PDNMS: Towards Personalized Dosing of Natalizumab in Multiple Sclerosis
Study Details
Study Description
Brief Summary
A prospective clinical trial with the aim of maintaining drug efficacy of natalizumab while extending dose intervals guided by drug concentrations in patients with relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis.
Condition or Disease | Intervention/Treatment | Phase |
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Phase 4 |
Detailed Description
Our main objective is to prove that extending dose intervals guided by natalizumab serum concentrations, will not result in radiological or clinical disease activity in completely stable RRMS patients treated with natalizumab. Adult patients with RRMS with no evident disease activity during the last 12 months of natalizumab infusions with a minimum treatment of 12 months wil be included. Before subsequent natalizumab infusions, serum concentrations will be evaluated. If the concentration exceeds 15μg/ml the dose interval will be extended with a week to a maximum of eight weeks. Patients will get regular brain MRI scans and clinical follow-up.
Study Design
Arms and Interventions
Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
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Other: All patients in this study Patients treated with natalizumab with a minimum of 1 year, without signs of disease activity (relapses, new T2 lesions on MRI) for a minimum of 1 year. |
Drug: Natalizumab
Extending dose intervals of natalizumab from 4 weeks to maximum of 8 weeks based on trough natalizumab concentrations
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Outcome Measures
Primary Outcome Measures
- Gadolinium enhancing T1 lesions on brain MRI [12 months]
Occurrence and number of gadolinium enhancing T1 lesions of brain MRI
Secondary Outcome Measures
- New T2 lesions on brain MRI [12 months]
Occurrence and number of new T2 lesions on brain MRI
- Relapses [12 months]
scoring MS exacerbations
- EDSS [12 months]
Expanded Disability Status Scale: clinical scoring of disability in MS patients
- MSFC [baseline and 12 months]
Multiple Status Functional Composite: clinical scoring of disability in MS patients
- patient perspective measured with the SF-36 [baseline and 12 months]
questionnaire: Short Form-36
- patient perspective measured with the MSIS-29 [baseline and 12 months]
questionnaire: Multiple Sclerosis Impact Scale-29
Eligibility Criteria
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
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Relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) according to the McDonald criteria, revised by Polman 2010
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Natalizumab treatment for 12 months or longer at inclusion.
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An expanded disability status scale (EDSS) score of 0.0-6.0 at baseline.
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Natalizumab level of ≥15 μg/ml
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Written informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria:
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Any MS disease activity (radiologically or clinically) during the last 12 months of natalizumab treatment.
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Unable to undergo frequent MRI.
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The use of other immunomodulatory medication other than natalizumab.
Contacts and Locations
Locations
Site | City | State | Country | Postal Code | |
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1 | OLVG | Amsterdam | Netherlands | ||
2 | VU medical center | Amsterdam | Netherlands | ||
3 | Rijnstate Hospital | Arnhem | Netherlands | ||
4 | Erasmus medical center | Rotterdam | Netherlands | ||
5 | St. Antonius Hospital | Utrecht | Netherlands |
Sponsors and Collaborators
- Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc
- Prothya Biosolutions
- Erasmus Medical Center
- St. Antonius Hospital
- OLVG
- Rijnstate Hospital
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Joep Killestein, Dr., Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc
Study Documents (Full-Text)
None provided.More Information
Publications
None provided.- NL56584.029.16