Please select the eligibility criteria that correspond to the clinical trial below.
Title: A 12-month Double-blind, Randomized, Multicenter, Active-controlled, Parallel-group Study Comparing the Efficacy and Safety of 0.5 mg and 1.25 mg Fingolimod (FTY720) Administered Orally Once Daily Versus Interferon ß-1a (Avonex) Administered im Once Weekly in Patients With Relapsing-remitting Multiple Sclerosis With Optional Extension Phase
Brief Summary: This study assessed the safety, tolerability, and efficacy of 2 doses of oral fingolimod versus interferon β-1a to reduce the frequency of relapses in patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis.


Options:
A: Core Study

Inclusion Criteria:

* Diagnosis of relapsing multiple Sclerosis (MS)
* Patients with at least two documented relapses in the previous 2 years or one documented relapse in the last year
* Patients with an Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) score of 0-6

Extension Study

* A positive Gd-enhanced MRI scan at screening (in case the first MRI scan obtained at screening was negative, a second scan could have been obtained 1 month later)
* Neurologically stable with no evidence of relapse within 30 days prior to randomization,or during the Screening and Baseline periods.
* Female patients either post-menopausal, surgically incapable of bearing children, or practicing an acceptable method of birth control. Females of childbearing potential with a negative pregnancy test at baseline prior to entry into the treatment period.

Exclusion Criteria:

Core Study

* Patients with other chronic disease of the immune system, malignancies, pulmonary or heart disease, etc
* Pregnant or nursing women

Extension Study

* Patients who had permanently discontinued study drug prior to the Month 6 visit of the core study
* Patients with diabetes mellitus (to reduce the risk of ME), and therefore ongoing patients with diabetes mellitus or who developed diabetes mellitus were discontinued from the study)

Other protocol-defined inclusion/exclusion criteria may apply
B: Inclusion Criteria:

* Male and female patients between ages 18-55 with a diagnosis of multiple sclerosis (MS)
* Patients with a relapsing-remitting disease course
* Patients with Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) score of 0-5.5

Exclusion Criteria:

* Patients with other chronic disease of the immune system, malignancies, acute pulmonary disease, cardiac failure, etc
* Pregnant or nursing women
* Patients who cannot tolerate treatment with an interferon

Other protocol-defined inclusion/exclusion criteria applied to the study.
C: Inclusion Criteria:

* Male and female patients between ages 18-55 with a diagnosis of multiple sclerosis
* Patients with a relapsing-remitting disease course
* Patients with EDSS score of 0-5.5

Exclusion Criteria:

* Patients with other chronic disease of the immune system, malignancies, acute pulmonary disease, cardiac failure, etc.
* Pregnant or nursing women

Other protocol-defined inclusion/exclusion criteria applied to this study.
D: Inclusion Criteria:

* Forced Expiratory Volume in 1 second of at least 60%
* History of asthma for at least 6 months
* Current use of short-acting beta agonists, inhaled long-acting beta agonists and inhaled corticosteroids (up to a specified dose)

Exclusion Criteria:

* History of lung disease other than asthma
* Smokers
* Use of inhaled corticosteroid above specified dose
* Use of oral beta agonists or corticosteroids or other asthma medications
* Hypersensitivity to the drug
* Respiratory tract infections within 1 month of the study

Other protocol-defined inclusion/exclusion criteria may apply

Answer: B