New oral drug trial aims to tame MS in kids
NCT ID NCT07161258
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Sep 11, 2026 · Updated 7 times
Summary
This study tests an oral drug called fenebrutinib in 12 children and adolescents aged 10 to 17 with relapsing multiple sclerosis. The goal is to see how the drug moves through the body, how safe it is, and whether it reduces new brain lesions seen on MRI. Participants can choose to continue the drug in an optional extension period after the initial dose exploration.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- fenebrutinib (an oral drug that targets the immune system)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could provide a new treatment option for children and teens with relapsing multiple sclerosis, potentially reducing relapses and brain lesions.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-phase study with only 12 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The drug may cause side effects or not work as well as hoped.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2
Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.
- Participants
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About 12 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Oct 2025
- Expected to finish
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Feb 2029
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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10 to 17 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * A diagnosis of RMS in accordance with the International Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis Study Group (IPMSSG) criteria for pediatric MS, Version 2012, and the revised 2017 McDonald Criteria and one or more of the following: at least one MS relapse during the previous year or two MS relapses in the previous 2 years or evidence of at least one Gd enhancing lesion on MRI within 6 month * Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) at screening from 0 to 5.5 points, inclusive * Children and adolescents must have received all childhood vaccinations as per local/national recommendations for childhood vaccination against infectious diseases Exclusion Criteria: * A diagnosis of primary progressive multiple sclerosis (PPMS) or non-active secondary progressive multiple sclerosis (SPMS) * Co-morbid Conditions: * Potentially confounding neurological, somatic, or metabolic disorders * Current clinically significant psychiatric or medical illness * History of cancer, transplants, or bleeding disorders * Inability to complete an MRI scan or get gadolinium * Abnormal liver function tests or blood counts * Sensitivity or intolerance to any ingredient (including excipients) of fenebrutinib tablets * Active, recurrent, or chronic infections * Recent or anticipated use of prohibited medications/treatments: * Certain disease-modifying therapy (DMT) and other immunosuppressants * Drugs interacting with fenebrutinib (Cytochrome P450 3A4 \[CYP3A4\] inhibitors) * Any other investigational therapy, anticoagulants, certain vaccines * A score of 4 or 5 on the "last 6 months" section of the screening SI section or "yes" on any item of the "last 6 months" Suicidal Behavior (SB) section of the C-SSRS or a positive answer on Question 9 of the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 Modified for Adolecents (PHQ-A) or significant risk of suicide, in the investigator's judgment
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
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The places running it
17 sites in 7 countries. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
ClinicalTrials.gov lists the study team's own contact details, including names and phone numbers. We don't republish those.
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A doctor treating you
A doctor who knows your case can contact a study site on your behalf, and can tell you whether this study is worth pursuing at all.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Centro Clnico Acadmico - Braga, Associao (2CA-Braga)
RECRUITINGBraga, 4710-243, Portugal
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Centro de Pesquisas Clinicas - CPCLIN
RECRUITINGSão Paulo, São Paulo, 01228-200, Brazil
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Clinstile S.A de C.V.
RECRUITINGMexico City, Mexico CITY (federal District), 06700, Mexico
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Hospital Universitario Ramon y Cajal
RECRUITINGMadrid, 28034, Spain
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Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena
RECRUITINGSeville, 41009, Spain
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Hospital Universitario de La Princesa
RECRUITINGMadrid, 28006, Spain
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INECO Neurociencias Orono
RECRUITINGRosario, Santa Fe Province, S2000DTB, Argentina
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Instituto de Neurologia de Curitiba - Hospital Ecoville
RECRUITINGCuritiba, Paraná, 81210-310, Brazil
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Instytut "Pomnik - Centrum Zdrowia Dziecka"
RECRUITINGWarsaw, 04-730, Poland
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L2IP ?Instituto de Pesquisas Clínicas Ltda.
RECRUITINGBrasília, Federal District, 70200-730, Brazil
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Neurociencias Estudios Clinicos S.C.
RECRUITINGCuliacán, Sinaloa, 80020, Mexico
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Nucleo de Pesquisa Clinica do Rio Grande do Sul NPCR
RECRUITINGPorto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, 90430-001, Brazil
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Sanatorio del Sur S.A.
RECRUITINGSan Miguel de Tucumán, T4000IDK, Argentina
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UH of State NPC Danulo Halytsky NMU in Lviv CID, Clinic of Neurology and Neurosurgery
RECRUITINGLviv, 79010, Ukraine
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Unidade Local de Saude de Coimbra E P E
RECRUITINGCoimbra, 3000-602, Portugal
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Uniwersytecki Szpital Kliniczny w Poznaniu
RECRUITINGPoznan, 60-355, Poland
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Uniwersyteckie Centrum Kliniczne
RECRUITINGGdansk, 80 952, Poland
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