NCT04586023Active, not recruitingPhase 3
Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Fenebrutinib Compared With Teriflunomide in Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis (RMS)
A Phase III Multicenter Randomized, Double-blind, Double-dummy, Parallel-group Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Fenebrutinib Compared With Teriflunomide in Adult Patients With Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 17 Sept 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
A study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of fenebrutinib on disability progression and relapse rate in adult participants with RMS. Eligible participants will be randomized in a 1:1 ratio to receive either fenebrutinib or teriflunomide. At the end of the double-blind treatment (DBT) phase (after disclosure of the DBT results), the Sponsor will determine whether or not to initiate the open-label extension (OLE) phase of the study.
- Status (registry)
- Active, not recruiting
- Phase (registry)
- Phase 3
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 751 (actual)
- First submitted
- 8 Oct 2020
- Start date
- 24 Mar 2021
- Primary completion date
- 5 Sept 2025
- Lead sponsor
- Hoffmann-La Roche
- Diseases
- Multiple sclerosis
- NCT number
- NCT04586023
- EU CT number
- 2022-502618-95-00
- EudraCT number
- 2020-001168-28
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional · Phase 3
- Participants enrolled: 751
- From 24 Mar 2021 to the primary completion date, 5 Sept 2025
- 101 sites in 17 countries
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
Copied verbatim from ClinicalTrials.gov and grouped by topic. Only the trial team decides who can take part.
Prior treatment
- Any concomitant disease that may require chronic treatment with systemic corticosteroids or immunosuppressants during the course of the study
- History of alcohol or other drug abuse within 12 months prior to screening
- Adrenocorticotropic hormone or systemic corticosteroid therapy within 4 weeks prior to screening (inhaled and topical corticosteroids are allowed)
- Receipt of a live-attenuated vaccine within 6 weeks prior to randomization
- Any previous treatment with immunomodulatory or immunosuppressive medication without an appropriate washout period
- OLE Exclusion Criteria:
Other illness
- Any known or suspected active infection at screening, including but not limited to a positive screening tests for hepatitis B (HBV) and hepatitis C (HCV), an active or latent or inadequately treated infection with tuberculosis (TB), a confirmed or suspected progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML)
- History of cancer including hematologic malignancy and solid tumors within 10 years of screening
- Known presence of other neurological disorders, that could interfere with the diagnosis of MS or assessments of efficacy or safety during the study and clinically significant cardiovascular, psychiatric, pulmonary, renal, hepatic, endocrine, metabolic or gastrointestinal (GI) disease
- Acute liver disease
- Chronic liver disease unless considered stable for \> 6 months
- Presence of cirrhosis (Child-Pugh Class A, B, or C) or Gilbert's syndrome
- History of or currently active primary or secondary (non-drug-related) immunodeficiency, including known history of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection
- Chronic liver disease unless considered stable for \> 6 months
- Acute liver disease
- Gilbert's syndrome
Lab values
- Rare hereditary problems of galactose intolerance, total lactase deficiency, or glucose-galactose malabsorption
Age
- Disease duration of \> 10 years from the onset of symptoms and an EDSS score at screening \< 2.0
Other
- Female participants who are pregnant or breastfeeding, or intending to become pregnant
- Male participants who intend to father a child during the study
- A diagnosis of primary progressive multiple sclerosis (PPMS) or non-active secondary progressive multiple sclerosis (SPMS)
- Hypoproteinemia
- Participants with significantly impaired bone marrow function or significant anemia, leukopenia, neutropenia or thrombocytopenia
- Inability to complete an MRI scan
- Cirrhosis (Child-pugh Class A, B or C)
Who the study is looking for
- Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) score of 0 - 5.5 at screening
- A diagnosis of RMS in accordance with the revised 2017 McDonald Criteria
- Ability to complete the 9-hole Peg Test (9-HPT) for each hand in \< 240 seconds
- Ability to perform the Timed 25-foot Walk Test (T25FWT) in \< 150 seconds
- For female participants of childbearing potential: agreement to remain abstinent (refrain from heterosexual intercourse) or use contraceptive measures, and refrain from donating eggs
- For male participants: agreement to remain abstinent (refrain from heterosexual intercourse) or use contraceptive measures, and refrain from donating sperm
- OLE Inclusion Criteria:
- Completed the DBT phase of the study (remaining on study treatment; no other disease-modifying therapy (DMT) administered) and who, in the opinion of the investigator, may benefit from treatment with fenebrutinib
- Participants randomized to the teriflunomide treatment arm during the DBT phase must undergo the accelerated teriflunomide elimination procedure (ATEP) prior to the first administration of open-label fenebrutinib
- For female participants of childbearing potential: agreement to remain abstinent (refrain from heterosexual intercourse) or use contraceptive measures, and refrain from donating eggs
- For male participants: agreement to remain abstinent (refrain from heterosexual intercourse) or use contraceptive measures, and refrain from donating sperm
Age in the registry: 18 years to 55 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (101)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johannes Kepler University Linz Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Linz | Austria | Active, not recruiting |
| University Multiprofile Hospital for Active Treatment Dr Georgi Stranski EAD Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Pleven | Bulgaria | Active, not recruiting |
| Multiprofile Hospital For Active Treatment In Neurology And Psychiatry St. Naum EAD Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Sofia | Bulgaria | Active, not recruiting |
