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    Lancet Neurol. 2016 Feb 12.
    pii: S1474-4422(16)00018-1. doi: 10.1016/S1474-4422(16)00018-1. [Epub ahead of print]

    Safety and efficacy of the selective sphingosine 1-phosphate receptor modulator ozanimod in relapsing multiple sclerosis (RADIANCE): a randomised, placebo-controlled, phase 2 trial.

    Cohen JA1, Arnold DL2, Comi G3, Bar-Or A4, Gujrathi S5, Hartung JP5, Cravets M5, Olson A5, Frohna PA5, Selmaj KW6; RADIANCE Study Group.


    Abstract
    BACKGROUND:
    Modulation of sphingosine 1-phosphate (S1P) receptors in a non-selective manner decreases disease activity in patients with multiple sclerosis but has potential safety concerns. We assessed the safety and efficacy of the oral selective S1P receptor modulator ozanimod in patients with relapsing multiple sclerosis.

    METHODS:
    RADIANCE is a combined phase 2/3 trial. Patients with relapsing multiple sclerosis were recruited from 55 academic and private multiple sclerosis clinics in 13 countries across Europe and the USA. Eligible participants were aged 18-55 years, had an Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) score of 0-5·0, and had either one or more relapses in the previous 12 months, or one or more relapses in the past 24 months and one or more gadolinium-enhancing lesions on MRI in the previous 12 months before screening.

    Participants were assigned by a computer-generated randomisation sequence in a 1:1:1 ratio to ozanimod (0·5 mg or 1 mg) or matching placebo once daily for 24 weeks by an independent, unmasked, statistical team. Trial participants, study site personnel, MRI assessors, steering committee members, and the study statistician were masked to treatment assignment.

    To attenuate first-dose cardiac effects, ozanimod was up-titrated from 0·25 mg to 0·5 mg or 1 mg over 8 days. The primary endpoint was the cumulative number of total gadolinium-enhancing MRI lesions measured by an independent MRI analysis centre at weeks 12-24 after treatment initiation. Analysis was by intention to treat. Here, we report results from the 24-week phase 2 trial. This trial is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov, number NCT01628393. The 2-year phase 3 trial is ongoing.

    FINDINGS:
    The first patient was randomised on Oct 18, 2012, and the final visit of the last randomised patient was on May 11, 2014. The intention-to-treat and safety population consisted of 258 participants, 88 were assigned placebo, 87 ozanimod 0·5 mg, and 83 ozanimod 1 mg; 252 (98%) patients completed the assigned treatment.

    The mean cumulative number of gadolinium-enhancing lesions at weeks 12-24 was 11·1 (SD 29·9) with placebo compared with 1·5 (3·7) with ozanimod 0·5 mg (odds ratio 0·16, 95% CI 0·08-0·30; p<0·0001) and 1·5 (3·4) with ozanimod 1 mg (odds ratio 0·11, 95% CI 0·06-0·21; p<0·0001).

    Three serious adverse events unrelated to treatment were reported in patients assigned ozanimod 0·5 mg: optic neuritis, somatoform autonomic dysfunction, and cervical squamous metaplasia (HPV-related). No serious infectious or cardiac adverse events were reported, and no cases of macular oedema arose.

    The most common adverse events in the ozanimod 0·5 mg and 1 mg groups compared with placebo were nasopharyngitis (11 and five vs 12), headache (five and three vs eight), and urinary-tract infections (six and two vs two). The maximum reduction in mean heart rate by Holter monitoring during the first 6 h in ozanimod-treated participants was less than 2 beats per min (bpm) compared with baseline, with no patient having a minimum hourly heart rate less than 45 bpm. Electrocardiograms and 24-h Holter monitoring showed no increased incidence of atrioventricular block or sinus pause with ozanimod.

    INTERPRETATION:
    Ozanimod significantly reduced MRI lesion activity in participants with relapsing multiple sclerosis, with a favourable safety profile over a period of 24 weeks. These findings warrant phase 3 trials, which are ongoing.

    FUNDING:
    Receptos, Inc.
    Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved
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    #2
    It is all this research...all these trials...that makes me so grateful that I am living with MS in this time as opposed to even a year before I was diagnosed. The neuro who diagnosed me told me to go home and do the best I could! Six months later Betaseron was the first MS drug to come on the market and I started down this road.......with the help of a new neurologist!
    Linda~~~~

    Be the kind of woman that when your feet hit the floor each morning the devil says:"Oh Crap, She's up!"..

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      #3
      I just wish that they had come up with something that would have helped me
      and others with stopping our kind of MS
      Last edited by SalpalSally; 02-19-2016, 05:58 AM.
      Love, Sally


      "The best way out is always through". Robert Frost






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        #4
        Sally, I wish so too.
        Virginia

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          #5
          Originally posted by Lazarus View Post
          It is all this research...all these trials...that makes me so grateful that I am living with MS in this time as opposed to even a year before I was diagnosed. The neuro who diagnosed me told me to go home and do the best I could! Six months later Betaseron was the first MS drug to come on the market and I started down this road.......with the help of a new neurologist!
          You've certainly been our brave guinea pig, Linda. I'm not sure if I'd be able to feel comfortable enough to take the risks you and many others have in trying these. How is ssusan doing with her new treatment, I can't remember what she was trying?

          I agree Virginia & Sally, if only something safe and effective would work for SPMS. Maybe that other ocrelizumab will work for more progressive forms, or it'll unlock an understanding that will lead to better treatments.
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            #6
            SSusan I think is still considering her options.

            I want to emphasize that I think ocrelizumab is basically rituxan...and that has been used for progressive MS for enough time now to know that it is helpful. It is so frustrating that what helps one MSer does not help another MSer. There are so many pathways and all of us are unique in our disease variations. Imagine being the researchers trying to find common threads and to develop medicines to help us!

            I use Ampyra to help with walking as well and it seems to make a strong difference. And many symptom control meds which work well enough. For now.
            Linda~~~~

            Be the kind of woman that when your feet hit the floor each morning the devil says:"Oh Crap, She's up!"..

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              #7
              Very encouraging, Linda!
              Love, Sally


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                #8
                Yes, Sally, Amprya. Look it up. See what you think. Maybe it would help.

                ANN
                There comes a time when silence is betrayal.- MLK

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