Informazioni generali
  • Categoria della malattia Malattie del sistema nervoso (BASEC)
  • Fase dello studio Human pharmacology (Phase I): noTherapeutic exploratory (Phase II): noTherapeutic confirmatory - (Phase III): yesTherapeutic use (Phase IV): no (ICTRP)
  • Stato di reclutamento reclutamento completato (BASEC/ICTRP)
  • Luogo dello studio
    Aarau, Berna, Lugano
    (BASEC)
  • Responsabile dello studio Clinical Trials switzerland.clinical-research@roche.com (BASEC)
  • Fonte dati BASEC: Importato da 18.03.2026 ICTRP: Importato da 31.07.2024
  • Ultimo aggiornamento 18.03.2026 09:21
HumRes55265 | SNCTP000004371 | BASEC2020-02908 | EUCTR2019-004857-10

An international research study to assess the safety and efficacy of a new multiple sclerosis medication called Fenebrutinib compared to the standard medication Teriflunomide (Aubagio®) in adult patients with relapsing multiple sclerosis.

  • Categoria della malattia Malattie del sistema nervoso (BASEC)
  • Fase dello studio Human pharmacology (Phase I): noTherapeutic exploratory (Phase II): noTherapeutic confirmatory - (Phase III): yesTherapeutic use (Phase IV): no (ICTRP)
  • Stato di reclutamento reclutamento completato (BASEC/ICTRP)
  • Luogo dello studio
    Aarau, Berna, Lugano
    (BASEC)
  • Responsabile dello studio Clinical Trials switzerland.clinical-research@roche.com (BASEC)
  • Fonte dati BASEC: Importato da 18.03.2026 ICTRP: Importato da 31.07.2024
  • Ultimo aggiornamento 18.03.2026 09:21

Descrizione riassuntiva dello studio

This study aims to compare the effects of Fenebrutinib – good or bad – with those of Teriflunomide (Aubagio®) in patients with relapsing MS. In this study, participants will receive either Fenebrutinib (and a placebo matched to Teriflunomide) or Teriflunomide (and a placebo matched to Fenebrutinib) in tablet form. A placebo looks like a medication but does not contain active ingredients. Fenebrutinib is an investigational medication. This means that Fenebrutinib is not approved by health authorities for the treatment of relapsing MS. Aubagio® is approved for the treatment of relapsing forms of MS. The study lasts approximately 5.5 years. It is an international study with 734 participants.

(BASEC)

Intervento studiato

This study includes five parts:

1. The screening (to determine if you qualify for the study)

2. The blinded treatment

3. The safety follow-up after the blinded treatment (to check your health status after completing the blinded treatment, if you do not wish to participate in the open (unblinded) treatment)

4. The open treatment phase

5. The safety follow-up after the open treatment phase (to check your health status after completing the open treatment).

 

 

You will be assigned to one of the two treatment groups described below (either the Fenebrutinib treatment group or the Teriflunomide treatment group). Fenebrutinib is administered as 2 tablets twice daily (a total of 4 tablets per day), while Teriflunomide is given once daily (a total of 1 tablet per day). You will therefore take 5 tablets daily so that you do not know which treatment you are receiving. For example, if you are in the Fenebrutinib treatment group at the beginning of the study, you will receive Fenebrutinib and the placebo matched to Teriflunomide; if you are assigned to the Teriflunomide treatment group, you will receive Teriflunomide and the placebo matched to Fenebrutinib. In the first part of the study, neither you nor your study team will know which treatment group you are in. This is called the blinded treatment phase. Your treatment group will be determined randomly (like flipping a coin). The probability of being assigned to group 1 or group 2 is equal.

· Group 1 takes 4 Fenebrutinib tablets and 1 Teriflunomide-matched placebo tablet daily.

· Group 2 takes 4 Fenebrutinib-matched placebo tablets and 1 Teriflunomide tablet daily.

 

Neither you nor your study doctor should know which group you have been assigned to. However, your study doctor may find out which group you belong to if your safety is at risk.

During this study, you will have regular clinic appointments approximately every 12 weeks. Additionally, in the first 24 weeks between clinic appointments, you will also have pure lab appointments every 4 weeks. Appointments may last up to 4 hours. Between clinic appointments, you will be asked by the study doctor or staff from the trial center every 6 weeks about changes in your health status and the medications you are taking. It is possible that you may be called in for an unscheduled visit due to the phone call.

