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. 2013 Apr 17;3(4):e002170. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-002170

Table 5.

Clinical end points according to study group for the all-time on-study population

Characteristics* Group A (n=10) Group B (PLP10) (n=10) Group C (n=9) Placebo (n=12) p Value of Group B versus placebo
Annual relapse rate over 1 year† 0.80 0.40 0.78 0.83
Total number of relapses† 8 4 7 10
Primary end points
 Annual relapse rate over 2 years (95% CI)† 0.85 0.40 (0.15–0.87) 0.72 1.04 0.024
 Total number of relapses† 17 8 13 25
Excluding patients on natalizumab (n=9) (n=10) (n=9) (n=10)
 Annual relapse rate over 2 years (95% CI) 0.83 0.40 (0.10–0.79) 0.72 0.95 0.016
 Total number of relapses 15 8 13 19
Secondary end points
 Cumulative probability of sustained progression increase by 1 point on EDSS, confirmed after 6 months, over 2 years %† 43 10 (1/10) 24 58 (7/12) 0.019
Excluding patients on natalizumab
 Cumulative probability of sustained progression increase by 1 point on EDSS, confirmed after 6 months, over 2 years % 33 10 (1/10) 24 70 (7/10) 0.006
Exploratory results
 Patient proportion with ≤1 relapse over 2 years %† 50 (5/10) 90 (9/10) 56 (5/9) 42 (5/12) 0.030
MRI
 Patient proportion with new or enlarging T2 lesions %† 29 (2/7) 67 (4/6)
Excluding patients on natalizumab
 Patient proportion with no new or enlarging T2 lesions % 29 (2/7) 80 (4/5)
DMT (interferons, glatiramer acetate) and natalizumab
 Patient proportion on DMT and natalizumab at the end of 2 years %† 80 (8/10)‡ 60 (6/10) 67 (6/9) 75 (9/12)§ 0.747

*CI denotes confidence interval.

†Including patients on natalizumab.

‡1 of 10 on natalizumab.

§2 of 12 on natalizumab.

DMT, disease-modifying treatment.