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Registration number
NCT00099502
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:
Multiple Sclerosis, Relapsing-Remitting 0 0
Condition category
Condition code

Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Treatment: Drugs - Interferon beta-1b (Betaferon/Betaseron, BAY86-5046)
Treatment: Drugs - Interferon beta-1b (Betaferon/Betaseron, BAY86-5046)
Treatment: Drugs - Copaxone

Experimental: Arm 1 -

Experimental: Arm 2 -

Active comparator: Arm 3 -


Treatment: Drugs: Interferon beta-1b (Betaferon/Betaseron, BAY86-5046)
250mcg administered s.c. every other day

Treatment: Drugs: Interferon beta-1b (Betaferon/Betaseron, BAY86-5046)
500mcg administered s.c. every other day

Treatment: Drugs: Copaxone
20 mg administered s.c. once daily.
Intervention code [1] 0 0
Treatment: Drugs
Comparator / control treatment
Control group

Outcomes
Primary outcome [1] 0 0
Hazard ratio for relapses
Timepoint [1] 0 0
During the first and during the second 52 weeks
Secondary outcome [1] 0 0
Time to confirmed Expanded Disability Status Score (EDSS) progression
Timepoint [1] 0 0
After 52 and after 104 weeks
Secondary outcome [2] 0 0
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI): Change from screening in volume of hypointense lesion on enhanced T1 weighted images
Timepoint [2] 0 0
After 104 weeks

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
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NSW,VIC,WA
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- Gosford
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- Kogarah
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- Liverpool
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- Melbourne
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- Parkville
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- Nedlands
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2250 - Gosford
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2217 - Kogarah
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2170 - Liverpool
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3065 - Melbourne
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3050 - Parkville
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6009 - Nedlands
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Funding & Sponsors
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