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New hope for MS patients: can a drug switch stop symptom comebacks?

NCT ID NCT07389590

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First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

This pilot study tests whether switching from ocrelizumab to ublituximab can reduce or delay the return of MS symptoms that some patients experience before their next scheduled infusion. Researchers will enroll 50 adults with relapsing MS who have been on ocrelizumab for at least a year and report this 'wearing-off' phenomenon. Participants will be monitored for changes in symptom severity and quality of life over several infusion cycles.

What this could mean

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Active substance
ublituximab
What this could lead to
If it works, this could offer a new option for people with MS whose symptoms return before their next infusion, improving their quality of life.
What could go wrong
This is a small pilot study, so results may not apply to everyone. The benefit may be small or not seen at all, and switching drugs carries its own risks.

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Study facts

What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.

Phase

Phase 4

Runs after approval, following long-term safety and how well the treatment works in everyday use.

Participants

About 50 people

The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.

Started

Feb 2026

Expected to finish

Mar 2029

An estimate. End dates often move.

Lead sponsor

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

18 to 65 years

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

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: * Patients with relapsing forms of MS. * Age between 18 and 65 years old (inclusive). * On treatment with standard interval ocrelizumab for at least one year. * Eligible and willing to continue treatment with ocrelizumab or ublituximab. * The presence of wearing off phenomena, defined as either worsening in any Neuro-QoL sleep disturbance, fatigue, depression, upper and lower extremity scores (moving from a lower category of symptom severity to a higher category, based on previously defined cutoff scores), a worsening of Neuro-QoL score of 10 points (which equals 1 SD) or more in any domain between a 1-2 month post-infusion assessment (after one ocrelizumab infusion) and a 1-2 month pre-infusion assessment (before the next scheduled infusion). Exclusion Criteria: * Prior therapy: Has ever received any of the following: * B-cell targeted therapies: rituximab, ofatumumab, ublituximab or other anti-CD20 agents besides ocrelizumab. * Prior use of cladribine, alemtuzumab, mitoxantrone, cyclophosphamide or HSCT. * Lymphopenia: a lymphocyte count \<500/ millimeter (mm)\^3. Historical labs may be used if the collection date is 6 months or less prior to deeming eligible. * Neutrophils \<1.5X10E9/L. Historical labs may be used if the collection date is 6 months or less prior to deeming eligible. * Clinically unstable medical or psychiatric disorder. * Substance abuse: has evidence of current drug or alcohol abuse or dependence. * 365 Day prior therapy: has received a biologic investigational agent other than B-cell targeted therapy \[e.g., anti CD40L antibody\]. * Malignancy: has a history of malignancy in the past 5 years except for adequately treated cancers of the skin (basal or squamous cell) or carcinoma in situ of the uterine cervix. * Have a history of a primary immunodeficiency. * Have a significant IgG deficiency (IgG level \< 400 mg/dL). * Have an IgA deficiency (IgA level \< 10 mg/dL). * Infection history: * Currently on any suppressive therapy for chronic infection (such as tuberculosis, pneumocystis, cytomegalovirus, herpes simplex virus, herpes zoster, and atypical mycobacteria). * Hospitalization for treatment of infection within 60 days of Screening. * Use of parenteral (IV or IM) antibiotics (anti-bacterial, antiviral, anti-fungal, or anti-parasitic agents) within 60 days of Screening. * Other disease/conditions: has any of the following: a) clinical evidence of significant unstable or uncontrolled acute or chronic diseases (i.e., cardiovascular, pulmonary, hematologic, gastrointestinal, hepatic, neurological, malignancy or infectious diseases) which, in the opinion of the investigator, could confound the results of the study or put the subject at undue risk. * Hepatitis status: * Serologic evidence of current or past Hepatitis B (HB) infection based on the results of testing for HBsAg and HBcAb as follows: Patients positive for HBsAg or HBcAb are excluded. * A positive test for Hepatitis C antibody * HIV: known to have a historically positive HIV test or tests positive at screening for HIV. * Laboratory abnormalities: An abnormal laboratory assessment is made, which is judged clinically significant by the investigator. * Drug Sensitivity: has a history of sensitivity to any of the study medications. * Any contraindication to undergoing MRI. * TB: tests positive at screening for tuberculosis. * Impaired decision-making capacity or impaired ability to provide informed consent.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Johns Hopkins University

    RECRUITING

    Baltimore, Maryland, 21287, United States

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