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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 18 March 2013
Main ID:  NCT00203021
Date of registration: 12/09/2005
Primary sponsor: Teva Pharmaceutical Industries
Public title: Copaxone® Study to Follow Patients From the First Original Study for Safety and Effectiveness.
Scientific title: Open Label Study to Evaluate the Safety of Copaxone® and to Monitor the Neurologic Course of Disease in Multiple Sclerosis Patients Treated With Copaxone®
Date of first enrolment: July 1994
Target sample size: 208
Recruitment status: Active, not recruiting
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00203021
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Non-Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:   Kenneth Johnson, MD
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Affiliation:  University of Maryland
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Patients must have participated (been randomized) in the Copaxone Double-Blind
placebo controlled study (Protocol 01-9001).

- Gender: Patients may be male or female. Women of childbearing potential must
practice an acceptable method of birth control.

- Patients must meet the criteria of clinically definite MS as defined by Poser.5

- The patient's signs and symptoms cannot be better explained by another disease
process.

- Patients must sign an approved informed consent prior to initiating the study.

- Patients must be psychologically and physically stable to participate in the trial as
judged by the investigator.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Pregnancy or lactation.

- Medical or psychiatric conditions that affect the patient's ability to give informed
consent or complete the study.

- Inability to self-administer subcutaneous medication or lack of another responsible
individual to administer the study preparation daily.

- Use of Interferons, experimental MS therapies, or previous immunosuppressive therapy
with cytotoxic chemotherapy (azathioprine, cyclophosphamide, or cyclosporine), or
total lymphoid irradiation within 30 days of study entry.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 50 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Multiple Sclerosis
Intervention(s)
Drug: Glatiramer acetate
Primary Outcome(s)
EDSS for efficacy every 6 months and adverse events for safety every 3 months. [Time Frame: 17 years]
Secondary Outcome(s)
MRI data & Quality Of Life data periodically during study [Time Frame: 17 years]
Secondary ID(s)
01-9004
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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