Dose-finding Study for SAR442168 in Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis
A Phase 2b Dose-finding Study for SAR442168, a Bruton's Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor, in Participants With Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis
3 other identifiers
interventional
130
9 countries
42
Brief Summary
Primary Objective: To determine the dose-response relationship for SAR442168 to reduce the number of new active brain lesions. Secondary Objectives:
- To evaluate efficacy of SAR442168 on disease activity as assessed by imaging measures.
- To evaluate the safety and tolerability of SAR442168.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P75+ for phase_2
Started Mar 2019
Shorter than P25 for phase_2
42 active sites
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
First Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
March 1, 2019
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
March 26, 2019
CompletedStudy Start
First participant enrolled
March 29, 2019
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
January 2, 2020
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
January 2, 2020
CompletedResults Posted
Study results publicly available
March 8, 2023
CompletedSeptember 17, 2025
September 1, 2025
9 months
March 1, 2019
December 7, 2022
September 16, 2025
Conditions
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
Brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Assessment: Number of New Gadolinium (Gd) Enhancing T1-hyperintense Lesions
Number of new Gd-enhancing T1-hyperintense lesions was detected by brain MRI at the end of 12 weeks of SAR442168 treatment (i.e., at Week 12 for Cohort 1 participants and Week 16 for Cohort 2 participants). Data was planned to be collected and analyzed on pooled population of participants at each dose level of SAR442168 (either in Cohort 1 and 2) and pooled population of participants receiving placebo in Cohort 2 and was not planned to collected during placebo administration in Cohort 1 (Weeks 12 to 16).
After 12 weeks of SAR442168 treatment for SAR442168 reporting arms (i.e., at Week 12 for Cohort 1 participants, at Week 16 for Cohort 2 participants) and at Week 4 for Cohort 2 placebo
Secondary Outcomes (5)
Number of New or Enlarging T2 Lesions
After 12 weeks of SAR442168 treatment for SAR442168 reporting arms (i.e., at Week 12 for Cohort 1 participants, at Week 16 for Cohort 2 participants), and at Week 4 for Cohort 2 placebo
Total Number of Gd-enhancing T1-hyperintense Lesions
After 12 weeks of SAR442168 treatment for SAR442168 reporting arms (i.e., at Week 12 for Cohort 1 participants, at Week 16 for Cohort 2 participants), and at Week 4 for Cohort 2 placebo
Number of Participants With Treatment-emergent Adverse Events (TEAEs) and Treatment-emergent Serious Adverse Events (TESAEs): Weeks 1-4 Period
From Baseline up to Week 4
Number of Participants With Treatment-emergent Adverse Events and Treatment-emergent Serious Adverse Events: SAR442168 Treatment Period
Weeks 1 to 12 for Cohort 1 participants and Weeks 4 to 16 for Cohort 2 participants
Number of Participants With Individual Clinically Relevant Abnormalities in Laboratory Tests (Hematology, Chemistry, Urinalysis), Vital Signs, and Electrocardiograms (ECG)
Baseline up to Week 12 for Cohort 1 participants; Baseline up to Week 4 for Cohort 2 Placebo and from Weeks 4 to 16 for Cohort 2 SAR442168 receiving participants
Study Arms (8)
Cohort 1: SAR442168 5 mg Then Placebo
EXPERIMENTALParticipants received SAR442168 5 milligrams (mg), orally once daily for first 12 weeks then crossed over to matching placebo orally once daily for 4 weeks during the 16 weeks treatment period. To maintain the blinding, each participant was given a total of 4 tablets daily, either of SAR442168 or SAR442168 and placebo, to achieve the specified daily dose of SAR442168.
Cohort 1: SAR442168 15 mg Then Placebo
EXPERIMENTALParticipants received SAR442168 15 mg, orally once daily for first 12 weeks then crossed over to matching placebo orally once daily for 4 weeks during the 16 weeks treatment period. To maintain the blinding, each participant was given a total of 4 tablets daily, either of SAR442168 or SAR442168 and placebo, to achieve the specified daily dose of SAR442168.
Cohort 1: SAR442168 30 mg Then Placebo
EXPERIMENTALParticipants received SAR442168 30 mg, orally once daily for first 12 weeks then crossed over to matching placebo orally once daily for 4 weeks during the 16 weeks treatment period. To maintain the blinding, each participant was given a total of 4 tablets daily, either of SAR442168 or SAR442168 and placebo, to achieve the specified daily dose of SAR442168.
