1. A Placebo-Controlled Trial of Oral Cladribine for Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis
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Giovannoni, G, Comi, G, Cook, S, Rammohan, K, Rieckmann, P, Soelberg Sørensen, P, Vermersch, P, Sandberg Wollheim, M, Cuzick, J, Juliusson, G, Reingold, S, King, J, Pollard, J, Sedal, L, Aichner, F, Eggers, C, Dive, D, Medaer, R, Ferreira, M, Manchev, I, Milanov, I, Haralanov, L, Deleva, N, Petrova, N, Bozhinov, P, Zahariev, Z, Stamenov, B, Shotekov, P, Petrov, I, Moskov, R, Emond, F, Freedman, M, Grand'Maison, F, Jacques, F, Vorobeychik, G, Demarin, V, Kovacicek, M, Lusic, I, Perhat Bucevic, T, Havrdova, E, Talab, R, Kanovsky, P, Petersen, T, Gross Paju, K, Kalbe, I, Toomsoo, T, Elovaara, I, Eralinna, Jp, Reunanen, M, Clavelou, P, Damier, P, Debouverie, M, Edan, G, Gout, O, Labauge, P, Laplaud, D, Wiertlewski, S, Heidenreich, F, Mäurer, M, Kieseier, B, Limmroth, V, Oschmann, P, Schimrigk, S, Steinbrecher, A, Zettl, U, Ziemann, U, Karageorgiou, K, Kyritsis, A, Papadimitriou, A, Amato, Mp, Bernardi, G, Morra, Vb, Galgani, S, Gallo, Paolo, Patti, F, Marrosu, M, Pozzilli, C, Trojano, M, Mancardi, Gl, Gebeily, S, Koussa, S, Wehbe, M, Yamout, B, Vaitkus, A, Metra, M, Messouak, O, Mossaddaq, R, Slassi, I, Yahyaoui, M, Hupperts, Rm, Czlonkowska, A, Kozubski, W, Nyka, W, Selmaj, K, Szczudlik, A, Figueiredo, J, Pedrosa, R, Alifirova, V, Balyazin, V, Barbarash, O, Belova, A, Boyko, A, Gusev, E, Elchaninov, A, Jacoupov, E, Julev, N, Kotov, S, Kudryavtsev, A, Laskov, V, Lesnyak, O, Odinak, M, Pasechnik, E, Poverennonva, I, Skoromets, A, Spirin, N, Stolyarov, I, Vorobieva, O, Voskresenskaya, O, Zaslavskiy, L, Zonova, E, Bohlega, S, El Jumah, M, Drulovic, J, Nadj, C, Goebels, N, Schluep, M, Ayed Frih, M, Hentati, F, Mhiri, C, Mrabet, A, Mrissa, R, Idiman, E, Karabudak, R, Turan, Of, Ahmed, F, Constantinescu, C, Hawkins, C, Palace, J, Sharrack, B, Loganovsky, K, Moskovko, S, Nehrych, T, Voloshyna, Np, Carlini, W, English, J, Garmany, G, Glyman, S, Huddlestone, J, Hurwitz, B, Kresa Reahl, K, Mikol, D, Pardo, G, Rao, H, Reif, M, Thrower, B, Royal, W, Webb, R, Wynn, D, Naga, C, Allen, N, Lin, K, Stefoski, D, Balabanov, R., Klinische Neurowetenschappen, RS: MHeNs School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, G., Giovannoni, G., Comi, S., Cook, K., Rammohan, P., Rieckmann, P. S., Sorensen, P., Vermersch, P., Chang, A., Hamlett, B., Musch, S. J., Greenberg, Altri, and BRESCIA MORRA, Vincenzo
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Male ,Medizin ,Placebo-controlled study ,Administration, Oral ,Relapsing-Remitting ,drug therapy/pathology ,Gastroenterology ,Disability Evaluation ,Cladribine ,Hazard ratio ,Brain ,General Medicine ,Middle Aged ,Administration ,Oral, Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Analysis of Variance, Brain ,pathology, Cladribine ,adverse effects/therapeutic use, Disability Evaluation, Disease Progression, Double-Blind Method, Female, Herpes Zoster ,etiology, Humans, Immunosuppressive Agents ,adverse effects/therapeutic use, Intention to Treat Analysis, Lymphopenia ,chemically induced, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Middle Aged, Multiple Sclerosis ,drug therapy/pathology, Young Adult ,Magnetic Resonance Imaging ,Intention to Treat Analysis ,adverse effects/therapeutic use ,Disease Progression ,chemically induced ,Female ,Immunosuppressive Agents ,medicine.drug ,Oral ,Adult ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Multiple Sclerosis ,Adolescent ,etiology ,cladribine ,immunomodulation ,multiple sclerosis ,trial ,Lower risk ,Placebo ,DIAGNOSIS ,Herpes Zoster ,Young Adult ,Multiple Sclerosis, Relapsing-Remitting ,Double-Blind Method ,Lymphopenia ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,Humans ,Adverse effect ,Aged ,Analysis of Variance ,business.industry ,MS ,medicine.disease ,Confidence interval ,Surgery ,CELLS ,pathology ,Lymphocytopenia ,business - Abstract
Cladribine provides immunomodulation through selective targeting of lymphocyte subtypes. We report the results of a 96-week phase 3 trial of a short-course oral tablet therapy in patients with relapsing–remitting multiple sclerosis. We randomly assigned 1326 patients in an approximate 1:1:1 ratio to receive one of two cumulative doses of cladribine tablets (either 3.5 mg or 5.25 mg per kilogram of body weight) or matching placebo, given in two or four short courses for the first 48 weeks, then in two short courses starting at week 48 and week 52 (for a total of 8 to 20 days per year). The primary end point was the rate of relapse at 96 weeks. Among patients who received cladribine tablets (either 3.5 mg or 5.25 mg per kilogram), there was a significantly lower annualized rate of relapse than in the placebo group (0.14 and 0.15, respectively, vs. 0.33 ; P
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- 2010