Patient description: The patient is a 20 year old Caucasian female presents to the clinic with one-sided vision lost and facial weakness, dysarthria and numbness lasting for 1 day. She visited her PCP and underwent brain MRI which revealed a single plaque in the brainstem. After few months, she experienced lower extremities weakness led to balance problem. The second MRI revealed another lesion in the left cerebral hemisphere. The diagnosis of Relapsing Remitting Multiple Sclerosis (RRMS) is confirmed after the second MRI. Her past surgical history is significant for a C-section 2 years ago and she has a one child. She is divorced and is not currently in any sexual relationship. She smokes 10 cigarettes per day and drinks alcohol occasionally. She is working as an editor in a publisher company and she is happy that she can keep working from home most of the time. She is under the treatment of RRMS from 7 months ago.

Clinical trial eligibility criteria: eligible ages (years): 18.0-60.0,  Relapsing-remitting Multiple Sclerosis Be between 18 and 60 years of age Have definite relapsing multiple sclerosis Have had one or more relapses within the prior 12 months Must be in a clinically stable or improving neurological state during the four weeks prior to Study Day 1 Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) score from 0 to 5.5, inclusive If female, she must either be post-menopausal or surgically sterilized; or use a hormonal contraceptive, intra uterine device, diaphragm with spermicide, or condom with spermicide, for the duration of the study; and be neither pregnant nor breast-feeding Confirmation that the subject is not pregnant must be established by a negative serum human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) pregnancy test within 7 days of Study Day 1 and a negative urine pregnancy test on Study Day 1. A pregnancy test is not required if the subject is post-menopausal or surgically sterilized Be willing and able to comply with the protocol for the duration of the study Voluntarily provide written informed consent and, for USA sites only, a subject authorization under Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), prior to any study-related procedure that is not part of normal medical care, with the understanding that consent may be withdrawn by the subject at any time without prejudice to their future medical care  Have secondary progressive multiple sclerosis (SPMS) or primary progressive MS (PPMS) Prior use of any interferon or glatiramer acetate Have had treatment with oral or systemic corticosteroids or adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH) within 4 weeks of Study Day 1 and within 7 days prior to the Day 1 magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) Have a psychiatric disorder that is unstable or would preclude safe participation in the study Have significant leukopenia (white blood cell count < 0.5 times the lower limit of normal of the central laboratory) within 7 days of Study Day 1 Have elevated liver function tests (alanine aminotransferase [AST], aspartate aminotransferase [ALT], alkaline phosphatase > 2.0 times the upper limit of normal [ULN] of the central laboratory, or total bilirubin > 1.5 times the ULN of the central laboratory) within 7 days of Study Day 1 or a history of hepatitis (including infectious or drug-induced) Prior cytokine or anti-cytokine therapy within 3 months prior to Study Day 1 Prior use of immunomodulatory or immunosuppressive therapy (including but not limited to cyclophosphamide, cyclosporin, methotrexate, azathioprine, linomide, mitoxantrone) within the 12 months prior to Study Day 1 Prior use of cladribine or have received total lymphoid irradiation Have allergy or hypersensitivity to human serum albumin, mannitol, glatiramer acetate, natural or recombinant interferon-β, or any other components of the study drugs or gadolinium diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid