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NCT Number: NCT02410200

Study of the Effect of BG00012 on MRI Lesions and Pharmacokinetics in Pediatric Subjects With RRMS

The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the effect of BG00012 (dimethyl fumarate) on brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) lesions in pediatric participants with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS). The secondary objectives of this study are to characterize the pharmacokinetics of BG00012 in pediatric participants with RRMS and to evaluate the safety and tolerability of BG00012 in pediatric participants with RRMS.

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Key information

Age range

10 year–17 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 2

Primary location

Research Site, Ghent, Belgium

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Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Key Inclusion Criteria:

  • Ability of parents or legal guardians to understand the purpose and risks of the study and provide signed and dated informed consent and authorization to use protected health information in accordance with national and local subject privacy regulations. Subjects will provide assent in addition to the parent or legal guardian, as appropriate, as per local regulations.
  • Must have a body weight of ≥30 kg at Screening and Day 1.
  • Must have a diagnosis of RRMS according to McDonald criteria for MS (2010) [Polman 2011] and International Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Study Group criteria for pediatric MS (2013) [Krupp 2013].

Key Exclusion Criteria:

  • 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. Subjects with these conditions may also have superimposed relapses but are distinguished from relapsing-remitting subjects by the lack of clinically stable periods or clinical improvement.
  • Disorders mimicking MS, such as other demyelinating disorders (e.g., acute disseminated encephalomyelitis), systemic autoimmune disorders (e.g., Sjögren disease, lupus erythematosus, and neuromyelitis optica), metabolic disorders (e.g., dystrophies), and infectious disorders.
  • History of severe allergic or anaphylactic reactions or known drug hypersensitivity to dimethyl fumarate or fumaric acid esters.

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

Treatment and study plan

dimethyl fumarate

Drug

Other names: BG00012, DMF

Primary outcomes

  1. Change in the Number of New or Newly Enlarging T2 Hyperintense Lesions on Brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Scans From the Baseline Period to On-Treatment Assessment Period

    Time frame: Baseline Period (Week -8 to Day 0), On-Treatment Assessment Period (Week 16 to Week 24)

Secondary outcomes

  1. Maximum Observed Plasma Concentration (Cmax)

    Time frame: Day 8

  2. Time to Reach Maximum Observed Plasma Concentration (Tmax)

    Time frame: Day 8

  3. Apparent Clearance (CL/F)

    Time frame: Day 8

  4. Apparent Volume of Distribution (V/F)

    Time frame: Day 8

  5. Half-Life Lambda z

    Time frame: Day 8

  6. Area Under the Concentration-Time Curve From Time 0 to Infinity (AUC0-inf)

    Time frame: Day 8

  7. Number of Participants Who Experienced Treatment-Emergent Adverse Events (AEs) and Serious Adverse Events (SAEs)

    Time frame: Up to Week 28

    AE: any untoward medical occurrence that does not necessarily have a causal relationship with treatment. SAE: any untoward medical occurrence that at any dose: results in death; in the view of the Investigator, places the participant at immediate risk of death (a life-threatening event); requires inpatient hospitalization or prolongation of existing hospitalization; results in persistent or significant disability/incapacity; results in a congenital anomaly/birth defect; any other medically important event that, in the opinion of the Investigator, may jeopardize the participant or may require intervention to prevent one of the other outcomes listed in the definition above.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Biogen

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Registry information

Official study title

Open-Label, Multicenter, Multiple-Dose Study of the Effect of BG00012 on MRI Lesions and Pharmacokinetics in Pediatric Subjects With Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis Aged 10 to 17 Years

Acronym: FOCUS

Important dates

Study start
2015
Primary completion
2016
Study completion
2016
First posted
Apr 7, 2015
Registry last updated
Oct 23, 2017

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