Phase IV Study, Betaseron Versus Copaxone for Relapsing Remitting or CIS Forms of MS Using Triple Dose Gad 3 T MRI

Summary

This is the first comparison of efficacy of Betaseron and Copaxone for treatment of relapsing forms of MS.

Timeline

Start

2003-01

Primary completion

2007-01

Completion

2007-01

Publications

• Results Cadavid D, Wolansky LJ, Skurnick J, Lincoln J, Cheriyan J, Szczepanowski K, Kamin SS, Pachner AR, Halper J, Cook SD. Efficacy of treatment of MS with IFNbeta-1b or glatiramer acetate by monthly brain MRI in the BECOME study. Neurology. 2009 Jun 9;72(23):1976-83. doi: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000345970.73354.17. Epub 2009 Mar 11.
• Results Cadavid D, Cheriyan J, Skurnick J, Lincoln JA, Wolansky LJ, Cook SD. New acute and chronic black holes in patients with multiple sclerosis randomised to interferon beta-1b or glatiramer acetate. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2009 Dec;80(12):1337-43. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.2008.171090. Epub 2009 Aug 16.
• Maranzano J, Rudko DA, Nakamura K, Cook S, Cadavid D, Wolansky L, Arnold DL, Narayanan S. MRI evidence of acute inflammation in leukocortical lesions of patients with early multiple sclerosis. Neurology. 2017 Aug 15;89(7):714-721. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000004227. Epub 2017 Jul 19.

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