Administration of Fingolimod in Greek Patients With Multiple Sclerosis.

NCT ID: NCT06949956

Last Updated: 2025-05-02

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Total Enrollment

140 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2025-06-01

Study Completion Date

2027-12-31

Brief Summary

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The goal of this observational study is to evaluate the efficacy of fingolimod through the estimation of the annualized relapse rate (ARR) over a period of 2 years.

Participants who are already taking fingolimod as part of their regular medical care for MS will answer questions about their medical history for the past 1 year and for their status for the next 2 years.

Detailed Description

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The efficacy of fingolimod will be assessed:

* by calculating the difference in annualized relapse rate (ARR) between the 12-month period prior to study entry and that which will occur during the study at 0, 6, 12, 18 and 24 months of treatment
* by calculating the change in EDSS score between the 12-month period prior to study entry and that which will occur during the study at 0, 6, 12, 18 and 24 months of treatment.

Conditions

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Relapsing Remitting Multiple Sclerosis

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Multiple Sclerosis patients

Multiple Sclerosis patients already receiving fingolimod and who have available follow-up data for at least 12 months prior to study entry, sufficient to calculate the annualized relapse rate.

No interventions assigned to this group

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. Patients over 18 years of age.
2. Consent and compliance of participants with the treatments and procedures of the study.
3. Patients diagnosed with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) according to the revised McDonald 2017 criteria.
4. Patients who are receiving fingolimod, according to the drug's Summary of product Characteristics (SmPC).
5. Patients with available follow-up data for at least 12 months prior to their inclusion in the study, which are sufficient to calculate the annualized relapse rate.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Patients under 18 years of age.
2. Patients with a contraindication to taking fingolimod according to the drug's Summary of product Characteristics (SmPC).
3. Patients with a history of mental illness, substance abuse, to a degree that may prevent their participation in the study.
4. Patients participating in another research protocol.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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AHEPA University Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Elpen Pharmaceutical Co. Inc.

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Nikolaos Grigoriadis, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

AHEPA University Hospital of Thessaloniki, Greece

Central Contacts

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Alexandros Ginis, MD

Role: CONTACT

003021011865734

Polyanthi Papanastasiou, MSc

Role: CONTACT

003021011865777

References

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Lublin FD, Reingold SC, Cohen JA, Cutter GR, Sorensen PS, Thompson AJ, Wolinsky JS, Balcer LJ, Banwell B, Barkhof F, Bebo B Jr, Calabresi PA, Clanet M, Comi G, Fox RJ, Freedman MS, Goodman AD, Inglese M, Kappos L, Kieseier BC, Lincoln JA, Lubetzki C, Miller AE, Montalban X, O'Connor PW, Petkau J, Pozzilli C, Rudick RA, Sormani MP, Stuve O, Waubant E, Polman CH. Defining the clinical course of multiple sclerosis: the 2013 revisions. Neurology. 2014 Jul 15;83(3):278-86. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000000560. Epub 2014 May 28.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 24871874 (View on PubMed)

Walton C, King R, Rechtman L, Kaye W, Leray E, Marrie RA, Robertson N, La Rocca N, Uitdehaag B, van der Mei I, Wallin M, Helme A, Angood Napier C, Rijke N, Baneke P. Rising prevalence of multiple sclerosis worldwide: Insights from the Atlas of MS, third edition. Mult Scler. 2020 Dec;26(14):1816-1821. doi: 10.1177/1352458520970841. Epub 2020 Nov 11.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 33174475 (View on PubMed)

Bakirtzis C, Grigoriadou E, Boziki MK, Kesidou E, Siafis S, Moysiadis T, Tsakona D, Thireos E, Nikolaidis I, Pourzitaki C, Kouvelas D, Papazisis G, Tsalikakis D, Grigoriadis N. The Administrative Prevalence of Multiple Sclerosis in Greece on the Basis of a Nationwide Prescription Database. Front Neurol. 2020 Sep 29;11:1012. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2020.01012. eCollection 2020.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 33132996 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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2021-FIN-EL-152

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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