Please select the eligibility criteria that correspond to the clinical trial below.
Title: A Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Efficacy and Safety Study of BG00012 in Subjects From the Asia-Pacific Region and Other Countries With Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis
Brief Summary: This is a multicenter study conducted in 2 parts:

The primary objective in Part I of this study is to determine the efficacy of BG00012 (dimethyl fumarate, DMF) on inflammatory brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) lesion activity (Gadolinium-enhancing lesions) when compared with placebo from 4 scans performed at Weeks 12, 16, 20, and 24 in participants with Relapsing Remitting Multiple Sclerosis (RRMS) including participants from the Asia-Pacific region.

The secondary objectives in Part I of this study in this study population are to determine whether BG00012, when compared with placebo over 24 weeks, is effective in reducing the cumulative number of new Gadolinium-enhancing lesions from Baseline to Week 24; reducing the number of new or newly enlarging T2 hyperintense lesions on brain MRI scans at Week 24 compared with Baseline.

The primary objective in Part II (open label) of this study is to evaluate the long-term safety profile of BG00012 in eligible participants from Part I.


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:

* Diagnosis of multiple sclerosis, in accordance with the revised McDonald criteria (2010)
* At least 2 documented clinical attacks within the last 2 years prior to screening or one clinical attack in the years prior to screening (but not within 30 days prior to screening)
* Neurologic stability for greater than or equal to (\>/=) 30 days prior to both screening and baseline
* Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) score 0 to 5.5 inclusive

Exclusion Criteria:

* Primary progressive multiple sclerosis
* Disease duration of more than 10 years in patients with EDSS score less than or equal to (\</=) 2.0 at screening
* Contraindications for MRI
* Known presence of other neurological disorders which may mimic multiple sclerosis
* Pregnancy or lactation
* Requirement for chronic treatment with systemic corticosteroids or immunosuppressants during the course of the study
* History of or currently active primary or secondary immunodeficiency
* History of severe allergic or anaphylactic reactions to humanized or murine monoclonal antibodies
* Active infection, or history of or known presence of recurrent or chronic infection (for example, hepatitis B or C, Human Immunodeficiency Virus \[HIV\], syphilis, tuberculosis)
* History of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy
* Contraindications to or intolerance of oral or IV corticosteroids
* Contraindications to Rebif or incompatibility with Rebif use
C: Inclusion Criteria:

* Willing and able to sign written Informed Consent;
* Female and male subjects aged 18-55 years inclusive at the time of Informed Consent signing;
* Diagnosis of RRMS according to the revised McDonald criteria;
* Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) score of 0.0 up to and including 5.5;
* Neurologically stable with no evidence of relapse within 30 days prior to randomization;
* Experienced at least 1 relapse in the year before first screening assessment;
* At least 1 T1-weighted Gadolinium enhancing (T1-GdE) lesion on routine brain MRI taken within 3 months of starting screening or on screening brain MRI (as confirmed by central imaging laboratory;
* Having a routine brain MRI showing maximally 15 T1-GdE lesions if scan is taken without subject receiving immuno-modulatory treatment, or a routine brain MRI showing maximally 5 T1-GdE lesions when taken while on immuno-modulatory treatment, or a screening MRI showing maximally 15 T1-GdE lesions;
* Must decline initiation or continuation of treatment with other available disease-modifying drugs for MS, for whatever reason, after having been informed about their respective benefits and possible adverse events by the investigator;
* Female subjects of childbearing potential must agree to practice appropriate contraceptive methods as assessed by the investigator.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Any life-threatening, medically unstable or otherwise clinically significant condition or findings other than MS, in particular neoplastic disease, seizure disorders, or psychiatric disease;
* Any clinically significant deviation from reference ranges in laboratory tests;
* Positive laboratory test results for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), HBsAg or HCV at screening;
* Any significant deviation from reference ranges for hepatic function;
* Positive urine drug screen or history of substance abuse within the year before screening (any use of illicit or prescription drugs or alcohol constituting an abuse pattern in the opinion of the investigator);
* Having been treated with or having received

  1. at any time:

     * glatiramer acetate, cladribine, rituximab, cyclophosphamide, alemtuzumab, or other immunosuppressive treatments with effects potentially lasting for more than 6 months
     * total lymphoid irradiation or bone marrow transplantation
  2. within one year before screening:

     * mitoxantrone, but subject cannot be enrolled when mitoxantrone was taken at a cumulative lifetime dosing above 100 mg/m2
  3. within 6 months before screening:

     * fingolimod, immunoglobulins and/or monoclonal antibodies (including natalizumab), leflunomide, or putative MS treatments
     * chronic oral or injected corticosteroids or injected ACTH (more than 30 consecutive days)
  4. within 3 months before screening:

     * azathioprine, methotrexate
     * plasma exchange
     * any other experimental intervention, in particular experimental drugs
  5. within 1 month before screening:

     * Interferon-β 1a or 1b
     * short-term oral or injectable corticosteroids for treatment of a relapse
     * short-term ACTH
* Having, in the opinion of the investigator, consecutively failed on efficacy grounds two full and adequate courses of accepted treatment modalities (normally at least one year of treatment for each);
* Pregnancy or breastfeeding;
* Known hypersensitivity to gadolinium-containing products, glatiramer acetate or mannitol;
* Having an estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) \< 50 mL/min/1.73m2;
* Inability to undergo (repeat) MRI investigations as judged by the investigator, e.g. due to claustrophobia, metal implants or fragments, tattoos or permanent make-up;
* Any reason why, in the investigator's opinion, the subject should not participate.
D: Key Inclusion Criteria:

* Inclusion Criteria for Part I:

  * Must have a diagnosis of Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis (RRMS).
  * Must have a baseline Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) score between 0.0 and 5.0, inclusive.

Key Inclusion Criteria for Part II:

• Subjects who participated in and completed Part I per protocol.

Key Exclusion Criteria:

* Other chronic disease of the immune system, malignancies, acute urologic, pulmonary, gastrointestinal disease.
* Pregnant or nursing women.

NOTE: Other protocol-defined inclusion/exclusion criteria may apply.

Answer: D