Could MS patients switch to once-yearly infusions? new trial aims to find out
NCT ID NCT05999604
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Aug 28, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This phase 3 trial tests whether people with active multiple sclerosis who have been stable on Ocrevus for at least two years can safely switch to annual infusions instead of the standard every-6-month schedule. The goal is to see if the less frequent dosing is just as good at preventing new brain lesions, while potentially lowering infection risk and reducing hospital visits. About 244 adults will be randomly assigned to receive Ocrevus either once or twice a year for two years.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- ocrelizumab (Ocrevus)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could allow people with stable MS to receive infusions once a year instead of twice, reducing infection risk and treatment burden.
- What could go wrong
- This is a non-inferiority trial, so it may show that annual dosing is slightly less effective at preventing new brain lesions. The study is also relatively small (244 people) and only follows participants for two years.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 3
Large-scale testing in a bigger group. Usually the last step before a treatment can be approved.
- Participants
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About 244 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Nov 2023
- Expected to finish
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May 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A research network
The lead sponsor is a research network or cooperative group.
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 years and older
- 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: 1. Patient 18 years of age or older 2. Presenting for a 4th semi-annual cycle of ocrelizumab (minimum) 3. Requires follow-up MRI as part of treatment. 4. Initial indication for ocrelizumab according to the marketing authorization (active MS, RR or SP form) 5. Absence of relapse for at least 18 months (a relapse being defined as the appearance of new symptoms or worsening of existing symptoms, lasting more than 24 hours and outside a period of fever or an infectious episode; notified as a validated relapse by the neurologist in the patient's file, treated or not with boluses of Solu-Medrol). 6. EDSS between 0 and 6 inclusive 7. Having received informed information about the study and having signed a consent to participate in the study 8. French language proficiency 9. Affiliated or beneficiary of a social insurance scheme Exclusion Criteria: 1. Clinical forms of primary progressive MS 2. Patients already receiving systematically spaced doses of ocrelizumab ≥ 9 months apart 3. Contraindication to continued treatment with ocrelizumab (hypersensitivity reaction, ongoing active infection, development of malignancy since previous injection, development of severe immune deficiency) 4. Planned pregnancy within 3 years 5. Contraindication to MRI 6. Contraindication to injection of contrast media 7. Subject with severe or uncontrolled symptoms of renal, hepatic, hematological, gastrointestinal, pulmonary, psychiatric or cardiac disease, or any uncontrolled intercurrent pathology. 8. Patient under legal protection 9. Patients of childbearing age who do not wish to use effective contraception 10. Pregnant or breast-feeding women
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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.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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CH Gonesse
Gonesse, 95500, France
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CHI Poissy-Saint-Germain en Laye
Poissy, 78300, France
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CHU de Grenoble
Grenoble, 38043, France
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CHU de Limoges
Limoges, 87042, France
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CHU de Nice
Nice, 06000, France
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CHU de Strasbourg
Strasbourg, 67098, France
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Fondation Adolphe de Rothschild
Paris, 75019, France
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Hôpital Foch
Suresnes, 92150, France
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Hôpital Henri Mondor
Créteil, 94010, France
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Hôpital Pierre Wertheimer (HCL)
Lyon, 69500, France
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Hôpital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière
Paris, 75013, France
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