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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Contemp Clin Trials. 2016 Aug 10;50:166–177. doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2016.08.009

Table 3.

Endpoints and Measures.

Endpoints Measure
Primary Endpoint
Whole Brain Atrophy (WBA) Brain parenchymal fraction (BPF) analysis by MRI
Main Secondary Endpoints
Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) DTI in descending pyramidal tracts
Magnetization Transfer Ratio (MTR) MTR in the normal-appearing brain tissue
Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) Mean peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer thickness
Cortical atrophy Cortical Longitudinal Atrophy Detection Algorithm
Additional Secondary Endpoints
Inflammatory Disease Activity
  • T1 lesion volume

  • T2 lesion volume

  • Annualized relapse rate

Disability
  • Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS)

  • Multiple Sclerosis Functional Composite (MSFC)

Cognitive Impairment
  • Symbol Digit Modalities Test

  • Selective Reminding Test

Quality of Life
  • Multiple Sclerosis Impact Scale (MSIS-29)

  • EuroQol 5 Dimensions (EQ-5D),

  • Short Form-36 Health Survey (SF-36)

Neuropathic Pain
  • Brief Pain Inventory (BPI)

Tertiary Endpoints
Activity of Ibudilast at 48 weeks
  • DTI in descending pyramidal tracts

  • MTR imaging in normal-appearing brain tissue

  • RNFL measured by OCT

  • CLADA – measure cortical atrophy

Activity of Ibudilast at 96 weeks
  • Whole brain gray matter fraction

  • MTR in gray matter

  • New T1 and T2 lesions since baseline