New combo therapy aims to hit MS early and hard
NCT ID NCT07517185
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Sep 04, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study tests whether giving two strong medications one after the other—rituximab then cladribine—is safe and works well for people with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (MS). Sixty adults aged 18 to 50 with active MS within the last year will receive the treatment and be monitored for 2 years. The main goal is to check for serious side effects, while also tracking brain scans, relapses, and disability.
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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 60 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Sep 2026
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2030
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
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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18 to 50 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: * Diagnosis of RRMS according to the 2017 revised McDonald criteria, * With disease activity within the preceding year in the form of: a clinical relapse, and/or evidence of ≥2 T2 lesions on MRI scan, and or presence of gadolinium enhancing lesions on an MRI scan, * Age 18 - 50 years (inclusive) of age, * Disease duration ≤10 years (since MS diagnosis), * EDSS 0 - 5.5 (inclusive), * Signed informed consent. Exclusion Criteria: * Diagnosis of progressive MS, * Previous use of rituximab (or any other B-cell depleting monoclonal antibody) and/or cladribine, * Pregnant or lactating women, * Unwilling to use contraception during the treatment period and the first year after completing the treatment course, * Patients having contraindication for or otherwise not compliant with MRI investigations, * Simultaneous treatment with other immunosuppressive drugs, * Infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), * Active, severe infections (e.g. hepatitis or tuberculosis), * Severe cardiac disorder, * Moderate or severe renal impairment (eGFR \<60). * Active malignancy, * No prior exposure to varicella virus, * Vaccination within 4 weeks of first dose of study medication, * Severe psychiatric condition.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
4 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Centralsjukhuset Karlstad, Neurologi och Rehabiliteringskliniken
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGKarlstad, 651 85, Sweden
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Falu Lasarett, Neurologen
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGFalun, 79182, Sweden
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Gävle sjukhus, Neurologmottagningen
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGGävle, 80324, Sweden
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Uppsala University Hospital
RECRUITINGUppsala, 75185, Sweden
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