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For full trial details, please see the original record at https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00624468




Registration number
NCT00624468
Ethics application status
Date submitted
15/02/2008
Date registered
27/02/2008
Date last updated
17/02/2016

Titles & IDs
Public title
Atacicept in Subjects With Optic Neuritis
Scientific title
A Two-arm, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Multicenter Phase II Study to Evaluate Safety and Tolerability and to Explore the Neuroprotective Effect of Atacicept as Assessed by Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) in Subjects With Optic Neuritis (ON) as Clinically Isolated Syndrome (CIS) Over a 36-week Treatment Course
Secondary ID [1] 0 0
28156
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
Trial acronym
Linked study record

Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Optic Neuritis 0 0
Condition category
Condition code
Neurological 0 0 0 0
Other neurological disorders
Inflammatory and Immune System 0 0 0 0
Other inflammatory or immune system disorders
Eye 0 0 0 0
Diseases / disorders of the eye

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

Experimental: Atacicept -

Placebo comparator: Placebo -


Treatment: Drugs: Atacicept
Atacicept will be administered subcutaneously at a dose of 150 milligram (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.
Intervention code [1] 0 0
Treatment: Drugs
Comparator / control treatment
Control group

Outcomes
Primary outcome [1] 0 0
Change From Baseline in Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer (RNFL) Thickness in the Affected Eye at Last Observed Value (LOV)
Timepoint [1] 0 0
Baseline, LOV (Week 48)
Secondary outcome [1] 0 0
Difference in Retinal Nerve Fibre Layer (RNFL) Thickness Between the Affected Eye and Fellow Eye
Timepoint [1] 0 0
Weeks 12, 24 and 36
Secondary outcome [2] 0 0
Change From Baseline in Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer (RNFL) Thickness in the Affected Eye at Weeks 12 and 24
Timepoint [2] 0 0
Baseline, Weeks 12 and 24
Secondary outcome [3] 0 0
Change From Baseline in Macular Thickness at 3 Millimeter (mm) Around Fovea in the Affected Eye at Weeks 12, 24 and 36
Timepoint [3] 0 0
Baseline, Weeks 12, 24 and 36
Secondary outcome [4] 0 0
Change From Baseline in Macular Thickness at 6 Millimeter (mm) Around Fovea in the Affected Eye at Weeks 12, 24 and 36
Timepoint [4] 0 0
Baseline, Weeks 12, 24 and 36
Secondary outcome [5] 0 0
Change From Baseline in Macular Volume in the Affected Eye at Weeks 12, 24 and 36
Timepoint [5] 0 0
Baseline, Weeks 12, 24 and 36
Secondary outcome [6] 0 0
Low-Contrast Letter Acuity: Total Number of Letters Correctly Identified
Timepoint [6] 0 0
Weeks 12, 24 and 36
Secondary outcome [7] 0 0
Contrast Sensitivity: Total Number of Letters Correctly Identified
Timepoint [7] 0 0
Weeks 12, 24 and 36
Secondary outcome [8] 0 0
Contrast Sensitivity: Score Line
Timepoint [8] 0 0
Weeks 12, 24 and 36
Secondary outcome [9] 0 0
Percentage of Participants Converting to Clinically Definite Multiple Sclerosis (CDMS) Second Clinical Attack
Timepoint [9] 0 0
From baseline (Study Day 1) up to Week 36

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
* Diagnosis of unilateral symptomatic optic neuritis as first clinical manifestation within 28 days between onset of symptoms and study Day 1
* 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
* Pre treatment with immunosuppressants and immunomodulating drugs
* Relevant cardiac, hepatic and renal diseases
* Clinical significant abnormalities in blood cell counts and immunoglobulin levels
* Clinical significant acute or chronic infections
* 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
1/06/2008
Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
Date of last data collection
Anticipated
Actual
1/01/2011
Sample size
Target
Accrual to date
Final
34
Recruitment in Australia
Recruitment state(s)
VIC
Recruitment hospital [1] 0 0
Research Site - Parkville
Recruitment postcode(s) [1] 0 0
- Parkville
Recruitment outside Australia
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United States of America
State/province [1] 0 0
Alabama
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United States of America
State/province [2] 0 0
Colorado
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United States of America
State/province [3] 0 0
Connecticut
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United States of America
State/province [4] 0 0
Florida
Country [5] 0 0
United States of America
State/province [5] 0 0
Michigan
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United States of America
State/province [6] 0 0
Pennsylvania
Country [7] 0 0
United States of America
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Texas
Country [8] 0 0
United States of America
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Vermont
Country [9] 0 0
Belgium
State/province [9] 0 0
Bruxelles
Country [10] 0 0
Canada
State/province [10] 0 0
British Columbia
Country [11] 0 0
Canada
State/province [11] 0 0
Ontario
Country [12] 0 0
Canada
State/province [12] 0 0
Quebec
Country [13] 0 0
Czech Republic
State/province [13] 0 0
Hradec Kralove
Country [14] 0 0
Czech Republic
State/province [14] 0 0
Olomouc
Country [15] 0 0
France
State/province [15] 0 0
Paris
Country [16] 0 0
Germany
State/province [16] 0 0
Freiburg
Country [17] 0 0
Germany
State/province [17] 0 0
Munich
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Germany
State/province [18] 0 0
Tübingen
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Germany
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Würzburg
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Lebanon
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Beyrouth
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Lebanon
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Dbayeh
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Spain
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Barcelona
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Spain
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Sevilla
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Spain
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Valencia
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Switzerland
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Lausanne
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United Kingdom
State/province [26] 0 0
London
Country [27] 0 0
United Kingdom
State/province [27] 0 0
Sheffield

Funding & Sponsors
Primary sponsor type
Commercial sector/industry
Name
EMD Serono
Address
Country
Other collaborator category [1] 0 0
Commercial sector/industry
Name [1] 0 0
Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany
Address [1] 0 0
Country [1] 0 0

Ethics approval
Ethics application status

Summary
Brief summary
Trial website
Trial related presentations / publications
Public notes

Contacts
Principal investigator
Name 0 0
Medical Responsible
Address 0 0
EMD Serono, an affiliate of MerckKGaA, Darmstadt, Germany
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

No information has been provided regarding IPD availability


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No Supporting Document Provided



Results publications and other study-related documents

No documents have been uploaded by study researchers.

Results are available at https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00624468