A placebo-controlled trial of oral cladribine for relapsing multiple sclerosis.

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Published in N Engl J Med on January 20, 2010

Authors

Gavin Giovannoni1, Giancarlo Comi, Stuart Cook, Kottil Rammohan, Peter Rieckmann, Per Soelberg Sørensen, Patrick Vermersch, Peter Chang, Anthony Hamlett, Bruno Musch, Steven J Greenberg, CLARITY Study Group

Author Affiliations

1: Queen Mary University London, the Blizard Institute of Cell and Molecular Science, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, United Kingdom. g.giovannoni@qmul.ac.uk

Associated clinical trials:

A Safety and Efficacy Study of Oral Cladribine in Subjects With Relapsing-remitting Multiple Sclerosis (RRMS) (CLARITY) | NCT00213135

Cladribine Tablets After Treatment With Natalizumab (CLADRINA) | NCT04178005

A Prospective Biomarker Study in Active SPMS Subjects Treated With Cladribine Tablets | NCT04550455

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