| Freire Pesquisa Clinica Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Belo Horizonte | Brazil | Unknown status |
| L2 Ip Instituto de Pesquisas Clinicas Ltda ME Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Brasília | Brazil | Unknown status |
| Instituto de Neurologia de Curitiba Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Curitiba | Brazil | Unknown status |
| Clinica Neurologica Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Joinville | Brazil | Unknown status |
| Hospital Sao Lucas - PUCRS Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Porto Alegre | Brazil | Unknown status |
| IMV Pesquisa Neurológica Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Porto Alegre | Brazil | Unknown status |
| Núcleo de Pesquisa do Rio Grande do Sul Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Porto Alegre | Brazil | Unknown status |
| Praxis Pesquisa Médica Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Santo André | Brazil | Unknown status |
| CEMEC - Centro Multidisciplinar de Estudos Clínicos Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | São Bernardo do Campo | Brazil | Unknown status |
| Jordy Sinapse Medicina LTDA ME Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | São Paulo | Brazil | Unknown status |
| Hospital Santa Marcelina Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | São Paulo | Brazil | Unknown status |
| Centro de Pesquisas Clinicas Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | São Paulo | Brazil | Unknown status |
| CIUSSS du Saguenay Lac-Saint-Jean, Chicoutimi Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Chicoutimi | Canada | Unknown status |
| University of Alberta Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Edmonton | Canada | Unknown status |
| MUCH - Montreal Neurological Institute & Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Montreal | Canada | Unknown status |
| The Ottawa Hospital - General Campus Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Ottawa | Canada | Unknown status |
| CHU de Quebec Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Québec | Canada | Unknown status |
| Esbjerg Sygehus Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Esbjerg | Denmark | Active, not recruiting |
| Chu Gabriel Montpied Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Clermont-Ferrand | France | Active, not recruiting |
| Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Nice | France | Active, not recruiting |
| Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Rouen Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Rouen Cedex | France | Active, not recruiting |
| Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Salford | United Kingdom | Unknown status |
| Eginitio Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Athens | Greece | Active, not recruiting |
| General University Hospital of Larissa Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Larissa | Greece | Active, not recruiting |
| University General Hospital of Thessaloniki - AHEPA Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Thessaloniki | Greece | Active, not recruiting |
| Nucare Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Guatemala City | Guatemala | Unknown status |
| Zydus Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Ahmedabad | India | Unknown status |
| Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Chandigarh | India | Unknown status |
| Christian Medical College and Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Ludhiana | India | Unknown status |
| Seth G.S Medical College K.E.M Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Mumbai | India | Unknown status |
| Sir Gangaram Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | New Delhi | India | Unknown status |
| Max Super Speciality Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | New Delhi | India | Unknown status |
| Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital & Research Centre Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Pune | India | Unknown status |
| SRM Institute of Medical Sciences Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Vadapalani | India | Unknown status |
| University Hospital Consorziale Policlinico Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bari | Italy | Active, not recruiting |
| Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale degli Spedali Civili di Brescia Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Brescia | Italy | Active, not recruiting |
| Azienda Socio Sanitaria Locale N. 8 Di Cagliari Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Cagliari | Italy | Active, not recruiting |
| Universita' Degli Studi G. D'annunzio Di Chieti Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Chieti | Italy | Active, not recruiting |
| IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Genoa | Italy | Active, not recruiting |
| IRCCS Foundation Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Milan | Italy | Active, not recruiting |
| Università degli studi di Napoli Federico II Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Naples | Italy | Active, not recruiting |
| Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Policlinico Paolo Giaccone Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Palermo | Italy | Active, not recruiting |
| Neurological Institute Foundation Casimiro Mondino Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Pavia | Italy | Active, not recruiting |
| Istituto Neurologico Mediterraneo Neuromed S.p.A. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Pozzilli | Italy | Active, not recruiting |
| Neurological Centre Of Latium Istituto Di Neuroscienze O In Breve N.C.L. Istituto Di Neuroscienze S.r.l. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Rome | Italy | Active, not recruiting |
| Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Rome | Italy | Active, not recruiting |
| Keimyung University - Dongsan Medical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Daegu | South Korea | Unknown status |
| National Cancer Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Goyang-si | South Korea | Unknown status |
| Seoul National University Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Seoul | South Korea | Unknown status |
| Samsung Medical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Seoul | South Korea | Unknown status |
