Study Evaluating Rebif, Copaxone, and Tysabri for Active Multiple Sclerosis (SURPASS)

August 18, 2014 updated by: Biogen

A Multicenter, Randomized, Open-Label, Parallel-Group, Active-Controlled Study to Evaluate the Benefits of Switching Therapy (Glatiramer Acetate or Interferon Beta-1a) to Natalizumab in Subjects With Relapsing Remitting Multiple Sclerosis

This was a multicenter, randomized, open-label, parallel-group, active-controlled study. Prior to randomization, participants were to have been treated with glatiramer acetate or interferon β-1a (44 μg). Participants were to be randomized to receive natalizumab, interferon β-1a 44 μg, or glatiramer acetate.

Study Overview

Status

Status

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Terminated

Conditions

Conditions

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Intervention / Treatment

Intervention / Treatment

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Detailed Description

The protocol was amended in 15 March 2011 to discontinue participants' enrollment and efficacy assessments, and to offer the opportunity for participants already enrolled to continue receiving study treatment for their planned participation in the study. The study had been active in several countries for approximately 1 year, and enrollment had been significantly slower than expected. Thus, the decision was made by the Sponsor to terminate the study since current and projected future enrollment rates would not have provided valuable information in a reasonable timeframe. All clinical efficacy and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) procedures were removed from the protocol, and safety assessments were to be managed through standard of care activities.

Study Type

Study Type

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Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

Enrollment

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84

Phase

Phase

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  • Phase 3

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Australia
    • Victoria
      • Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia
        • Research Site
  • Canada
    • Quebec
      • Gatineau, Quebec, Canada
        • Research Site
  • Czech Republic
      • Pardubice, Czech Republic
        • Research Site
  • Finland
      • Tampere, Finland
        • Research Site
  • France
    • Bas-Rhin
      • Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, France
        • Research Site
  • Hungary
      • Budapest, Hungary
        • Research Site
      • Nyiregyhaza, Hungary
        • Research Site
    • Komárom-Esztergom
      • Esztergom, Komárom-Esztergom, Hungary
        • Research Site
  • Italy
      • Catania, Italy
        • Research Site
      • Napoli, Italy
        • Research Site
      • Rome, Italy
        • Research Site
  • Latvia
      • Riga, Latvia
        • Research Site
  • Poland
    • Lodzkie
      • Lódz, Lodzkie, Poland
        • Research Site
    • Podlaskie
      • Bialystok, Podlaskie, Poland
        • Research Site
    • Pomorskie
      • Gdansk, Pomorskie, Poland
        • Research Site
  • Slovenia
      • Ljubljana, Slovenia
        • Research Site
  • Spain
      • Alicante, Spain
        • Research Site
      • Barcelona, Spain
        • Research Site
      • Girona, Spain
        • Research Site
      • Madrid, Spain
        • Research Site
      • Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
        • Research Site
      • Sevilla, Spain
        • Research Site
  • Sweden
      • Molndal, Sweden
        • Research Site
  • United States
    • Alabama
      • Cullman, Alabama, United States
        • Research Site
    • Arizona
      • Phoenix, Arizona, United States
        • Research Site
    • Colorado
      • Fort Collins, Colorado, United States
        • Research Site
    • Florida
      • Maitland, Florida, United States
        • Research Site
      • Saint Petersburg, Florida, United States
        • Research Site
      • Tampa, Florida, United States
        • Research Site
    • Georgia
      • Atlanta, Georgia, United States
        • Research Site
    • Kentucky
      • Lexington, Kentucky, United States
        • Research Site
    • Louisiana
      • New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
        • Research Site
    • Michigan
      • Detroit, Michigan, United States
        • Research Site
    • New York
      • Patchogue, New York, United States
        • Research Site
    • North Carolina
      • Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
        • Research Site
    • Ohio
      • Akron, Ohio, United States
        • Research Site
    • Tennessee
      • Franklin, Tennessee, United States
        • Research Site
      • Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
        • Research Site
    • Texas
      • Round Rock, Texas, United States
        • Research Site
    • Virginia
      • Norfolk, Virginia, United States
        • Research Site
    • Washington
      • Kirkland, Washington, United States
        • Research Site
    • West Virginia
      • Morgantown, West Virginia, United States
        • Research Site

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

The key requirements that people who want to participate in a clinical study must meet or the characteristics they must have. Eligibility criteria consist of both inclusion criteria (which are required for a person to participate in the study) and exclusion criteria (which prevent a person from participating). Types of eligibility criteria include whether a study accepts healthy volunteers, has age or age group requirements, or is limited by sex.

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 60 years (Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Key Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Have a diagnosis of relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis (MS) as defined by the revised McDonald Committee criteria (Polman 2005).
  2. Must have been treated with a stable regimen of either glatiramer acetate (20 mg per day subcutaneous) or interferon beta-1a (44 mcg 3 times per week subcutaneous) as their principal first therapy for MS for 6 to 18 months prior to randomization. (Note: prior treatment with another MS therapy of ≤ 30 days total duration is not exclusionary [e.g. titration to 44 mcg is allowed]).

