Exploring the Efficacy and Safety of Siponimod in Patients With Secondary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis (EXPAND)

Summary

Evaluate the safety and efficacy of Siponimod (BAF312) versus placebo in a variable treatment duration in patients with secondary progressive multiple sclerosis (Core Part) followed by extended treatment with open-label BAF312 to obtain data on long-term safety, tolerability and efficacy (Extension Part).

Timeline

Start

2012-12-20

Primary completion

2016-04-29

Completion

2023-03-31

Publications

• Gold R, Piani-Meier D, Kappos L, Bar-Or A, Vermersch P, Giovannoni G, Fox RJ, Arnold DL, Benedict RHB, Penner IK, Rouyrre N, Kilaru A, Karlsson G, Ritter S, Dahlke F, Hach T, Cree BAC. Siponimod vs placebo in active secondary progressive multiple sclerosis: a post hoc analysis from the phase 3 EXPAND study. J Neurol. 2022 Sep;269(9):5093-5104. doi: 10.1007/s00415-022-11166-z. Epub 2022 May 31.
• Cree BA, Arnold DL, Fox RJ, Gold R, Vermersch P, Benedict RH, Bar-Or A, Piani-Meier D, Rouyrre N, Ritter S, Kilaru A, Karlsson G, Giovannoni G, Kappos L. Long-term efficacy and safety of siponimod in patients with secondary progressive multiple sclerosis: Analysis of EXPAND core and extension data up to >5 years. Mult Scler. 2022 Sep;28(10):1591-1605. doi: 10.1177/13524585221083194. Epub 2022 Apr 5.
• Leppert D, Kropshofer H, Haring DA, Dahlke F, Patil A, Meinert R, Tomic D, Kappos L, Kuhle J. Blood Neurofilament Light in Progressive Multiple Sclerosis: Post Hoc Analysis of 2 Randomized Controlled Trials. Neurology. 2022 May 24;98(21):e2120-e2131. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000200258. Epub 2022 Apr 4.
• Arnold DL, Piani-Meier D, Bar-Or A, Benedict RH, Cree BA, Giovannoni G, Gold R, Vermersch P, Arnould S, Dahlke F, Hach T, Ritter S, Karlsson G, Kappos L, Fox RJ; EXPAND Clinical Investigators. Effect of siponimod on magnetic resonance imaging measures of neurodegeneration and myelination in secondary progressive multiple sclerosis: Gray matter atrophy and magnetization transfer ratio analyses from the EXPAND phase 3 trial. Mult Scler. 2022 Sep;28(10):1526-1540. doi: 10.1177/13524585221076717. Epub 2022 Mar 9.
• Schur N, Gudala K, Vudumula U, Vadapalle S, Bhadhuri A, Casanova A, Adlard N, Schwenkglenks M. Cost Effectiveness and Budget Impact of Siponimod Compared to Interferon Beta-1a in the Treatment of Adult Patients with Secondary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis with Active Disease in Switzerland. Pharmacoeconomics. 2021 May;39(5):563-577. doi: 10.1007/s40273-021-01023-8. Epub 2021 Apr 1.
• Benedict RHB, Tomic D, Cree BA, Fox R, Giovannoni G, Bar-Or A, Gold R, Vermersch P, Pohlmann H, Wright I, Karlsson G, Dahlke F, Wolf C, Kappos L. Siponimod and Cognition in Secondary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis: EXPAND Secondary Analyses. Neurology. 2021 Jan 19;96(3):e376-e386. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000011275. Epub 2020 Dec 16.
• Kappos L, Bar-Or A, Cree BAC, Fox RJ, Giovannoni G, Gold R, Vermersch P, Arnold DL, Arnould S, Scherz T, Wolf C, Wallstrom E, Dahlke F; EXPAND Clinical Investigators. Siponimod versus placebo in secondary progressive multiple sclerosis (EXPAND): a double-blind, randomised, phase 3 study. Lancet. 2018 Mar 31;391(10127):1263-1273. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)30475-6. Epub 2018 Mar 23.

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