If you wish to discontinue the study treatment, you may choose to remain in the blinded treatment phase and will then have fewer examinations at the clinic appointments. If you choose to discontinue the study treatment and remain in the blinded treatment phase, your investigator may only prescribe you another therapy for relapsing MS after you have undergone a procedure for the accelerated elimination of Teriflunomide from your body. After this procedure and approximately 8 weeks after you have received the last dose of the study treatment, another therapy for relapsing MS may be started. If your doctor starts another disease-modifying therapy for relapsing MS, you may remain in the blinded treatment phase but will not be eligible to participate in the open treatment phase of the study.

Your participation in the blinded treatment part of the study lasts up to approximately three and a half years. The duration of your participation in the study depends on when each patient enrolled in the study has received the study treatment for a minimum period and when a certain number of patients experience disease progression. If you then participate in the open phase of the study, the total duration of your participation in the study will be approximately 5 years.

If you complete the blinded treatment part of the study while still receiving the investigational product and do not wish to participate in the open treatment part of the study, you will enter the part called safety follow-up after the blinded treatment. If you stop the study medication within a certain predefined period after the end of the blinded treatment part of the study, safety follow-up will also follow.

(BASEC)

Malattie studiate

Relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis (MS)

(BASEC)

Criteri di partecipazione
• Age 18 to 55 years at the time of signing the informed consent • Diagnosed relapsing MS according to the diagnostic criteria of McDonald (revision 2017) AND either at least two (2) documented clinical relapses within the last two years prior to the start of study participation or one (1) clinical relapse in the year prior to the start of study participation (without relapse 30 days prior to the start of study participation) or e a lesion visible on MRI 12 months prior to randomization (BASEC)

Criteri di esclusione
• Infection at study entry • Diagnosed primary progressive MS (PPMS) or non-active secondary progressive MS (SPMS) • In women: pregnancy or breastfeeding or planned pregnancy during the study or within 8 weeks (including extension phase of active treatment) after the last dose of the study medication OR in men: intention to conceive a child during the study or within 8 weeks (including extension phase of active treatment) after the last dose of the study medication (BASEC)

Luogo dello studio

Aarau, Berna, Lugano

(BASEC)

Algeria, Argentina, China, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, Italy, Kenya, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, Serbia, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tunisia, Ukraine, United States (ICTRP)

Sponsor

na

(BASEC)

Contatto per ulteriori informazioni sullo studio

Persona di contatto in Svizzera

Clinical Trials

+41 79 437 84 32

switzerland.clinical-research@roche.com

Roche Pharma (Schweiz) AG

(BASEC)

Informazioni generali

F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd

global.rochegenentechtrials@roche.com

(ICTRP)

Informazioni scientifiche

F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd

global.rochegenentechtrials@roche.com

(ICTRP)

Nome del comitato etico approvante (per studi multicentrici solo il comitato principale)

Commissione d'etica svizzera nord-ovest/centrale EKNZ

(BASEC)

Data di approvazione del comitato etico

22.04.2021

(BASEC)


ID di studio ICTRP
EUCTR2019-004857-10 (ICTRP)

Titolo ufficiale (approvato dal comitato etico)
A PHASE III MULTICENTER, RANDOMIZED, DOUBLE-BLIND, DOUBLE-DUMMY, PARALLEL-GROUP STUDY TO EVALUATE THE EFFICACY AND SAFETY OF FENEBRUTINIB COMPARED WITH TERIFLUNOMIDE IN ADULT PATIENTS WITH RELAPSING MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS (BASEC)

Titolo accademico
A PHASE III MULTICENTER, RANDOMIZED, DOUBLE-BLIND, DOUBLE-DUMMY, PARALLEL-GROUP STUDY TO EVALUATE THE EFFICACY AND SAFETY OF FENEBRUTINIB COMPARED WITH TERIFLUNOMIDE IN ADULT PATIENTS WITH RELAPSING MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS (ICTRP)

Titolo pubblico
To Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Fenebrutinib Compared with Teriflunomide in Adult Patients with Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis (ICTRP)

Malattie studiate
Relapsing multiple sclerosis (RMS)
MedDRA version: 20.0Level: PTClassification code 10048393Term: Multiple sclerosis relapseSystem Organ Class: 10029205 - Nervous system disorders
MedDRA version: 27.0Level: PTClassification code 10080700Term: Relapsing multiple sclerosisSystem Organ Class: 10029205 - Nervous system disorders;Therapeutic area: Diseases [C] - Immune System Diseases [C20] (ICTRP)

