Clinical Trials Poster Presentation

P0216 - Long-term reduction of relapse rate and 48-week confirmed disability progression after 6.5 years of ocrelizumab treatment in patients with RMS (ID 844)

Speakers
  • G. Giovannoni
Authors
  • G. Giovannoni
  • L. Kappos
  • J. De Seze
  • S. Hauser
  • J. Overell
  • H. Koendgen
  • H. Schneble
  • K. Prajapati
  • Q. Wang
  • J. Wolinsky
Presentation Number
P0216
Presentation Topic
Clinical Trials

Abstract

Background

The efficacy and safety of ocrelizumab (OCR) in relapsing multiple sclerosis (RMS) were demonstrated in the 96-week controlled double-blind period (DBP) of the Phase III OPERA I (NCT01247324) and OPERA II (NCT01412333) trials.

Objectives

To assess the efficacy of switching from interferon (IFN) β-1a or maintaining OCR therapy on disease activity and confirmed disability progression (CDP) after 4.5 years of follow-up, in the open-label extension (OLE) of OPERA I and OPERA II.

Methods

In the DBP of OPERA I and OPERA II, patients were randomized to receive OCR or IFN β-1a. Patients completing the DBP either continued OCR (OCR-OCR) or switched from IFN β-1a to OCR (IFN-OCR) when entering the OLE period. Adjusted annualized relapse rate (ARR), time to onset of 48-week CDP (CDP48) and time to 48-week confirmed Expanded Disability Status Scale score ≥6.0 (time to require a walking aid) were analyzed up to Week 336.

Results

Overall, 79.2% of patients who entered the OLE period completed OLE Year 4.5. Adjusted ARR decreased year-on-year from the pre-switch year to OLE Year 4.5 in IFN-OCR switchers (pre-switch, 0.20; OLE Year 4.5, 0.06) and was maintained at low levels in OCR-OCR continuers (pre-switch, 0.12; OLE Year 4.5, 0.04). The rates of CDP48 were lower in OCR-OCR continuers vs IFN-OCR switchers at the end of the DBP (4.1% vs 8.5%; p<0.001) and at OLE Year 4.5 (16.0% vs 20.3%; p=0.05). The rates of patients requiring a walking aid were lower in OCR-OCR continuers vs IFN-OCR switchers at the end of the DBP (0.8% vs 3.1%; p=0.001) and at OLE Year 4.5 (5.1% vs 8.3%; p=0.024). Over the DBP and OLE periods, the risk of CDP48 was 28% lower (HR [95%CI]: 0.72 [0.56–0.93]; p=0.01) and the risk of requiring a walking aid was 46% lower (HR [95%CI]: 0.54 [0.35–0.83];p=0.004) in OCR-OCR continuers vs IFN-OCR switchers. The safety profile in the OLE was generally consistent with the DBP.

Conclusions

Switching from IFN β-1a to ocrelizumab at the start of the OLE period was associated with a rapid and robust reduction in ARR that was maintained through the 4.5-year follow-up of the OLE period. Compared with patients switching to ocrelizumab at the OLE, patients initiating ocrelizumab 2 years earlier accrued significant benefits on CDP48 and time to require a walking aid that were maintained vs the switch group through the 4.5 years of the OLE period.

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