Rituximab and Ocrelizumab in Serum With Multiple Sclerosis

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot listed
Trial typeObservational
Biological sexAll
Age18-60
SponsorHaukeland University Hospital

About this trial

ROS-MS is a clinical pharmacological substudy to the OVERLORD-MS study (NCT04578639), designed to examine the possibilities of personalized treatment with rituximab and ocrelizumab in patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis.

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Included in OVERLORD-MS (NCT04578639)

Willing to attend laboratory for blood sample collection at scheduled time points

Disqualifiers

None

Trial population

In OVERLORD-MS, treatment-naïve male and female patients aged 18-60 years, with newly diagnosed multiple sclerosis, are randomized 2:1 to treatment with rituximab or ocrelizumab. In the sub-study ROS-MS, patients are recruited from the patients included i OVERLORD-MS.

Trial design

Design model

Cohort

Time perspective

Prospective

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Blood samples for PK

    Other intervention

    Blood sampled for pharmacokinetic study

  • Blood samples for PK

    Other intervention

    Blood samples before, shortly after infusion of already assigned/ongoing treatment as well as after 2, 4, 8, 12, 24 weeks for serum conc. measurements.

Treatment groups

No treatment groups listed

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Serum drug concentration measured using liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS)

The serum concentration of rituximab or ocrelizumab after drug infusion (maximum serum concentration (Cmax)) and 2, 4, 8, 12, 24 weeks thereafter.

Time frame
Up to 24 weeks (during one cycle of treatment, injection of rituximab or ocrelizumab is scheduled every 6 months)

Secondary outcomes

Other outcomes

Sponsors and contacts

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Haukeland University Hospital

Lead sponsor

University of Bergen

Collaborator