NCT00429442.
Trial name or title | Simvastatin as an Add‐on Treatment to Copaxone for the Treatment of Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis |
Methods | A Double Blind, Randomised, Placebo Controlled Study |
Participants | 20 patients with Relapsing‐remitting MS Between the age of 18 and 60 years (both included) EDSS of 6.5 or less 20 Written informed consent |
Interventions | Intervention group: copaxone and simvastatin 80 mg Control group: copaxone and calcium tablets |
Outcomes | Primary outcomes: number of new and/or enlarging lesions on T2‐ weighted MRI. Secondary Outcomes: changes in the EDSS and MFSC score, number of documented relapses. |
Starting date | March 2008 |
Contact information | Jette L Frederiksen, DMSC, Department of Neurology, Glostrup Hospital, Denmark Tel: +45 43233041; Email: jefr@glo.regionh.dk Anna Tsakiri, MD; Tel: +45 43233524; Email: ants@dadlnet.dk |
Notes | Sponsored by Sanofi‐Aventis http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00429442 |