BENEFIT Study (Betaferon® / Betaseron® in Newly Emerging Multiple Sclerosis for Initial Treatment) and BENEFIT Follow-up Study

PHASE3CompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

468

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

August 31, 2002

Primary Completion Date

May 31, 2008

Study Completion Date

May 31, 2008

Conditions
Multiple Sclerosis
Interventions
DRUG

Interferon beta-1b (Betaseron, BAY86-5046)

Initial Betaferon/Betaseron treatment (Interferon beta-1b, IFNB-1b), 250 ug administered s.c. (subcutaneous) every other day, continued in Follow-up phase

DRUG

Interferon beta-1b (Betaseron, BAY86-5046)

Initial placebo treatment; Betaferon/Betaseron, 250 ug administered s.c. (subcutaneous) every other day offered in Follow-up phase (= this trial)

Trial Locations (94)

1076

Budapest

1090

Vienna

1145

Budapest

1200

Brussels

1204

Budapest

1525

Ljubljana

2600

Glostrup Municipality

3000

Leuven

Coimbra

4000

Liège

4031

Basel

4032

Debrecen

6020

Innsbruck

6720

Szeged

8036

Graz

9000

Ghent

9007

Sankt Gallen

10034

Prague

10126

Torino

12200

Berlin

12808

Prague

13585

Berlin

16761

Hennigsdorf

17475

Greifswald

20090

Lublin

20100

Turku

20132

Milan

21013

Gallarate

21033

Dijon

27100

Pavia

28040

Madrid

29010

Málaga

30460

Pilsen

31059

Toulouse

31503

Krakow

33076

Bordeaux

33521

Tampere

34362

Haifa

35038

Rennes

35039

Marburg

35128

Padua

35392

Giessen

37099

Göttingen

38126

Braunschweig

39120

Magdeburg

40225

Düsseldorf

40479

Düsseldorf

41071

Seville

41685

Gothenburg

46026

Valencia

48149

Münster

48903

Barakaldo

50005

Hradec Králové

50420

Wroclaw

50931

Cologne

52621

Tel Litwinsky

54035

Nancy

55101

Mainz

59037

Lille

60220

Seinäjoki

63003

Clermont-Ferrand

63069

Offenbach

63900

Brno

66424

Homburg

70210

Kuopio

70852

Ostrava

75019

Paris

81377

München

85681

Bydgoszcz

89081

Ulm

90029

Oulu

90153

Lodz

93053

Regensburg

97080

Würzburg

99089

Erfurt

T2N 2T9

Calgary

V6T 2B5

Vancouver

N6A 5A5

London

K1H 8L6

Ottawa

M5B 1W8

Toronto

H2L 4M1

Montreal

00100

Helsinki

06000

Nice

06120

Halle

6131 BK

Sittard

5022 GC

Tilburg

N-5021

Bergen

08907

L'Hospitalet de Llobregat

08035

Barcelona

08036

Barcelona

DD1 9SY

Dundee

AB25 2ZN

Aberdeen

W6 8RF

London

S10 2JF

Sheffield

Sponsors

Lead Sponsor

All Listed Sponsors
lead

Bayer

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