Placebo-Controlled Phase 3 Study of Oral BG-12 for Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis
Author(s) -
Ralf Gold,
Ludwig Kappos,
Douglas L. Arnold,
Amit BarOr,
Gavin Giovani,
Krzysztof Selmaj,
Carlo Tornatore,
Marianne T. Sweetser,
Minhua Yang,
Sarah Sheikh,
Katherine Dawson
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa1114287
Subject(s) - placebo , medicine , multiple sclerosis , clinical endpoint , regimen , placebo controlled study , gastroenterology , randomized controlled trial , double blind , immunology , pathology , alternative medicine
BG-12 (dimethyl fumarate) was shown to have antiinflammatory and cytoprotective properties in preclinical experiments and to result in significant reductions in disease activity on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in a phase 2, placebo-controlled study involving patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis.
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