A Postmarketing Surveillance (PMS) Study to Evaluate the Extent to Which Patient Compliance is Influenced by Use of a Variable Titration Regimen at the Start of Treatment of Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis (MS) With Interferon Beta 1a (Rebif®)

CompletedOBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment

403

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

January 31, 2005

Primary Completion Date

July 31, 2008

Study Completion Date

July 31, 2008

Conditions
Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis
Interventions
DRUG

Interferon beta-1a

Subjects first received Interferon beta-1a at a dose of 22 µg x3 over a period of 4 weeks. An attempt was then made to increase the dose of interferon beta-1a to 44 µg x3 as a self-administered subcutaneous (s.c.) injection. If intolerable interferon-specific side effects or problems of acceptance occured, the treatment with Rebif 22 µg three times weekly was continued.

All Listed Sponsors
lead

Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

INDUSTRY

NCT01142492 - A Postmarketing Surveillance (PMS) Study to Evaluate the Extent to Which Patient Compliance is Influenced by Use of a Variable Titration Regimen at the Start of Treatment of Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis (MS) With Interferon Beta 1a (Rebif®) | Biotech Hunter | Biotech Hunter