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Registration number
NCT00642902
Ethics application status
Date submitted
21/03/2008
Date registered
25/03/2008
Date last updated
24/05/2016

Titles & IDs
Public title
A Phase 2 Study of Atacicept in Subjects With Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis (ATAMS)
Scientific title
A Four-Arm Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Multicenter Phase II Study to Evaluate the Safety, Tolerability and Efficacy as Assessed by Frequent MRI Measures of 3 Doses of Atacicept Monotherapy in Subjects With Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis (RMS) Over a 36 Week Treatment Course
Secondary ID [1] 0 0
28063
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
Trial acronym
ATAMS
Linked study record

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

Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Treatment: Drugs - Atacicept
Treatment: Drugs - Atacicept
Treatment: Drugs - Atacicept
Treatment: Drugs - Placebo matched to atacicept

Experimental: Atacicept 25 mg -

Experimental: Atacicept 75 mg -

Experimental: Atacicept 150 mg -

Placebo comparator: Placebo -


Treatment: Drugs: Atacicept
Atacicept will be administered subcutaneously at a dose of 25 milligram (mg) twice a week for initial 4 weeks as loading dose, followed by 25 mg once a week for subsequent 32 weeks.

Treatment: Drugs: Atacicept
Atacicept will be administered subcutaneously at a dose of 75 mg twice a week for initial 4 weeks as loading dose, followed by 75 mg once a week for subsequent 32 weeks.

Treatment: Drugs: Atacicept
Atacicept will be administered subcutaneously at a dose of 150 mg twice a week for initial 4 weeks as loading dose, followed by 150 mg once a week for subsequent 32 weeks.

Treatment: Drugs: Placebo matched to atacicept
Placebo matched to atacicept will be administered subcutaneously twice a week for initial 4 weeks, followed by once a week for subsequent 32 weeks.
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Treatment: Drugs
Comparator / control treatment
Control group

Outcomes
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Mean Number of Time Constant 1 (T1) Gadolinium (Gd)-Enhancing Lesions Per Participant Per Scan
Timepoint [1] 0 0
Weeks 12 to 36
Secondary outcome [1] 0 0
Number of New T1 Gd-enhancing Lesions Per Participant
Timepoint [1] 0 0
Weeks 12, 24, 36
Secondary outcome [2] 0 0
Percentage of Participants Free From Relapses
Timepoint [2] 0 0
Baseline up to Week 36
Secondary outcome [3] 0 0
Number of Participants With Treatment-Emergent Adverse Events (TEAEs) and Serious TEAEs
Timepoint [3] 0 0
From the first dose of study drug administration up to 12 weeks after the last dose of the study drug

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
- Diagnosis of RMS (as per McDonald criteria, 2005) Other protocol-defined inclusion criteria could apply.
Minimum age
18 Years
Maximum age
60 Years
Sex
Both males and females
Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
Key exclusion criteria
* Have primary progressive multiple sclerosis (MS)
* Have secondary progressive MS without superimposed relapses
* Relevant cardiac, hepatic and renal diseases as specified in the protocol
* Pretreatment with immunosuppressants and immunomodulating drugs as specified in the protocol
* Clinical significant abnormalities in blood cell counts and immunoglobulin levels as specified in the protocol
* Clinical significant acute or chronic infections as specified in the protocol Other protocol-defined exclusion criteria could apply.

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 administering the treatment/s
The people assessing the outcomes
The people analysing the results/data
Intervention assignment
Parallel
Other design features
Phase
Phase 2
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
1/04/2008
Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
Date of last data collection
Anticipated
Actual
1/09/2009
Sample size
Target
Accrual to date
Final
255
Recruitment in Australia
Recruitment state(s)
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Research Site - Box Hill
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Research Site - Fitzroy
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Research Site - New Lambton
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Research Site - Woodville
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- Box Hill
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- Fitzroy
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- New Lambton
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- Woodville
Recruitment outside Australia
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Saint Petersburg
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Stoke on Trent

Funding & Sponsors
Primary sponsor type
Commercial sector/industry
Name
EMD Serono
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Ethics approval
Ethics application status

Summary
Brief summary
To evaluate the safety and tolerability of atacicept and to explore if atacicept reduces central nervous system inflammation in subjects with relapsing multiple sclerosis (RMS) as assessed by frequent magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). This study is randomised. Study medication is administered via subcutaneous (under the skin) injections.
Trial website
https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00642902
Trial related presentations / publications
Kappos L, Hartung HP, Freedman MS, Boyko A, Radu EW, Mikol DD, Lamarine M, Hyvert Y, Freudensprung U, Plitz T, van Beek J; ATAMS Study Group. Atacicept in multiple sclerosis (ATAMS): a randomised, placebo-controlled, double-blind, phase 2 trial. Lancet Neurol. 2014 Apr;13(4):353-63. doi: 10.1016/S1474-4422(14)70028-6. Epub 2014 Mar 6.
Public notes

Contacts
Principal investigator
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Medical Responsible
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EMD Serono, an affiliate of Merck KGaA Darmstadt, Germany
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Summary Results

For IPD and results data, please see https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00642902