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Trial details imported from ClinicalTrials.gov

For full trial details, please see the original record at https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00774670




Registration number
NCT00774670
Ethics application status
Date submitted
19/07/2006
Date registered
21/07/2006
Date last updated
7/08/2012

Titles & IDs
Public title
Efficacy and Safety of Fingolimod (FTY720) in Patients With Relapsing-remitting Multiple Sclerosis
Scientific title
24-month Double-blind, Randomized, Multicenter, Placebo-controlled, Parallel-group Study Comparing the Efficacy and Safety of 0.5 mg and 1.25 mg Fingolimod (FTY720) Administered Orally Once Daily Versus Placebo in Patients With Relapsing-remitting Multiple Sclerosis With Optional Extension Phase
Secondary ID [1] 0 0
CFTY720D2309
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
Trial acronym
FREEDOMS II
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

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
* Male and female patients between ages 18-55 with a diagnosis of multiple sclerosis
* Patients with a relapsing-remitting disease course
* Patients with expanded disability status scale (EDSS) score of 0-5.5
Minimum age
18 Years
Maximum age
55 Years
Sex
Both males and females
Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
Key exclusion criteria
* Patients with other chronic disease of the immune system, malignancies, acute pulmonary disease, cardiac failure, etc.
* Pregnant or nursing women

For inclusion in the extension phase patients should complete the 24 month core study with or without 24 months on study drug. If a patient discontinued study drug during the core study due to an adverse event, serious adverse event, laboratory abnormality etc. they would be excluded from the Extension Phase.

Other protocol-defined inclusion/exclusion criteria may 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 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
1/06/2006
Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
Date of last data collection
Anticipated
Actual
1/08/2011
Sample size
Target
Accrual to date
Final
1083
Recruitment in Australia
Recruitment state(s)

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

Ethics approval
Ethics application status

Summary
Brief summary
This study assessed the safety, tolerability and efficacy of two doses of oral fingolimod compared to placebo on efficacy parameters in patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS).
Trial website
https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00774670
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
Name 0 0
Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Address 0 0
Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Country 0 0
Phone 0 0
Fax 0 0
Email 0 0
Contact person for public queries
Name 0 0
Address 0 0
Country 0 0
Phone 0 0
Fax 0 0
Email 0 0
Contact person for scientific queries



Summary Results

For IPD and results data, please see https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00774670