Cohort 1: SAR442168 60 mg Then Placebo
EXPERIMENTALParticipants received SAR442168 60 mg, orally once daily for first 12 weeks then crossed over to matching placebo orally once daily for 4 weeks during the 16 weeks treatment period. To maintain the blinding, each participant was given a total of 4 tablets daily, either of SAR442168 or SAR442168 and placebo, to achieve the specified daily dose of SAR442168.
Cohort 2: Placebo Then SAR442168 5 mg
EXPERIMENTALParticipants received placebo matching to SAR442168 tablets, orally once daily for first 4 weeks then crossed over to SAR442168 5 mg orally once daily for 12 weeks during the 16 weeks treatment period. To maintain the blinding, each participant was given a total of 4 tablets daily, either of SAR442168 or SAR442168 and placebo, to achieve the specified daily dose of SAR442168.
Cohort 2: Placebo Then SAR442168 15 mg
EXPERIMENTALParticipants received placebo matching to SAR442168 tablets, orally once daily for first 4 weeks then crossed over to SAR442168 15 mg orally once daily for 12 weeks during the 16 weeks treatment period. To maintain the blinding, each participant was given a total of 4 tablets daily, either of SAR442168 or SAR442168 and placebo, to achieve the specified daily dose of SAR442168.
Cohort 2: Placebo Then SAR442168 30 mg
EXPERIMENTALParticipants received placebo matching to SAR442168 tablets, orally once daily for first 4 weeks then crossed over to SAR442168 30 mg orally once daily for 12 weeks during the 16 weeks treatment period. To maintain the blinding, each participant was given a total of 4 tablets daily, either of SAR442168 or SAR442168 and placebo, to achieve the specified daily dose of SAR442168.
Cohort 2: Placebo Then SAR442168 60 mg
EXPERIMENTALParticipants received placebo matching to SAR442168 tablets, orally once daily for first 4 weeks then crossed over to SAR442168 60 mg orally once daily for 12 weeks during the 16 weeks treatment period. To maintain the blinding, each participant was given a total of 4 tablets daily, either of SAR442168 or SAR442168 and placebo, to achieve the specified daily dose of SAR442168.
Interventions
Pharmaceutical form: Film coated tablet; Route of administration: Oral
Pharmaceutical form: Film coated tablet; Route of administration: Oral
Pharmaceutical form: Solution for injection; Route of administration: Intravenous
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Participant must be 18 to 55 years of age, inclusive, at the time of signing the informed consent.
- Participant was diagnosed with relapsing multiple sclerosis (RMS) according to the 2017 revision of the McDonald diagnostic criteria.
- Participant must had at least 1 documented relapse within the previous year, OR greater than or equal to (\>=) 2 documented relapses within the previous 2 years, OR \>=1 active Gadolinium (Gd) enhancing brain lesion on an MRI scan in the past 6 months and prior to screening.
- Participant had given written informed consent prior to undertaking any study-related procedure.
You may not qualify if:
- The participant had been diagnosed with primary progressive multiple sclerosis according to the 2017 revision of the McDonald diagnostic criteria or with non relapsing secondary progressive multiple sclerosis.
- Requirement for concomitant treatment that could bias the primary evaluation.
- Contraindication for MRI.
- Contraindications to use MRI Gd contrast-enhancing preparations.
- History of infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
- History of active or latent tuberculosis.
- Any other active infections that would adversely affect participation or investigational medicinal product administration in this study, as judged by the Investigator.
- Presence of any screening laboratory or electrocardiogram values outside normal limits that were considered in the Investigator's judgment to be clinically significant.
- Presence of liver injury.
- At screening, the participant was positive for hepatitis B surface antigen and/or hepatitis B core antibody and/or was positive for hepatitis C antibody.
- Bleeding disorder or known platelet dysfunction at any time prior to screening visit.
- Participant had received any live (attenuated) vaccine (including but not limited to varicella zoster, oral polio, and nasal influenza) within 2 months before first treatment visit.
- Participant was receiving strong inducers or inhibitors of cytochrome P450 3A (CYP3A) or CYP2C8 hepatic enzymes.
- Participant was receiving anticoagulant/antiplatelet therapies.
- Participant had taken other investigational drugs within 3 months or 5 half lives, whichever was longer, before screening visit.
