Giancarlo Comi1, Nicola De Stefano2, Mark S Freedman3, Frederik Barkhof4,5, Bernard M J Uitdehaag6, Marlieke de Vos7, Kurt Marhardt8, Liang Chen9, Delphine Issard10, Ludwig Kappos11. 1. Department of Neurology, Scientific Institute H.S. Raffaele, Milan, Italy. 2. Department of Medicine, Surgery and Neuroscience, University of Siena, Siena, Italy. 3. Department of Medicine (Neurology), University of Ottawa, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. 4. Department of Diagnostic Radiology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. 5. The Institutes of Neurology and Healthcare Engineering, UCL, London, UK. 6. Department of Neurology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. 7. Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. 8. Global Medical Affairs, Merck GmbH, Vienna, Austria. 9. Global Biostatistics, EMD Serono Inc., Billerica, Massachusetts, USA. 10. Department of Biostatistics, Cytel Inc., Geneva, Switzerland. 11. Departments of Medicine, Clinical Research, Biomedicine, and Biomedical Engineering, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Early treatment following a first clinical demyelinating event (FCDE) delays further disease activity in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). This study determined the effects of early versus delayed treatment (DT) with subcutaneous interferon (sc IFN) β-1a 44 μg in patients with an FCDE up to 60 months postrandomisation. METHODS: Patients who completed the 24-month double-blind REFLEX (REbif FLEXible dosing in early MS) study entered an extension (REFLEXION, REbif FLEXible dosing in early MS extensION): patients initially randomised to sc IFN β-1a and not reaching clinically definite MS (clinically definite MS, CDMS (second attack or sustained Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) score increase)) continued original treatment (three times weekly (tiw) or once weekly (qw)); placebopatients switched to tiw (DT); patients with CDMS switched to tiw. Clinical, MRI and adverse event data up to month 60 are reported. RESULTS: 402/517 (77.8%) REFLEX patients entered REFLEXION (DT, n=133; tiw, n=127; qw, n=142). At month 60, cumulative probability of CDMS was: DT 44.6%; qw 40.7% (nominal p=0.084 vs DT); tiw 39.2% (nominal p=0.032 vs DT). Cumulative probability of McDonald MS conversion (CDMS or new MRI activity) at month 60 was also reduced for tiw versus DT (nominal p<0.001). At month 60, mean cumulative numbers of new T2, gadolinium-enhancing and T1 hypointense lesions were lower with sc IFNβ-1a qw (nominal p<0.05) and tiw versus DT (nominal p<0.001); T2 and T1 hypointense lesion volume change was lower for sc IFN β-1a tiw versus DT (nominal p<0.01). Treatment was well tolerated; fewer patients receiving tiw versus qw were positive for neutralising or binding antibodies. CONCLUSIONS: Over 5 years in patients presenting with an FCDE, early sc IFN β-1a tiw administration versus DT prolonged time to CDMS and McDonald MS, and reduced overall MRI activity. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: NCT00813709; Results. Published by the BMJ Publishing Group Limited. For permission to use (where not already granted under a licence) please go to http://www.bmj.com/company/products-services/rights-and-licensing/.
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OBJECTIVE: Early treatment following a first clinical demyelinating event (FCDE) delays further disease activity in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). This study determined the effects of early versus delayed treatment (DT) with subcutaneous interferon (sc IFN) β-1a 44 μg in patients with an FCDE up to 60 months postrandomisation. METHODS:Patients who completed the 24-month double-blind REFLEX (REbif FLEXible dosing in early MS) study entered an extension (REFLEXION, REbif FLEXible dosing in early MS extensION): patients initially randomised to sc IFN β-1a and not reaching clinically definite MS (clinically definite MS, CDMS (second attack or sustained Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) score increase)) continued original treatment (three times weekly (tiw) or once weekly (qw)); placebo patients switched to tiw (DT); patients with CDMS switched to tiw. Clinical, MRI and adverse event data up to month 60 are reported. RESULTS: 402/517 (77.8%) REFLEX patients entered REFLEXION (DT, n=133; tiw, n=127; qw, n=142). At month 60, cumulative probability of CDMS was: DT 44.6%; qw 40.7% (nominal p=0.084 vs DT); tiw 39.2% (nominal p=0.032 vs DT). Cumulative probability of McDonald MS conversion (CDMS or new MRI activity) at month 60 was also reduced for tiw versus DT (nominal p<0.001). At month 60, mean cumulative numbers of new T2, gadolinium-enhancing and T1 hypointense lesions were lower with sc IFN β-1a qw (nominal p<0.05) and tiw versus DT (nominal p<0.001); T2 and T1 hypointense lesion volume change was lower for sc IFN β-1a tiw versus DT (nominal p<0.01). Treatment was well tolerated; fewer patients receiving tiw versus qw were positive for neutralising or binding antibodies. CONCLUSIONS: Over 5 years in patients presenting with an FCDE, early sc IFN β-1a tiw administration versus DT prolonged time to CDMS and McDonald MS, and reduced overall MRI activity. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: NCT00813709; Results. Published by the BMJ Publishing Group Limited. For permission to use (where not already granted under a licence) please go to http://www.bmj.com/company/products-services/rights-and-licensing/.
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