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. 2017 Dec 21;9:1–10. doi: 10.2147/PROM.S122401

Table 2.

Radiological endpoints of fingolimod extension studies

Clinical studies Mean (95% CI) new or newly enlarging T2 lesions Mean (95% CI) cumulative GELs Yearly proportion of patients free from GELs (%) Yearly proportion of patients without new or enlarging T2 lesions (%) Mean BVL across study
Phase II long-term extension20 84–96a 68–88a −2.8%b
Phase 3 FREEDOMS long-term extension21 4.5 (4.27–4.68)c
4.0 (3.8–4.21)d
1.1 (0.98–1.23)c
0.8 (0.7–0.94)d
−1.7 (−1.91 to −1.43)c,e
−1.6 (−1.88 to −1.4)d,e
Phase 3 TRANSFORMS long-term extension22 75f 42f −1.01 (−0.8)g
LONGTERMS31 0.9h 50h −0.33i
Long-term extension of the TRANSFORMS study25 0.8j 50j 35j

Notes:

a

Regardless of initial randomization group, yearly percentages from year 1 to year 7;

b

calculated over 84 months;

c

in continuous fingolimod 0.5 mg group over 48 months;

d

in continuous fingolimod 1.25 mg group over 48 months;

e

95% CI;

f

for fingolimod 0.5 mg group between month 13 (beginning of extension phase) and end of study;

g

SD;

h

between months 0 and 60 (n=605)31;

i

annualized rate of BVL between months 0 and 60 (n=548)31;

j

between months 0-60 (n=924).25

Abbreviations: GELs, gadolinium-enhancing lesions; BVL, brain-volume loss.