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Registration number
NCT01779934
Ethics application status
Date submitted
7/08/2008
Date registered
11/08/2008
Date last updated
14/06/2017

Titles & IDs
Public title
This Was an Open-label, Single-arm Extension Study (CFTY720D2306E1) to a Double-blind, Randomized Multicenter, Placebo-controlled, Parallel-group Core Study (CFTY720D2306) in PPMS.
Scientific title
A Double-blind, Randomized, Multicenter, Placebo-controlled, Parallel-group Study Comparing the Efficacy and Safety of 0.5mg Fingolimod Administered Orally Once Daily Versus Placebo in Patients With Primary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis and An Open-label, Single-arm Extension Study to the Double-blind, Randomized, Multicenter, Placebo-controlled, Parallel-group Study Comparing the Efficacy and Safety of0.5 mg FTY720 Administered Orally Once Daily Versus Placebo in Patients With Primary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis
Secondary ID [1] 0 0
2007-002627-32
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CFTY720D2306
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
Trial acronym
INFORMS
Linked study record

Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Macular Edema Associated With Diabetes Mellitus 0 0
Primary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis 0 0
Condition category
Condition code

Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Treatment: Drugs - FTY720
Treatment: Drugs - Placebo

Experimental: FTY720D 0.5 mg - Cohort 2: The 0.5 mg group consists of patients who were directly randomized to fingolimod 0.5 mg (i.e. AFTER the amendment

Placebo comparator: Placebo - Cohort 1 and 2: Patients randomized to placebo continued on placebo after re-randomization

Experimental: FTY720D 1.25 mg switch to 0.5 mg - Cohort 1: fingolimod 1.25 group consists of patients who were initially randomized to fingolimod 1.25 mg and switched to fingolimod 0.5 mg after amendment on Nov 2009


Treatment: Drugs: FTY720
Fingolimod capsules at doses of 1.25 mg (prior to implementation of Amendment 5) and 0.5 mg (after Amendment 5) were administered orally once daily

Treatment: Drugs: Placebo
Matching placebo capsules were administered orally once daily
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Treatment: Drugs
Comparator / control treatment
Control group

Outcomes

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
General

1. sign written informed consent prior to participating in the study
2. 25 through 65 years of age inclusive
3. females of childbearing potential must:

* have a negative pregnancy test at Baseline (prior to randomization) and
* use simultaneously two forms of effective contraception during the treatment and 3-months after discontinuation of study medication

Primary Progressive Multiple sclerosis.

1. diagnosis of primary progressive multiple sclerosis (according to the 2005 Revised McDonald criteria):
2. time since first reported symptoms between 2 and 10 years
3. evidence of clinical disability progression in the 2 years prior to Screening
4. disability status at Screening

* EDSS score of 3.5-6.0 inclusive
* pyramidal functional system score of 2 or more
* 25'TWT less than 30 seconds

Extension study Inclusion criteria

* Patients initially randomized to fingolimod 1.25 mg or placebo as part of the first study cohort, were to have completed at least 3 years on study drug treatment at the time of extension study initiation.
* Patients initially randomized to fingolimod 0.5 mg or placebo as part of the second study cohort, were to have continued on study drug treatment until such time as the last ongoing patient enrolled in the study had reached 3 years in study
Minimum age
25 Years
Maximum age
65 Years
Sex
Both males and females
Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
Key exclusion criteria
PPMS specific:

* History of relapses/attacks
* Progressive neurological disorder other than PPMS
* Pure cerebellar syndrome or pure visual progressive syndrome or pure
* cognitive progressive syndrome
* Presence of spinal cord compression at screening MRI
* Relevant history of vitamin B12 deficit
* Evidence of syphilis or borreliosis at Screening

Cardiovascular conditions:

* Myocardial infarction within the past 6 months or current unstable ischemic heart disease
* History of angina pectoris due to coronary spasm or history of Raynaud's phenomenon
* Severe cardiac failure or cardiac arrest
* History of symptomatic bradycardia
* Resting pulse <55 bpm pre-dose
* History of sick sinus syndrome or sino-atrial heart block
* History or presence of second and third degree AV block or an increase QT interval (QTc>440 ms)
* Arrythmia requiring treatment with class III antiarrythmic drugs
* History of positive tilt test from workout of vasovagal syncope
* Hypertension, not controlled with medication

Pulmonary:

* Severe respiratory disease or pulmonary fibrosis
* TB
* Abnormal X-ray, suggestive of active pulmonary disease
* Abnormal PFT: <70% of predicted for FEV1 and FVC; <60% for DLCO
* Patients receiving chronic (daily) therapies for asthma

Hepatic:

* Known history of alcohol abuse, chronic liver or biliary disease
* Total or conjugated Brb >ULN, unless in context of Gilbert's syndrome
* AP >1.5xULN; ALT/AST >2xULN; GGT>3xULN

Other:

* History of chronic disease of the immune system other than MS
* Malignancy (other than successfully treated SCC or BCC)
* Diabetes Mellitus
* Macular Edema present at screening
* HIV, Hepatitis C or B, other active infection
* History of total lymphoid irradiation or bone marrow transplantation
* Serum creatinine >1.7 mg/dl
* WBC <3500 cells/mm3
* Lymphocyte count <800 cells/mm3
* History of substance abuse or any other factor that may interfere with subject ability to cooperate and comply with the study procedures
* Unable to undergo MRI scans
* Participation in any therapeutical clinical research study in the 6 months prior to randomization
* Pregnant or lactating women
* Drugs requiring wash-out period:

3 months:
* Systemic corticosteroids or ACTH
* INF-beta

6 months:
* Immunosuppressive medication
* Immunoglobulins
* Monoclonal antibodies
* Drugs that exclude participation in the study:
* Cladribine
* Cyclophosphamide
* Mitoxantrone (except: patients who received a cumulative dose of no more than 60mg/m2 more than 5 years ago could enter the study)

Extension study Exclusion criteria

-Patients were not eligible for enrollment in the extension study if they had any of the following key exclusion criteria at the extension study Baseline visit: active chronic immune system disease other than MS (or stable disease treated with immune therapy); known immunodeficiency syndrome; active infection; uncontrolled diabetes mellitus; macularedema; treatment with Class Ia or III antiarrhythmic drugs; any of the specified cardiac, pulmonary, or hepatic conditions; or any medically unstable condition

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 3
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
28/07/2008
Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
Date of last data collection
Anticipated
Actual
22/06/2015
Sample size
Target
Accrual to date
Final
970
Recruitment in Australia
Recruitment state(s)

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

Ethics approval
Ethics application status

Summary
Brief summary
The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether FTY720 is effective in delaying MS disability progression compared to placebo in patients with PPMS. This was an open-label, single-arm extension study to a double-blind, randomized multicenter, placebo-controlled, parallel-group core study. The core study completed and eligible patients enrolled into the extension study at the next scheduled or unscheduled core study visit. All patients, regardless of their treatment in the core study, received fingolimod 0.5 mg in the extension study. The extension study was terminated early after the results of the core study became available showing that the study did not meet its primary endpoint which was defined as confirmed disability progression in this population
Trial website
https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01779934
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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Novartis Pharmaceuticals
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Novartis Pharmaceuticals
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Contact person for public queries
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Contact person for scientific queries



Summary Results

For IPD and results data, please see https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01779934