| Unidad de Investigación en Salud Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Chihuahua City | Mexico | Unknown status |
| Grupo Médico Camino S.C. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | México | Mexico | Unknown status |
| Clinstile, S.A. de C.V. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Mexico City | Mexico | Unknown status |
| Unidad de investigacion en salud (UIS) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Mexico City | Mexico | Unknown status |
| Mexico Centre for Clinical Research Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Mexico City | Mexico | Unknown status |
| Neurocentrum Bydgoszcz sp. z o.o Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bydgoszcz | Poland | Active, not recruiting |
| Vitamed Galaj i Cichomski sp.j. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bydgoszcz | Poland | Active, not recruiting |
| Krakowska Akademia Neurologii Sp. z o.o. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Cracow | Poland | Active, not recruiting |
| Malopolskie Centrum Diagnostyczne Medical Sp. z o.o. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Cracow | Poland | Active, not recruiting |
| Copernicus Podmiot Leczniczy Sp. z o.o Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Gdansk | Poland | Active, not recruiting |
| Resmedica Sp. z o.o. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Kielce | Poland | Active, not recruiting |
| Centrum Neurologii Krzysztof Selmaj Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Łódź | Poland | Active, not recruiting |
| Instytut Zdrowia Dr Boczarska-Jedynak Sp. z o.o. S.K. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Oswiecim | Poland | Active, not recruiting |
| Neurologiczny NZOZ Centrum Leczenia SM Ośrodek Badań Klinicznych im. dr n. med. Hanki Hertmanowskiej Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Plewiska k. Poznania | Poland | Active, not recruiting |
| Med Polonia Sp z o.o. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Poznan | Poland | Active, not recruiting |
| Ilkowski I Partnerzy sp.p. Lekarzy Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Poznan | Poland | Active, not recruiting |
| WroMedica I Bielicka A Strzalkowska s c Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Wroclaw | Poland | Active, not recruiting |
| IBISMED Wielospecjalistyczne Centrum Medyczne Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Zabrze | Poland | Active, not recruiting |
| Regional clinical hospital named after prof. S.V. Ochapovsky Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Krasnodar | Russia | Unknown status |
| FSBHI Siberian Clinical Center of the Federal Medical and Biological Agency Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Krasnoyarsk | Russia | Unknown status |
| Krasnoyarsk State Medical Academy Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Krasnoyarsk | Russia | Unknown status |
| Federal center of brain research and neurotechnologies Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Moskva | Russia | Unknown status |
| Regional Clinical Hospital n.a.Semashko Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Nizhny Novgorod | Russia | Unknown status |
| National Center of Social Significant Disease Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Saint Petersburg | Russia | Unknown status |
| Nebbiolo Center for Clinical Trials Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Tomsk | Russia | Unknown status |
| American Health Network Institute, LLC Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Avon | United States | Unknown status |
| University of Cincinnati Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Cincinnati | United States | Unknown status |
| North Central Neurology Associates Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Cullman | United States | Unknown status |
| Integrated Neurology Services PLLC Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Falls Church | United States | Unknown status |
| Neuro Institute of New England P C Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Foxborough | United States | Unknown status |
| University of Kansas Medical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Kansas City | United States | Unknown status |
| Hope Neurology Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Knoxville | United States | Unknown status |
| Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Milwaukee | United States | Unknown status |
| Xenoscience Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Phoenix | United States | Unknown status |
| University of South Florida Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Tampa | United States | Unknown status |
| Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Torrance | United States | Unknown status |
| Georgetown University Medical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Washington D.C. | United States | Unknown status |
| Gazi University Medical Faculty Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Ankara | Turkey (Türkiye) | Unknown status |
| Baskent Universitesi Ankara Hastanesi Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Çankaya | Turkey (Türkiye) | Unknown status |
| Selcuk University Medical Faculty Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Istanbul | Turkey (Türkiye) | Unknown status |
| Bakirkoy State Mental Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Istanbul | Turkey (Türkiye) | Unknown status |
| Sancaktepe Training and Research Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Istanbul | Turkey (Türkiye) | Unknown status |
| Kocaeli University Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Kocaeli | Turkey (Türkiye) | Unknown status |
| Ege Üniversitesi Tip Fakültesi Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Lzmir | Turkey (Türkiye) | Unknown status |
| Mersin University Medical Faculty Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Mersin | Turkey (Türkiye) | Unknown status |
| Ondokuz Mayis University School of Medicine Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Samsun | Turkey (Türkiye) | Unknown status |
| Karadeniz Tecnical Uni Med Fac Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Trabzon | Turkey (Türkiye) | Unknown status |
| Van Yuzuncu Yil University Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Van | Turkey (Türkiye) | Unknown status |
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