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Last refreshed on: 12 September 2016
Main ID:  NCT02218879
Date of registration: 12/08/2014
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Yale University
Public title: Restoring Glutathione Synthesis With Tecfidera: An in Vivo H-MRS Single-Arm Study at 7T in Patients With RR MS
Scientific title: Restoring Glutathione Synthesis With Tecfidera: An in Vivo H-MRS Single-Arm Study at 7T in Patients With Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis
Date of first enrolment: August 2014
Target sample size: 7
Recruitment status: Terminated
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02218879
Study type:  Observational
Study design:  Observational Model: Cohort, Time Perspective: Prospective  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:     Daniel Pelletier, MD
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Affiliation:  Yale University
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Male or female adult patients

- 18-60 years of age

- Diagnosis of multiple sclerosis, in accordance with the revised McDonald criteria
(2010)

- Patients naive to MS therapy or patients switching from an FDA-approved MS therapy,
including IFN-B formulations, Cop-1, Teriflunomide, and Fingolimod to BG-12

- Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) score 0 to 5.5 inclusive

Exclusion Criteria:

- Primary progressive multiple sclerosis patients

- Patients with previous exposure or known allergies to fumarates

- MS patients switching from natalizumab, cyclophosphamide, or mitoxantrone to BG-12

- Contraindications for MRI/MRS

- Known presence of other neurological disorders that may mimic multiple sclerosis

- Pregnancy or lactation

- Requirement for chronic treatment with systemic corticosteroids or immunosuppressants
during the course of the study

- History of or currently active primary or secondary immunodeficiency

- Active infection, or history of or known presence of recurrent or chronic infection
(e.g. hepatitis B or C, HIV, syphilis, tuberculosis_

- History of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy

- Contraindications to or intolerance of oral or intravenous (IV) corticosteroids



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 60 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Multiple Sclerosis
Intervention(s)
Drug: Tecfidera
Primary Outcome(s)
Change in Glutathione Concentrations In Normal Appearing Gray Matter in Brain Measured by 7T Magnetic Resonance Imaging Scan [Time Frame: Before and 12 months after Tecfidera Initiation]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
1403013581
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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