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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00574041
Date of registration: 12/12/2007
Primary sponsor: Biogen Idec
Public title: How Side Effects of Avonex Are Affected by Gradually Increasing to Full Dose vs Starting at Full Dose TODAY
Scientific title: An Open-Label Study to Examine the Difference in Tolerability Associated With Titration Of Dose on Initiation of Avonex therapY (TODAY)
Date of first enrolment: June 2007
Target sample size: 19
Recruitment status: Terminated
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00574041
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Subject), Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Countries of recruitment
Australia
Contacts
Name:   Biogen-Idec Investigator
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Telephone:
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Affiliation:  Biogen Idec
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Diagnosis of clinically-definite relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis

Exclusion Criteria:

- Any Product Information-specified contraindications to interferon-beta therapy, or
other medical factors which, in the opinion of the investigator, make the subject
unsuitable for interferon-beta therapy

- Use of AVONEX, but not other interferon therapies, in the 3 months prior to
randomisation into the study

- A clinically significant infectious illness (e.g., cellulitis, abscess, pneumonia,
septicemia) within 30 days prior to randomisation.

- History of seizure in the 3 months prior to randomisation

- History of suicidal ideation or severe depression within the 3 months prior to
randomisation.

- Other inclusion and exclusion criteria may apply per study protocol



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Relapsing Remitting Multiple Sclerosis
Intervention(s)
Drug: Interferon beta-1a
Primary Outcome(s)
To assess the mean severity of episodes of FLS during the 4 week titration phase [Time Frame: 4 weeks]
Secondary Outcome(s)
To assess the mean severity and duration of FLS episodes in post-titration phase [Time Frame: throughout study]
Secondary ID(s)
AUS-8002
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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