod
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Placebo-Controlled Phase: Time to Confirmed Disease Progression (CDP) Confirmed After At Least 3 Months (Number of Participants With CDP After At Least 3 Months)
Time Frame: Baseline to Month 24
Time to CDP was defined as the time to a sustained increase in Kurtzke's Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) score of at least 1 point if baseline EDSS score was less than or equal to 5.0, or at least 0.5 point if the baseline EDSS score was 5.5, over a period of at least three months. EDSS assesses disability in 8 functional systems with an overall score ranging from 0 (normal) to 10 (death due to multiple sclerosis \[MS\]). Data is presented as distribution of CDP (number of participants with CDP) sustained for 3 months.
Secondary Outcomes
- Placebo-Controlled Phase: Percent Change From Baseline in Brain Volume at Month 15(Baseline, Month 15)
- Placebo-Controlled Phase: Time to First Confirmed Relapse (Number of Participants With Confirmed Relapse)(Baseline to Month 24)
- Placebo-Controlled Phase: Time to CDP Confirmed After At Least 6 Months (Number of Participants With CDP After At Least 6 Months)(Baseline to Month 24)
- Placebo-Controlled Phase: Time to CDP Confirmed After At Least 9 Months (Number of Participants With Confirmed Relapse After At Least 9 Months)(Baseline to Month 24)