Intervento studiato

Product Name: fenebrutinib
Product Code: RO7010939
Pharmaceutical Form: Film-coated tablet
INN or Proposed INN: FENEBRUTINIB
Current Sponsor code: RO7010939
Concentration unit: mg milligram(s)
Concentration type: equal
Concentration number: 100-
Pharmaceutical form of the placebo: Film-coated tablet
Route of administration of the placebo: Oral use

Trade Name: Aubagio
Product Name: Teriflunomide
Pharmaceutical Form: Capsule, hard
INN or Proposed INN: TERIFLUNOMIDE
CAS Number: 108605-62-5
Concentration unit: mg milligram(s)
Concentration type: equal
Concentration number: 14-
Pharmaceutical form of the placebo: Capsule, hard
Route of administration of the placebo: Oral use

(ICTRP)

Tipo di studio
Interventional clinical trial of medicinal product (ICTRP)

Disegno dello studio
Controlled: yes Randomised: yes Open: no Single blind: no Double blind: yes Parallel group: yes Cross over: no Other: yes Other trial design description: Double-Dummy If controlled, specify comparator, Other Medicinial Product: no Placebo: yes Other: yes Other specify the comparator: Aubagio Number of treatment arms in the trial: 2 (ICTRP)

Criteri di inclusione/esclusione
Gender:
Female: yes
Male: yes

Inclusion criteria:
? Age 18-55 years
? Expanded Disability Status Scale score (EDSS) of 0.0-5.5 at screening
? A diagnosis of RMS in accordance with the revised 2017 McDonald Criteria
? Neurologically stable for at least 30 days prior to randomization and baseline assessments
? Ability to complete the 9-HPT for each hand in < 240 seconds
? Ability to perform the timed 25-Foot Walk Test in <150 seconds
? For women of childbearing potential: agreement to remain abstinent or use contraception, and agreement to refrain from donating eggs, women must remain abstinent or use contraceptive methods with a failure rate of < 1% per year during the treatment period, for 8 weeks after the final dose of study medication, and until the teriflunomide elimination protocol is completed
? For men: agreement to remain abstinent or use a condom, and agreement to refrain from donating sperm, with a female partner of childbearing potential or pregnant female partner, men must remain abstinent or use a condom during the treatment phase, for 8 weeks after the final dose of study drug, and until completion of the teriflunomide elimination protocol. Men must also refrain from donating sperm during this same period
OLE Inclusion Criteria:
? Completed the Double-Blind Treatment (DBT) phase of the study (remaining on study treatment; no other Disease-Modifying Therapy (DMT) administered) and who, in the opinion of the investigator, may benefit from treatment with fenebrutinib.
? Patients randomized to the teriflunomide treatment arm during the DBT phase must undergo the ATEP prior to the first administration of open-label fenebrutinib
? For female participants of childbearing potential: agreement to remain abstinent or use contraception, and agreement to refrain from donating eggs, women must remain abstinent or use contraceptive methods with a failure rate of < 1% per year during the treatment period, the OLE treatment phase and for 28 days after the final dose of open-label fenebrutinib. Women must also refrain from donating eggs during this same period
? For male participants: agreement to remain abstinent or use a condom, and agreement to refrain from donating sperm, with a female partner of childbearing potential or pregnant female partner, men must remain abstinent or use a condom during the treatment phase, OLE treatment phase and for 28 days after the final dose of open-label fenebrutinib to avoid exposing the embryo. Men must also refrain from donating sperm during this same period
Are the trial subjects under 18? no
Number of subjects for this age range:
F.1.2 Adults (18-64 years) yes
F.1.2.1 Number of subjects for this age range 736
F.1.3 Elderly (>=65 years) no
F.1.3.1 Number of subjects for this age range
(ICTRP)

Exclusion criteria:
? A diagnosis of PPMS or non-active SPMS
? Disease duration of > 10 years from the onset of symptoms and an EDSS score at screening < 2.0
? Any known or suspected active infection at screening or baseline, or any major episode of infection requiring hospitalization or treatment with IV anti-microbials within 8 weeks prior to and during screening or treatment with oral anti-microbials within 2 weeks prior to and during screening. Onychomycosis is not exclusionary unless it is being treated with systemic therapy
? History of cancer including hematologic malignancy and solid tumors within 10 years of screening.
? Known presence of other neurological disorders that could interfere with the diagnosis of MS or assessments of efficacy or safety during the study, clinically significant cardiovascular, psychiatric, pulmonary, renal, hepatic, endocrine, metabolic or gastrointestinal disease
? Any concomitant disease that may require chronic treatment with systemic corticosteroids, or immunosuppressants during the course of the study
? History of alcohol or other drug abuse within 12 months prior to screening
? Any previous treatment with immunomodulatory or immunosuppressive medication without an appropriate washout period
? Receipt of a live or live-attenuated vaccine within 6 weeks prior to randomization
? Female participants who are pregnant or breastfeeding or intending to become pregnant during the study or 8 weeks (with ATEP) after final dose of study drug
? Male participants intending to father a child during the study or 8 weeks (with ATEP) after final dose of study drug
? Presence of cirrhosis (Child-Pugh Class A, B, or C) or Gilbert's Syndrome