  3. Have had disease activity within 12 months prior to screening while on therapy; disease activity must be observed after a minimum of 6 months on therapy. Qualifying disease activity is defined as:

    • One or more clinical relapses OR
    • Two or more new MRI lesions (gadolinium [Gd+] and/or T2 hyperintense) For inclusion purposes: (a) a relapse is defined as neurologic signs and/or symptoms documented in the medical record by a neurologist and of sufficient duration to be determined by the Investigator or the Treating Physician as consistent with an MS relapse or (b) MRI activity must be verified by the central reader center.
  4. Be naïve to natalizumab.
  5. Have a documented Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) score between 0.0 and 5.5, inclusive.

Key Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Have a diagnosis of primary progressive, secondary progressive, or progressive relapsing MS (as defined by Lublin and Reingold, 1996). These conditions require the presence of continuous clinical disease worsening over a period of at least 3 months. Patients with these conditions may also have superimposed relapses, but are distinguished from relapsing-remitting patients by the lack of clinically stable periods or clinical improvement.
  2. Have known intolerance, contraindication to, or history of non-compliance with, the use of glatiramer acetate or interferon beta-1a.
  3. Have had an MS exacerbation (relapse) within 30 days prior to randomization AND/OR the patient has not stabilized from a previous relapse, in the opinion of the Investigator, prior to randomization.
  4. The patient is considered by the Investigator to be immunocompromised based on medical history, physical examination, laboratory testing, or due to prior immunosuppressive or immunomodulating treatment.
  5. Subjects for whom MRI is contraindicated, i.e., have pacemakers or other contraindicated implanted metal devices, have suffered or are at risk for side effects from gadolinium (Gd), or have claustrophobia that cannot be medically managed.
  6. History of any clinically significant (as determined by the Investigator) cardiac, endocrinologic, hematologic, hepatic, immunologic, metabolic, urologic, pulmonary, neurologic, dermatologic, psychiatric, renal, or other major disease that would preclude participation in a clinical trial.
  7. History of malignant disease, including solid tumors and hematologic malignancies (with the exception of basal cell and squamous cell carcinomas of the skin that have been completely excised and are considered cured).
  8. Known history of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
  9. Positive test result for hepatitis C virus (test for hepatitis C virus antibody [HCVAb]) or hepatitis B virus (test for hepatitis B surface antigen [HBsAg] and/or hepatitis B core antibody [HBcAb]).
  10. History of transplantation or any anti-rejection therapy.
  11. History of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML).

NOTE: Other protocol-defined inclusion/exclusion criteria may apply.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm

Participant Group / Arm

A group or subgroup of participants in a clinical trial that receives a specific intervention/treatment, or no intervention, according to the trial's protocol.
Intervention / Treatment

Intervention / Treatment

A process or action that is the focus of a clinical study. Interventions include drugs, medical devices, procedures, vaccines, and other products that are either investigational or already available. Interventions can also include noninvasive approaches, such as education or modifying diet and exercise.
Experimental: Natalizumab
Drug: BG00002 (natalizumab)
300 mg intravenous injection every 4 weeks
Other Names:
  • Tysabri
Active Comparator: Interferon Beta-1a
Drug: interferon beta-1a
44 mcg subcutaneous injection 3 times per week
Other Names:
  • Rebif
Active Comparator: Glatiramer Acetate
Drug: glatiramer acetate
20 mg subcutaneous injection once daily
Other Names:
  • Copaxone

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

In a clinical study's protocol, the planned outcome measure that is the most important for evaluating the effect of an intervention/treatment. Most clinical studies have one primary outcome measure, but some have more than one.
Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Incidence of Treatment-emergent Serious Adverse Events (SAEs)
Time Frame: up to 108 Weeks
An SAE was defined as any untoward medical occurrence that at any dose: results in death; in the view of the Investigator, places the subject at immediate risk of death (a life-threatening event; however, this does not include an event that, had it occurred in a more severe form, might have caused death); requires inpatient hospitalization or prolongation of existing hospitalization; results in persistent or significant disability/incapacity; or results in a congenital anomaly/birth defect. An SAE may also have been any other medically important event that, in the opinion of the Investigator, may jeopardize the subject or may require intervention to prevent one of the other outcomes listed in the definition above. See Adverse Events section below for further details.
up to 108 Weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

Sponsor

The organization or person who initiates the study and who has authority and control over the study.
Biogen

Collaborators

Collaborators

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Elan Pharmaceuticals

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

Study Start

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March 1, 2010

Primary Completion (Actual)

Primary Completion

The date on which the last participant in a clinical study was examined or received an intervention to collect final data for the primary outcome measure. Whether the clinical study ended according to the protocol or was terminated does not affect this date. For clinical studies with more than one primary outcome measure with different completion dates, this term refers to the date on which data collection is completed for all the primary outcome measures. The "anticipated" primary completion date is the date that the researchers think will be the primary completion date for the study.
April 1, 2012

Study Completion (Actual)

Study Completion

The date on which the last participant in a clinical study was examined or received an intervention/treatment to collect final data for the primary outcome measures, secondary outcome measures, and adverse events (that is, the last participant's last visit). The "anticipated" study completion date is the date that the researchers think will be the study completion date.
April 1, 2012

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

First Submitted

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January 26, 2010

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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January 27, 2010

First Posted (Estimate)

First Posted

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January 28, 2010

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

Last Update Posted

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September 3, 2014

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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August 18, 2014

Last Verified

Last Verified

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August 1, 2014

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Other Study ID Numbers

Other Study ID Numbers

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  • 101MS325

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