BEYOND Follow-up: Betaferon®/Betaseron® Efficacy Yielding Outcomes of a New Dose

NCT00459667 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 1420

Last updated 2015-04-23

Study results available
· View outcomes & findings →

Summary

The BEYOND Follow-Up study will give patients who participated in the preceding BEYOND study the opportunity to continue treatment with the 500µg dose of interferon beta (IFNB) 1b and will further investigate the safety and tolerability profile of interferon beta 1b 500µg during longer-term treatment.

Conditions

  • Multiple Sclerosis, Relapsing-Remitting

Interventions

DRUG

Interferon beta-1b (Betaseron, BAY86-5046)

Phase A: 250ug administrated s.c. every other day (double blind). For patients previously randomized in Bayer study 91162 to the same treatment. Phase B: All patients will receive 500µg s.c.every other day (open-label).

DRUG

Interferon beta-1b (Betaseron, BAY86-5046)

Phase A: 500ug administrated s.c. every other day (double blind). For patients previously randomized in Bayer study 91162 to the same treatment. Phase B: All patients will receive 500µg s.c.every other day (open-label).

DRUG

Interferon beta-1b (Betaseron, BAY86-5046)

Phase A: 250ug administrated s.c. every other day (open-label). For patients previously randomized in Bayer study 91162 to 20mg Copaxone® administrated s.c. once daily and patients with premature discontinuation of study medication during the study 91162. Phase B: All patients will receive 500µg s.c.every other day (open-label).

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Bayer Study Director · Bayer

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
55 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-05-31
Primary Completion
2008-03-31
Completion
2008-03-31

Countries

  • United States
  • Argentina
  • Australia
  • Austria
  • Belgium
  • Brazil
  • Canada
  • Denmark
  • Finland
  • France
  • Germany
  • Greece
  • Hungary
  • Ireland
  • Israel
  • Italy
  • Latvia
  • Netherlands
  • Norway
  • Poland
  • Russia
  • Slovenia
  • Spain
  • Sweden
  • Switzerland
  • Ukraine

Study Locations

More Related Trials

Entities

Companies

Read the full study record

This page highlights key information. For complete eligibility criteria, study locations, investigator contacts, and the full protocol, visit the original record on ClinicalTrials.gov.

View NCT00459667 on ClinicalTrials.gov