Conditions: Multiple Sclerosis
Keywords: Quality of Life Multiple Sclerosis
Allocation: NA | Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Enrollment: 901
Healthy volunteers: no

Brief summary:
The primary objective of the study is to assess the effect of long-term treatment with prolonged-release fampridine (BIIB041) 10 mg twice daily on the physical component scale (PCS) of the Short Form 36 Health Status Questionnaire (SF-36) as reported by treatment responders. The secondary objectives of this study are to compare the change in the PCS of the SF-36 between treatment responders and non-responders, to evaluate change from baseline in additional quality of life measures among treatment responders as well as changes from baseline in treatment responders versus non-responders and to assess the safety and tolerability of prolonged-release fampridine 10 mg twice daily.

Detailed description:
This study has 2 components: a 4-week run-in period during which participants are treated with prolonged-release fampridine and undergo subjective and objective assessments of walking ability, the results of which are used to determine who responded to study treatment, and an observational period, during which treatment responders will continue prolonged-release fampridine treatment. The participants who do not meet the criteria to continue study treatment will be offered the opportunity to continue study participation but will not continue prolonged-release fampridine treatment.

Arms:
arm 1: All participants take 10 mg fampridine twice daily for the first 4 weeks. If deemed a treatment responder, a participant continues 10 mg fampridine twice daily for 44 weeks. Treatment non-responders can continue without treatment by completing quality of life questionnaires.

Interventions: intervention 1: Fampridine
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: Supplied as a 10 mg twice daily tablet and taken twice daily. Doses must be spaced at least 12 hours apart.

Protocol document: