Atorvastatin 40 mg in Patients With Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis Treated With Interferon-Beta-1b

Summary

Title: Efficacy, safety and tolerability of Atorvastatin 40 mg in patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis treated with interferon-beta-1b SWiss Atorvastatin and Interferon-Beta 1b Trial In Multiple Sclerosis Short title: "SWABIMS" Study phase: Phase IIb study Study design: Multi-center, randomized, rater-blinded, parallel-group-study in Switzerland Investigational product: Atorvastatin 40mg every day (oral) plus Interferon-beta Reference product: Interferon-beta-1b 250mg given Indication: Relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RR-MS) Study objectives: Comparison of efficacy, safety and tolerability of combination of Atorvastatin 40mg (per os) daily and Interferon-beta-1b e.o.d in patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis compared to monotherapy with Interferon-beta-1b e.o.d. Primary Endpoint: Proportion of patients with new T2 lesions after 15 months of treatment.

Timeline

Start

2005-05

Primary completion

2009-04

Completion

2009-05

Publications

• Background Paty DW, Li DK; UBC MS/MRI Study Group and IFNB Multiple Sclerosis Study Group. Interferon beta-lb is effective in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis. II. MRI analysis results of a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. 1993 [classical article]. Neurology. 2001 Dec;57(12 Suppl 5):S10-5. No abstract available.
• Background Youssef S, Stuve O, Patarroyo JC, Ruiz PJ, Radosevich JL, Hur EM, Bravo M, Mitchell DJ, Sobel RA, Steinman L, Zamvil SS. The HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor, atorvastatin, promotes a Th2 bias and reverses paralysis in central nervous system autoimmune disease. Nature. 2002 Nov 7;420(6911):78-84. doi: 10.1038/nature01158.
• Background Kwak B, Mulhaupt F, Myit S, Mach F. Statins as a newly recognized type of immunomodulator. Nat Med. 2000 Dec;6(12):1399-402. doi: 10.1038/82219.
• Kamm CP, Mattle HP; SWABIMS Study Group. SWiss Atorvastatin and interferon Beta-1b trial In Multiple Sclerosis (SWABIMS)--rationale, design and methodology. Trials. 2009 Dec 14;10:115. doi: 10.1186/1745-6215-10-115.

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