Endpoint primari e secondari
Main Objective: ? To evaluate the efficacy of fenebrutinib compared with teriflunomide on the basis of annualized relapse rate (ARR);Secondary Objective: ? To evaluate the efficacy of fenebrutinib treatment compared with teriflunomide on the basis of time to onset of composite 24-week confirmed composite disability progression (cCDP24), time to onset of composite 12-week confirmed disability progression (cCDP12), time to onset of 12-week confirmed disability progression (CDP12), time to onset of 24-week CDP (CDP24), total number of T1Gd+ lesions as detected by MRI, total number of new and/or enlarging T2-weighted lesions as detected by MRI, rate of percent change in total brain volume from Week 24 as assessed by MRI, change in patient-reported physical impacts of MS, time to onset of 12-week confirmed 4-point worsening in Symbol Digit Modalities Test (SDMT) score, change from baseline to Week 48 in the concentration of serum neurofilament light chain (NfL)
? To evaluate the safety of fenebrutinib compared with teriflunomide
? To characterize the fenebrutinib pharmacokinetics profile;Primary end point(s): 1. Annualized relapse rate
;Timepoint(s) of evaluation of this end point: 1. 96 Weeks (ICTRP)

Secondary end point(s): 1. Time to onset of cCDP12
2. Time to onset of CDP12
3. Time to onset of cCDP24
4. Time to onset of CDP24
5. Total number of gadolinium-enhancing lesions on T1-weighted MRI lesions as detected by MRI
6. Total number of new and/or enlarging T2-weighted lesions as detected by MRI
7. Rate of percent change in total brain volume from Week 24 as assessed by MRI
8. Rate of change from baseline in patient-reported physical impacts of MS, as measured by the Multiple Sclerosis Impact Scale (29-Item), Version 2 (MSIS-29 v2) physical scale)
9. Time to onset of 12-week confirmed 4-point worsening in SDMT score
10. Change from baseline to Week 48 in the concentration of serum neurofilament light chain (NfL)
11. The nature, frequency, timing, and severity of adverse events; serious adverse events; and adverse events leading to study treatment discontinuation or dose interruptions
12. Change from baseline in targeted vital signs
13. Change from baseline in targeted ECG parameters
14. Change from baseline in clinical laboratory results
15. Proportion of patients with suicidal ideation or behavior
16. Plasma concentration of fenebrutinib at specified timepoints;Timepoint(s) of evaluation of this end point: 1-2. Time from baseline to the first occurrence of a progression event and must be confirmed at least 12 weeks after the initial disability progression
3-4. Time from baseline to first occurrence of a progression event and must be confirmed at least 24 weeks after initial disability progression
5-6. Timepoints up to primary analysis
7. Week 24 to Week 96
8. At baseline, Week 12, 24, 36, 48, 60, 72, 84, 96
9. Time from baseline to first occurrence of 4-point worsening in SDMT event and must be confirmed at least 12 weeks after the initial event
10. Baseline to Week 48
11. Baseline to primary analysis
12-15. From baseline to primary analysis
16. Week 4, 12, 24, 48, 72, 96 and at treatment discontinuation, unscheduled visit (ICTRP)

Data di registrazione
11.12.2020 (ICTRP)

Inclusione del primo partecipante
29.03.2021 (ICTRP)

Sponsor secondari
non disponibile

Contatti aggiuntivi
Trial Information Support Line-TISL, global.rochegenentechtrials@roche.com, F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd (ICTRP)

ID secondari
GN41851, NCT04586010, 2019-004857-10-FI (ICTRP)

Risultati-Dati individuali dei partecipanti
non disponibile

Ulteriori informazioni sullo studio
https://www.clinicaltrialsregister.eu/ctr-search/search?query=eudract_number:2019-004857-10 (ICTRP)

Risultati dello studio

Riepilogo dei risultati

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Link ai risultati nel registro primario

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