Description Module
The Description Module contains narrative descriptions of the clinical trial, including a brief summary and detailed description. These descriptions provide important information about the study's purpose, methodology, and key details in language accessible to both researchers and the general public.
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Description Module
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2025-12-24 @ 5:55 PM
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NCT ID:
NCT02284568
Brief Summary:
This Phase 2 study is intended to serve as a proof of concept for potential treatment with laquinimod in patients with PPMS. The study is also aimed at evaluating 2 doses of laquinimod in this population.
Detailed Description:
Due to serious cardiovascular adverse events, Data Monitoring Committee (DMC) made a recommendation to stop all laquinimod treatment arms above 0.6 mg in the multiple sclerosis (MS) trials; therefore the 1.5 mg treatment arm in the ARPEGGIO study was discontinued as of 01 January 2016.
The DMC did not identify any definite cardiovascular risk in the 0.6 mg treatment arm, but felt that long term monitoring for emergence of any potential signal was necessary. Therefore, the 0.6 mg treatment arm was continued while the sponsor closely monitored cardiovascular events in all laquinimod studies. Prior to 01 January 2016, eligible patients were randomized in a 1:1:1 ratio into 1 of the following treatment arms (a total of 286 patients were randomized 1:1:1 prior to
01 January 2016):
* Laquinimod 0.6 mg daily
* Laquinimod 1.5 mg daily
* Daily placebo
As of 01 January 2016, following the decision to discontinue the laquinimod 1.5 mg dose arm, additional eligible patients (87 patients) who were enrolled were randomized in a 1:1 ratio into one of the following treatment arms:
* Laquinimod 0.6 mg daily
* Daily placebo
Study:
NCT02284568
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT02284568