- +6 more criteria
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
- Sanofilead
Study Sites (48)
Investigational Site Number 8400005
Cullman, Alabama, 35058, United States
Investigational Site Number 8400002
Maitland, Florida, 32761, United States
Investigational Site Number 8400004
Sunrise, Florida, 33351, United States
Investigational Site Number 8400009
Tampa, Florida, 33612, United States
Investigational Site Number 8400007
Savannah, Georgia, 31406, United States
Investigational Site Number 8400001
Northbrook, Illinois, 60062, United States
Investigational Site Number 8400008
Dayton, Ohio, 45417, United States
Investigational Site Number 8400006
Westerville, Ohio, 43081, United States
Investigational Site Number 8400003
Knoxville, Tennessee, 37922, United States
Investigational Site Number 1240002
Gatineau, J8Y 1W2, Canada
Investigational Site Number 1240001
Greenfield Park, J4V 2J2, Canada
Investigational Site Number 1240003
Vancouver, V6T 2B5, Canada
Investigational Site Number 2030007
Brno, 62500, Czechia
Investigational Site Number 2030004
Hradec KrĂ¡lovĂ©, 50005, Czechia
Investigational Site Number 2030003
Jihlava, 58633, Czechia
Investigational Site Number 2030005
Ostrava - Poruba, 70852, Czechia
Investigational Site Number 2030006
Pardubice, 53203, Czechia
Investigational Site Number 2030001
Prague, 12808, Czechia
Investigational Site Number 2030002
Praha 5 - Motol, 15006, Czechia
Investigational Site Number 2330001
Tallinn, 11315, Estonia
Investigational Site Number 2500004
Nancy, 54035, France
Investigational Site Number 2500001
Nantes, 44093, France
Investigational Site Number 2500002
Strasbourg, 67098, France
Investigational Site Number 2500003
Toulouse, 31059, France
Investigational Site Number 5280001
Amsterdam, 1081 HV, Netherlands
Investigational Site Number 5280002
Sittard-Geleen, 6162 BG, Netherlands
Investigational Site Number 6430006
Kazan', 420021, Russia
Investigational Site Number 6430003
Moscow, 125367, Russia
Investigational Site Number 6430002
Moscow, 127015, Russia
Investigational Site Number 6430005
Saint Petersburg, 194044, Russia
Investigational Site Number 6430004
Saint Petersburg, 197022, Russia
Investigational Site Number 6430001
Saint Petersburg, 197110, Russia
Investigational Site Number 6430007
Tyumen, 625000, Russia
Investigational Site Number 7030001
Bratislava, 82606, Slovakia
Investigational Site Number 7030002
Martin, 03659, Slovakia
Investigational Site Number 7240006
Barakaldo, 48903, Spain
Investigational Site Number 7240002
Barcelona, 08035, Spain
Investigational Site Number 7240001
Madrid, 28007, Spain
Investigational Site Number 7240004
Murcia, 30120, Spain
Investigational Site Number 7240005
Salt, 17190, Spain
Investigational Site Number 7240003
Seville, 41071, Spain
Investigational Site Number 8040002
Chernivtsi, 58018, Ukraine
Investigational Site Number 8040005
Dnipro, 49005, Ukraine
Investigational Site Number 8040001
Lviv, 79010, Ukraine
Investigational Site Number 8040006
Lviv, 79013, Ukraine
Investigational Site Number 8040009
Odesa, 65025, Ukraine
Investigational Site Number 8040003
Vinnytsia, 21005, Ukraine
Investigational Site Number 8040007
Zhytomyr, 10002, Ukraine
Related Publications (1)
Reich DS, Arnold DL, Vermersch P, Bar-Or A, Fox RJ, Matta A, Turner T, Wallstrom E, Zhang X, Mares M, Khabirov FA, Traboulsee A; Tolebrutinib Phase 2b Study Group. Safety and efficacy of tolebrutinib, an oral brain-penetrant BTK inhibitor, in relapsing multiple sclerosis: a phase 2b, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Lancet Neurol. 2021 Sep;20(9):729-738. doi: 10.1016/S1474-4422(21)00237-4.
PMID: 34418400DERIVED
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Results Point of Contact
- Title
- Trial Transparency Team
- Organization
- Sanofi
Study Officials
- STUDY DIRECTOR
Clinical Sciences & Operations
Sanofi
Publication Agreements
- PI is Sponsor Employee
- No
- Restriction Type
- OTHER
- Restrictive Agreement
- Yes
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- phase 2
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- DOUBLE
- Who Masked
- PARTICIPANT, INVESTIGATOR
- Purpose
- TREATMENT
- Intervention Model
- CROSSOVER
- Sponsor Type
- INDUSTRY
- Responsible Party
- SPONSOR
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
March 1, 2019
First Posted
March 26, 2019
Study Start
March 29, 2019
Primary Completion
January 2, 2020
Study Completion
January 2, 2020
Last Updated
September 17, 2025
Results First Posted
March 8, 2023
Record last verified: 2025-09
Data Sharing
- IPD Sharing
- Will share
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