CCMR Two: A Phase IIa, Randomised, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Trial of the Ability of the Combination of Metformin and Clemastine to Promote Remyelination in People With Relapsing-remitting Multiple Sclerosis Already on Disease-modifying Therapy

Inclusion criteria

• Participant is willing and able to give written informed consent for participation in the trial;
• Male or female, aged between 25 and 50 years (inclusive) at time of signing informed consent form (ICF);
• Relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis as per the McDonald 2017 criteria (Thompson et al., 2018), including an MRI brain satisfying the McDonald 2017 criteria;
• VEP P100 latency in at least one eye of ≥118 ms;
• Kurtzke EDSS 0.0-6.0;
• At the time of screening being treated with a stable dose for at least 6 months of a category 1 multiple sclerosis DMT or for at least 2 years with a category 2 DMT;
• Able (in the Investigator's opinion) and willing to comply with all trial requirements.

Exclusion criteria

• Female participants who are pregnant, lactating or planning pregnancy during the course of the trial;
• Female participants of child-bearing potential whom are unwilling or unable to use one highly effective method of contraception during the trial (as outlined in section 11.11). For the purpose of this document, a woman is considered of childbearing potential, i.e. fertile, following menarche and until post-menopausal unless permanently sterile. Permanent sterilisation methods include hysterectomy, bilateral salpingectomy and bilateral oophorectomy. A postmenopausal state is defined as no menses for 12 months without an alternative medical cause;
• Male participants who are unwilling or unable to use contraception during and for 3 months after the trial;
• Participants whom have received an investigational drug (including investigational vaccines) or used an invasive investigational medical device within 4 weeks before the screening assessment or is currently enrolled in an interventional investigational trial;
• Retinal nerve layer thickness on spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (OCT) <70 μm in the qualifying eye;
• A clinical episode of optic neuritis in the qualifying eye within the 2 years preceding screening;
• Any unlicensed treatment of multiple sclerosis;
• Any concomitant use of oxybutynin, monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs), hypnotics or high-dose opiates at screening;
• Significant renal impairment (eGFR <60 mL/min/1.73 m2);
• Screening liver function (alanine aminotransferase, ALT) value greater than 3 times the upper limit of normal;
• Known hypersensitivity to metformin or clemastine (or other arylalkylamine antihistamines) or any of the excipients of these products;
• People taking medication for Diabetes Mellitus at screening;
• People with a diagnosis of epilepsy;
• People with rare hereditary problems of galactose intolerance, total lactase deficiency or glucose-galactose malabsorption;
• Concurrent use of 4-aminopyridine or fampridine;
• Known contraindication(s) to MRI scanning procedures;
• History of prostatic hypertrophy;
• History of major ophthalmologic disease or concomitant ophthalmologic disorders including glaucoma, macular degeneration, and severe myopia (>-7 Diopters);
• History of stenosing peptic ulcer or pyloroduodenal ulceration;
• History of significant cardiac conduction block or decompensated heart failure;
• History of acute porphyria;
• People with a history of alcohol or other recreational drug misuse within the 6 months preceding screening;
• People unable to avoid alcohol drinks for the course of the trial;
• Vitamin B12 deficiency as defined as B12 levels of < 150 pg/ml measured at screening;
• Any other significant disease, disability or investigation result which, in the opinion of the Investigator, may either put the participant at risk, or may influence the result of the trial, or the participant's ability to participate in the trial.