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Trial details imported from ClinicalTrials.gov

For full trial details, please see the original record at https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01252355




Registration number
NCT01252355
Ethics application status
Date submitted
30/11/2010
Date registered
3/12/2010
Date last updated
9/06/2014

Titles & IDs
Public title
Efficacy and Safety of Teriflunomide in Patients With Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis and Treated With Interferon-beta
Scientific title
A Multi-center Double-blind Parallel-group Placebo-controlled Study of the Efficacy and Safety of Teriflunomide in Patients With Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis Who Are Treated With Interferon-beta
Secondary ID [1] 0 0
2010-023172-12
Secondary ID [2] 0 0
EFC6058
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
Trial acronym
TERACLES
Linked study record

Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Multiple Sclerosis Relapse 0 0
Condition category
Condition code

Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Treatment: Drugs - Teriflunomide
Treatment: Drugs - Placebo (for teriflunomide)
Treatment: Drugs - Interferon-beta (IFN-beta)

Experimental: Teriflunomide 7 mg + IFN-beta - Teriflunomide 7 milligram (mg) once a day concomitantly with IFN-beta therapy.

Experimental: Teriflunomide 14 mg + IFN-beta - Teriflunomide 14 mg once a day concomitantly with IFN-beta therapy.

Placebo comparator: Placebo + IFN-beta - Placebo (for teriflunomide) once a day concomitantly with IFN-beta therapy.


Treatment: Drugs: Teriflunomide
Film-coated tablet

Oral administration

Treatment: Drugs: Placebo (for teriflunomide)
Film-coated tablet

Oral administration

Treatment: Drugs: Interferon-beta (IFN-beta)
Any of the IFN-beta which are approved for marketed use in the country where the patient is enrolled.

Administration according to the package insert.
Intervention code [1] 0 0
Treatment: Drugs
Comparator / control treatment
Control group

Outcomes
Primary outcome [1] 0 0
Annualized Relapse Rate (ARR) (Poisson Regression Estimates)
Timepoint [1] 0 0
Up to a maximum of 108 weeks depending on time of enrollment
Secondary outcome [1] 0 0
Brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Assessment: Number of Gadolinium Enhancing (Gd-enhancing) T1-lesions Per Scan (Poisson Regression Estimates)
Timepoint [1] 0 0
Up to a maximum of 108 weeks depending on time of enrollment
Secondary outcome [2] 0 0
Time to 12-Week Sustained Disability Progression
Timepoint [2] 0 0
Up to a maximum of 108 weeks depending on time of enrollment
Secondary outcome [3] 0 0
Brain MRI Assessment: Volume of Gd-enhancing T1-lesions Per MRI Scan
Timepoint [3] 0 0
Up to a maximum of 108 weeks depending on time of enrollment
Secondary outcome [4] 0 0
Brain MRI Assessment: Change From Baseline in Total Lesion Volume (Burden of Disease) at Week 24
Timepoint [4] 0 0
Baseline, Week 24
Secondary outcome [5] 0 0
Time to Relapse: Kaplan-Meier Estimates of the Probability of no Relapse at Week 24, 48, and 72
Timepoint [5] 0 0
Up to a maximum of 108 weeks depending on time of enrollment
Secondary outcome [6] 0 0
Change From Baseline in Fatigue Impact Scale (FIS) Total Score at Week 24
Timepoint [6] 0 0
Baseline, Week 24
Secondary outcome [7] 0 0
Change From Baseline in Short Form Generic Health Survey - 36 Items, Version 2 (SF-36v2) Summary Scores at Week 24
Timepoint [7] 0 0
Baseline, Week 24
Secondary outcome [8] 0 0
Resource Utilization When Relapse
Timepoint [8] 0 0
Up to a maximum of 108 weeks depending on time of enrollment
Secondary outcome [9] 0 0
Overview of Adverse Events (AEs)
Timepoint [9] 0 0
First study drug intake up to 28 days after last study drug intake, for up to 112 weeks

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria :

* Patient with relapsing forms of MS treated with IFN-beta
* Stable dose of IFN-beta (approved brand) for at least 6 months prior to randomization
* Disease activity in the 12 months prior to randomization and after first 3 months of IFN-beta treatment (defined by at least 1 relapse supported by EDSS or equivalent neurological examination, or, at least 1 brain or spinal cord MRI with at least one T1 gadolinium enhancing lesion)
Minimum age
18 Years
Maximum age
55 Years
Sex
Both males and females
Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
Key exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria:

* McDonald criteria for MS diagnosis not met at time of screening visit
* EDSS score greater than (>) 5.5 at randomization visit
* A relapse within 30 days prior randomization
* Persistent significant or severe infection
* Patients must not have used adrenocorticotrophic hormone or systemic corticosteroids for 2 weeks prior to randomization
* Prior or concomitant use of cytokine therapy (except baseline interferons), glatiramer acetate or intravenous immunoglobulins in the 3 months preceding randomization
* Liver function impairment or persisting elevations (confirmed by retest) of alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), or direct bilirubin greater than 2 times the upper limit of normal range (ULN)
* Active hepatitis or hepatobiliary disease or known history of severe hepatitis
* Pregnant or breast-feeding women or those who were planning to become pregnant during the study
* Significantly impaired bone marrow function or significant anemia, leukopenia, or thrombocytopenia
* Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) positive
* Known history of active tuberculosis not adequately treated
* Prior use within 2 years preceding randomization or concomitant use of cladribine and mitoxantrone
* Prior use within 6 months preceding randomization or concomitant use of natalizumab, or any other immunosuppressive agents such as azathioprine, cyclophosphamide, cyclosporine, methotrexate, mycophenolate, or fingolimod

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

Study design
Purpose of the study
Treatment
Allocation to intervention
Randomised controlled trial
Procedure for enrolling a subject and allocating the treatment (allocation concealment procedures)
Methods used to generate the sequence in which subjects will be randomised (sequence generation)
Masking / blinding
Blinded (masking used)
Who is / are masked / blinded?
The people receiving the treatment/s

The people assessing the outcomes
The people analysing the results/data
Intervention assignment
Parallel
Other design features
Phase
Phase 3
Type of endpoint/s
Statistical methods / analysis

Recruitment
Recruitment status
Stopped early
Data analysis
Reason for early stopping/withdrawal
Other reasons
Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
1/01/2011
Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
Date of last data collection
Anticipated
Actual
1/04/2013
Sample size
Target
Accrual to date
Final
534
Recruitment in Australia
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Investigational Site Number 036008 - Bedford Park
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Investigational Site Number 036005 - Chatswood
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Investigational Site Number 036001 - Heidelberg West
Recruitment hospital [4] 0 0
Investigational Site Number 036004 - Kogarah
Recruitment hospital [5] 0 0
Investigational Site Number 036010 - New Lambton
Recruitment postcode(s) [1] 0 0
5042 - Bedford Park
Recruitment postcode(s) [2] 0 0
2067 - Chatswood
Recruitment postcode(s) [3] 0 0
3081 - Heidelberg West
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2217 - Kogarah
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2305 - New Lambton
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Funding & Sponsors
Primary sponsor type
Commercial sector/industry
Name
Sanofi
Address
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Ethics approval
Ethics application status

Summary
Brief summary
Trial website
Trial related presentations / publications
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Contacts
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Clinical Sciences & Operations
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Sanofi
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Phone 0 0
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Contact person for scientific queries

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Results are available at https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01252355