Please select the eligibility criteria that correspond to the clinical trial below.
Title: A Randomized, Multicenter, Placebo-Controlled and Active Reference (Glatiramer Acetate) Comparison Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of BG00012 in Subjects With Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis
Brief Summary: To determine if treatment with BG00012 can decrease the number of MS relapses during a certain time period. Other goals of the study are to determine if, over time, BG00012 treatment can decrease the number of certain types of brain lesions commonly seen in MS patients and slow down the time it takes for MS to get worse.

Other objectives of the study are to determine the safety and tolerability of BG00012, as well as the effect it may have on tests and evaluations used to assess MS. Additionally, glatiramer acetate is being used to compare its benefits and risks with placebo and BG00012.


Options:
A: Inclusion Criteria:

* Relapsing multiple sclerosis,
* Two relapses in prior 2 years or one relapse in prior year.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Clinically relevant cardiovascular, hepatic, neurological, endocrine or other major systemic disease,
* Significantly impaired bone marrow function or, significant anemia, leukopenia or thrombocytopenia,
* Pregnant or nursing woman,
* Alcohol or drug abuse,
* Prior or concomitant use of cladribine, mitoxantrone, or other immunosuppressant agents such as azathioprine, cyclophosphamide, cyclosporin, methotrexate or mycophenolate,
* Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positive,
* Any known condition or circumstance that would prevent, in the investigator's opinion, compliance or completion of the study.

The above information is not intended to contain all considerations relevant to a participant's potential participation in a clinical trial.
B: Unless otherwise specified, to be eligible to participate in this study, candidates must meet the following eligibility criteria at the time of the randomization:

Key Inclusion Criteria:

* Must have confirmed diagnosis of RRMS according to McDonald criteria #1-4
* Must have a baseline EDSS between 0.0 and 5.0, inclusive.
* Must have relapsing-remitting disease course.

Key Exclusion Criteria:

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

Note: Other protocol-defined inclusion/exclusion criteria may apply.
C: Inclusion Criteria:

* Male or female age 18 to 55 years, inclusive.
* Diagnosis of MS by McDonald criteria.
* EDSS \<7.0.
* On stable IFN-beta regimen for at least 6 months.
* The occurrence of either of the following within 9 months prior to screening: ≥1 MS relapse OR A qualifying MRI, defined as an MRI that showed at least one confirmed Gd-CEL of the brain or spinal cord, was performed independently of the study while the patient was on a stable IFN-beta regimen, and is deemed acceptable by the central reader.
* For females, women of non-childbearing potential or women of childbearing potential who provide a negative serum pregnancy test at screen and within 24 hours of first dose of study drug, and who agree to use effective contraception during the Treatment and Follow-up periods of the study.
* Willing and able to comply with the protocol, provision of informed consent in accordance with institutional and regulatory guidelines, and, for US sites only, authorization to use protected health information.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Pregnant or breast-feeding woman.
* Non-ambulatory patient.
* Clinically significant abnormality on screening ECG.
* Malignancy within the past 5 years, except for adequately treated non-melanoma skin carcinoma or in situ carcinoma of the cervix.
* History of HIV infection, positive serology for HBV (hepatitis B virus) or HCV (hepatitis C virus).
* Varicella (VZV) or herpes zoster virus infection, or any severe viral infection, within 6 weeks before screening or exposure to VZV within 21 days of screening.
* Abnormal hematology, as defined by the following laboratory values: \*Hemoglobin ≤8.5 g/dL, \*Lymphocytes ≤1.0 x 10\^9/L, \*Platelets ≤100 x 10\^9/L, \*Neutrophils ≤1.5 x 10\^9/L.
* Significant organ dysfunction, including but not limited to cardiac, renal, liver, non-MS related CNS, pulmonary, vascular, gastrointestinal, endocrine, or metabolic dysfunction, or other disease or condition, which in the opinion of the PI (principal investigator) would make the patient an unsuitable candidate for the study. Guidelines for levels of unacceptable dysfunction include: \*creatinine ≥1.6 mg/dL; \*AST and ALT ≥2.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN); \*alkaline phosphatase ≥2.5 times ULN; \*history of myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure, or arrhythmias within 6 months prior to randomization.
* Use of any of the following: \*Any of the following types of live virus vaccine from 4 weeks before randomization: measles/mumps/rubella vaccine, varicella zoster virus vaccine, oral polio vaccine, and nasal influenza vaccine. Use of these vaccines, however, by household contacts does not affect the eligibility of patients to enroll or continue in the study; \*Systemic corticosteroids, adrenocorticotropic hormone, or plasma exchange within 4 weeks before the baseline MRI scan (no more than 72 hours before Day 0); \*Azathioprine, mycophenolate mofetil, methotrexate, glatiramer acetate, or intravenous immune globulin within 6 months before randomization; \*An immunomodulatory agent within 6 months before randomization, except for interferon-beta products required per protocol; \*An investigational agent within 6 months before randomization unless this agent is non-immunomodulatory and the medical monitor or steering committee rules that its use is acceptable on the theoretical basis of a lapse of at least 5 serum half-lives since administration of the last possible dose; \*A monoclonal antibody (eg, Rituxan®/ Rituximab) within 6 months before randomization; \*Daclizumab at any time prior to randomization; \*Cladribine, mitoxantrone, cyclophosphamide, CamPath® (alemtuzumab), natalizumab (TYSABRI®/Antegren) or other drugs targeting alpha 4 integrin, total lymphoid irradiation, or bone marrow transplant at any time
* Patients for whom MRI is contraindicated, ie, have pacemakers or other contraindicated implanted metal devices, are allergic to gadolinium, or have claustrophobia that cannot be medically managed.
* Primary progressive MS.
* Clinically unstable for 30 days before randomization (Patients who experienced a relapse, with or without steroid treatment, during the screening period may be re-screened after 30 days.)
* Elective surgery performed from 2 weeks prior to randomization or scheduled through Week 44
* Infection (viral, fungal, bacterial) requiring hospitalization or IV antibiotics within 8 weeks before randomization.
D: 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

Answer: B