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ABSTRACT: Background
In the Phase 3, 96-week ORACLE-MS study, cladribine tablets 10?mg (3.5 or 5.25?mg/kg cumulative dosage over two years) significantly reduced lesions associated with multiple sclerosis versus placebo in participants following a first clinical demyelinating event (FCDE).Objective
To determine the timing of effects of cladribine tablets on lesion activity assessed by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).Methods
This post hoc analysis assessed the effect of cladribine tablets versus placebo in ORACLE-MS on secondary MRI endpoints including T1 gadolinium-enhancing (Gd+), new or enlarging T2 lesions, and combined unique active lesions assessed on MRI scans performed at screening and every 3?months thereafter.Results
Compared to placebo, cladribine tablets 3.5?mg/kg treatment appeared to lead to a trend of reductions in the mean number of T1 Gd+ lesions by Week 13 (first post-baseline scan: 0.37 vs. 1.00), new or enlarging T2 (0.20 vs. 1.01) and combined unique active (0.29 vs. 1.91) lesions by Week 24. Low lesion counts were maintained with cladribine tablets throughout 96?weeks. Similar results were observed with the 5.25?mg/kg dosage.Conclusion
In participants with an FCDE, cladribine tablets appeared to reduce lesion numbers within 13?weeks (time of first evaluation).
SUBMITTER: Freedman MS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7925953 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan-Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Multiple sclerosis journal - experimental, translational and clinical 20210101 1
<h4>Background</h4>In the Phase 3, 96-week ORACLE-MS study, cladribine tablets 10 mg (3.5 or 5.25 mg/kg cumulative dosage over two years) significantly reduced lesions associated with multiple sclerosis versus placebo in participants following a first clinical demyelinating event (FCDE).<h4>Objective</h4>To determine the timing of effects of cladribine tablets on lesion activity assessed by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).<h4>Methods</h4>This <i>post hoc</i> analysis assessed the effect of clad ...[more]