Eligibility Module
The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.
Eligibility Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module
Eligibility Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-24 @ 4:14 PM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-24 @ 4:14 PM
NCT ID:
NCT00492466
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
* Relapsing remitting Multiple Sclerosis according to Poser criteria (CDMS or LDMS) or Multiple Sclerosis according to McDonald criteria
* Disability equivalent to EDSS of 6.0 or less
* Clinical activity defined as at least one relapse rate within the last 12 months
* NAb titre \>20 (measured at least 48 hours after last interferon-beta injection
* has been treated with subcutaneously administered interferon-beta-1b or interferon-beta-1a (Rebif) for at least 24 hours before enrollment
Exclusion Criteria:
* Any condition that might give rise to similar symptoms as MS
* Immunomodulatory therapy other than interferon-beta-1a or interferon-beta-1b or any immunosuppressive treatment six months prior to inclusion into the trial
* Treatment with glucocorticoids or ACTH less than one month prior to inclusion into the trial
* History of major depression
* Alcohol or drug dependency
* Cardiac insufficiency, cardiomyopathy, significant cardiac dysrhythmia, unstable or advanced ischemic heart disease (NYHA III or IV)
* hypertension (BP \> 180/110 mmHg)
* Renal insufficiency defined as serum creatinine \> 1.5 times the upper normal reference limit
* Any systemic disease that can influence the patient's safety and compliance, or the evaluation of the disability
* Gastro-intestinal ulcers, gastritis, or dyspepsia
* Women who are pregnant, breast-feeding or have the possibility for pregnancy during the trial. To avoid pregnancy, women have to be postmenopausal, surgical sterile, sexually inactive or practice reliable contraceptives
Healthy Volunteers:
False
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
18 Years
Maximum Age:
55 Years
Study:
NCT00492466
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT00492466