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Placebo Cohorts in Phase-3 MS Treatment Trials – Predictors for On-Trial Disease Activity 1990-2010 Based on a Meta-Analysis and Individual Case Data

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  • Jan-Patrick Stellmann
  • Anneke Neuhaus
  • Lena Herich
  • Sven Schippling
  • Matthias Roeckel
  • Martin Daumer
  • Roland Martin
  • Christoph Heesen

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Background: Annualized relapse rates (ARR) in the placebo cohorts of phase-3 randomized controlled trials (RCT) of new treatments for relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) have decreased substantially during the last two decades. The causes of these changes are not clear. We consider a better understanding of this phenomenon essential for valuing the effects of new drugs and by designing new trials. Objectives: To identify predictive factors of on-study ARR in early and recent MS trials. Methods: ARR, rate of relapse-free patients, trial start dates, baseline demographics, relapse definitions and the use of McDonald criteria were retrieved by literature research of the placebo cohorts from RRMS phase-3 trials. Predictors were estimated by univariate and multivariate regression analyses and random-effects meta-regression. In addition, regression models were calculated by the Sylvia Lawry Centre's (SLC), including individual case data from clinical trials performed until 2000. The most reliable meta-analytic results can be gained from pooled individual case data. In lack of this, random-effects meta-analyses are recommended. Results: Data from 12 published and one unpublished trial show a decrease of ARR from 1988 to 2012 (adjR2 = 0.807, p

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  • Jan-Patrick Stellmann & Anneke Neuhaus & Lena Herich & Sven Schippling & Matthias Roeckel & Martin Daumer & Roland Martin & Christoph Heesen, 2012. "Placebo Cohorts in Phase-3 MS Treatment Trials – Predictors for On-Trial Disease Activity 1990-2010 Based on a Meta-Analysis and Individual Case Data," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 7(11), pages 1-11, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0050347
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0050347
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