A multicentre controlled phase II trial to compare the efficacy and safety of ocrelizumab or alemtuzumab and autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (aHSCT). Active relapsing-remitting MS-Patients will be included and randomised to ocrelizumab or alemtuzumab versus aHSCT. Primary endpoint will be the time to treatment failure as assessed by failure of NEDA (no evidence of disease activity) as represented by: no expanded disability status scale (EDSS) progression, no relapse, no new T2 lesion and no Gd-enhancing lesion. This trial offers the opportunity to gain further information about efficacy and safety of all treatments and will give new insights into the immunology of highly active RRMS.
A rater-blinded multicentre randomised controlled phase II trial to compare the efficacy and safety of ocrelizumab or alemtuzumab and aHSCT. Active RRMS-Patients will be included and randomised to ocrelizumab or alemtuzumab versus aHSCT. Primary endpoint will be the time to treatment failure as assessed by failure of NEDA (no evidence of disease activity) as represented by: no expanded disability status scale (EDSS) progression, no relapse, no new T2 lesion and no Gd-enhancing lesion. aHSCT appears highly efficacious in reducing inflammatory disease activity and relapses in active relapsing-remitting MS. Cohort data show a long-term stagnation of inflammatory disease activity for up to 10 years and more after aHSCT. However, efficacy data from randomised controlled trials comparing aHSCT with approved treatments are still lacking. The best available data concerning disease activity in MS patients with a documented treatment failure are from the CARE-MS II trial. The rate of patients without clinical or radiological disease activity after 2 years was 32% with alemtuzumab. aHSCT trial data on absence of disease activity show NEDA rates between 70 and 90% after 2 years. Here we assume 40% and 80% after 2 years for the ocrelizumab/alemtuzumab and aHSCT groups, respectively. For all three treatments, a potential long-term benefit has to be balanced with potentially harmful treatment related risks. A randomised controlled trial offers the opportunity to gain further information about efficacy and safety of all treatments and will give new insights into the immunology of high active RRMS.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
1
Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
600 mg every 6 months continuously
12 mg/day for 5 consecutive days and again after 365 days for 3 days
Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf
Hamburg, Germany
Universitätsklinikum Mannheim
Mannheim, Germany
Time to treatment failure as assessed by failure of NEDA (no evidence of disease activity)
Time to treatment failure as assessed by failure of NEDA (no evidence of disease activity) during follow-up as defined by: * 3 months confirmed EDSS (Expanded disability status scale) progression * confirmed relapse * new/enlarging T2-hyperintense lesion on MRI (Magnetic resonance imaging) * any Gd-enhancing lesion on MRI
Time frame: through study completion, on average at least 2 years
Efficacy of treatment defined by EDSS
EDSS change and EDSS improvement will be considered. EDSS improvement defined as confirmed improvement after 3 months
Time frame: through study completion, on average at least 2 years
Efficacy of treatment defined by the annualized relapse rate
calculated as number of relapses per year
Time frame: through study completion, on average at least 2 years
Efficacy of treatment defined by the number of new T2 lesions
calculated as cumulative number of new T2 lesions
Time frame: through study completion, on average at least 2 years
Efficacy of treatment defined by the number of Gd-enhancing lesions
calculated as cumulative number of GD-enhancing lesions
Time frame: through study completion, on average at least 2 years
Efficacy of treatment defined by multiple sclerosis functional composite (MSFC) change
based on summed up Z-scores for individual measures (SDMT, 9 HPT, 25 FWT)
Time frame: through study completion, on average at least 2 years
Efficacy of treatment defined by Hamburg quality of life scale in MS (HAQUAMS)
based on HAQUAMS sum score ratings (values between 1 and 5)
Time frame: through study completion, on average at least 2 years
Efficacy of treatment defined by the Percentage Brain Volume Change (PBVC)
Brain tissue volume (grey matter, white matter) will be evaluated on T1 weighted images to compute absolute percentage brain volume change
Time frame: through study completion, on average at least 2 years
Efficacy of treatment defined by grey and white matter atrophy
based on grey and white matter volume change evaluated on T1 weighted images
Time frame: through study completion, on average at least 2 years
Rate of AE / SAE including NCI grade 3 and 4 non-haematological toxicities
Safety of treatment defined by the rate of AE / SAE including NCI grade 3 and 4 non-haematological toxicities
Time frame: through study completion, on average at least 2 years
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