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Trial details imported from ClinicalTrials.gov

For full trial details, please see the original record at https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00185432




Registration number
NCT00185432
Ethics application status
Date submitted
15/12/2004
Date registered
16/12/2004
Date last updated
19/12/2008

Titles & IDs
Public title
BEYOND: Betaferon/Betaseron Efficacy Yielding Outcomes of a New Dose in Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Patients
Scientific title
International, Randomized, Multicenter, Phase IIIb Study in Patients With Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis Comparing Over a Treatment Period of at Least 104 Weeks: 1. Double-Blinded Safety, Tolerability, and Efficacy of Betaseron/ Betaferon 250 µg (8 MIU) and Betaseron/-Betaferon 500 µg (16 MIU), Both Given Subcutaneously Every Other Day, and 2. Rater-Blinded Safety, Tolerability, and Efficacy of Betaseron/-Betaferon s.c. Every Other Day With Copaxone 20 mg s.c. Once Daily.
Secondary ID [1] 0 0
EudraCT: 2005-002235-27
Secondary ID [2] 0 0
91162
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
Trial acronym
Linked study record

Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Condition category
Condition code

Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Comparator / control treatment
Control group

Outcomes
Primary outcome [1] 0 0
Acceptable safety (adverse events [AEs], labs, electrocardiograms [ECGs], vital signs)
Timepoint [1] 0 0

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
* Female and male patients
* Aged 18-55 years
* Diagnosis of RRMS (Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis), EDSS score of 0 to 5.0
* Treatment-naive to IFNB or Copaxone
Minimum age
18 Years
Maximum age
55 Years
Sex
Both males and females
Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
Key exclusion criteria
* Neurological progression at disease onset or between relapses
* Serious or acute heart diseases
* History of severe depression or suicide attempt
* Serious or acute liver, renal or bone marrow dysfunction
* Monoclonal gammopathy
* Known allergy to Gadolinium-DTPA, to IFNs (Interferons), to glatiramer acetate, to human albumin or to mannitol
* Pregnancy or lactation

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
Completed
Data analysis
Reason for early stopping/withdrawal
Other reasons
Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
1/11/2003
Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
Date of last data collection
Anticipated
Actual
1/08/2007
Sample size
Target
Accrual to date
Final
2244
Recruitment in Australia
Recruitment state(s)

Funding & Sponsors
Primary sponsor type
Commercial sector/industry
Name
Bayer
Address
Country

Ethics approval
Ethics application status

Summary
Brief summary
The purpose of this study is to determine

* whether treatment with Betaferon / Betaseron (interferon beta-1b) 500 micrograms safe, tolerable and more efficacious than treatment with interferon beta-1b 250 micrograms
* whether treatment with Betaferon / Betaseron (interferon beta-1b) tolerable and more efficacious than treatment with Copaxone (Glatiramer Acetate) 20 mg
Trial website
https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00185432
Trial related presentations / publications
Public notes
This record is viewable in the ANZCTR as it had previously listed Australia and/or New Zealand as a recruitment site, however these sites have since been removed

Contacts
Principal investigator
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Bayer Study Director
Address 0 0
Bayer
Country 0 0
Phone 0 0
Fax 0 0
Email 0 0
Contact person for public queries
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Address 0 0
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Email 0 0
Contact person for scientific queries



Summary Results

For IPD and results data, please see https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00185432