Does Quality of Life Improve in Multiple Sclerosis Patients Treated With Interferon Beta-1a?

NCT ID: NCT00534261

Last Updated: 2007-12-13

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE4

Total Enrollment

284 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

1999-11-30

Study Completion Date

2004-02-29

Brief Summary

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This study was to find out if patients with Relapsing Remitting Multiple Sclerosis treated with Interferon beta-1a had an improved quality of life after treatment with Interferon beta-1a

Detailed Description

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The study was an open-label, multi-center, international post-marketing study (phase 4). Eligible patients were interferon naïve patients suffering from relapsing MS. The duration of a subject's participation in the study was up to a maximum 26 months.

Conditions

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Relapsing Remitting Multiple Sclerosis

Keywords

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Multiple Sclerosis Avonex Interferon beta-1a

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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1

patients received Avonex IM injections and be evaluated for quality of life criteria

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Interferon beta-1a

Intervention Type DRUG

IM injection

Interventions

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Interferon beta-1a

IM injection

Intervention Type DRUG

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Relapsing Remitting Multiple Sclerosis
* Interferon naïve
* Eligible for interferon beta-1a (AVONEX®) therapy as per Summary of Product Characteristics:
* Subject has had relapsing MS for \> 1 year
* Subject has had experienced 2 exacerbations in the last 2 years
* Subject had an EDSS \[5\] score of \< 5.5
* Subject was ambulant

Exclusion Criteria

* Diagnosis of MS defined as progressive
* History of any significant cardiac, hepatic, pulmonary, or renal disease; immune deficiency; or other medical conditions that would preclude therapy with interferon beta
* History of severe allergic or anaphylactic reactions or history of hypersensitivity to human albumin
* History of seizures within the 3 months prior to starting this study
* History of intolerance to acetaminophen (paracetamol), ibuprofen, naproxen or other NSAIDs, that would preclude use of at least one of these during the study
* History of intolerance to interferons
* Previous use of interferon beta
* Female subjects who were pregnant or breast-feeding
* For female subjects, unless postmenopausal or surgically sterile, unwillingness to practice effective contraception
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

70 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Biogen

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role lead

Principal Investigators

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Biogen-Idec Investigator

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

[email protected]

Locations

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Coordinating Research Site

Sijsele-Damme, , Belgium

Site Status

Coordinating Research Site

Esch-sur-Alzette, , Luxembourg

Site Status

Coordinating Research Site

Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

Site Status

Countries

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Belgium Luxembourg United Kingdom

Other Identifiers

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BIO-BNL 99-01

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id