Trial reportTrials2009
SWiss Atorvastatin and interferon Beta-1b trial In Multiple Sclerosis (SWABIMS)--rationale, design and methodology.
Trial report in Trials, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 4 papers.
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The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Efficacy, Safety and Tolerability of Atorvastatin 40 mg in Patients With Relapsing-remitting Multiple Sclerosis Treated With Interferon-beta-1b.SWiss Atorvastatin and Interferon-Beta 1b Trial In Multiple Sclerosis.
SWiss Atorvastatin and Interferon-Beta 1b Trial In Multiple Sclerosis - Follow up Study ("SWABIMS Follow Up-study")
Who cites it
4 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.
- Trial
- Atorvastatin added to interferon β for relapsing multiple sclerosis: a randomized controlled trial.Journal of neurology · 2012Trial
- On the immunoregulatory role of statins in multiple sclerosis: the effects on Th17 cells.Immunologic research · 2019Review
- The combination of interferon-beta and HMG-CoA reductase inhibition in multiple sclerosis: enthusiasm lost too soon?CNS neuroscience & therapeutics · 2010Review
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Authors and funding
3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundStatins have anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory properties in addition to their lipid-lowering effects. Currently, the effects of statins on multiple sclerosis are still controversial. Therefore, randomized clinical trials are needed to provide better evidence on the therapeutic potential of statins in multiple sclerosis. The SWiss Atorvastatin and Interferon Beta-1b trial in Multiple Sclerosis (SWABIMS) evaluates the efficacy, safety and tolerability of atorvastatin 40 mg per os daily and subcutaneous interferon beta-1b every other day compared to monotherapy with subcutaneous interferon beta-1b every other day in patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis. METHODS/
designSWABIMS is a multi-centre, randomized, parallel-group, rater-blinded, Phase IIb-study conducted in eight hospitals in Switzerland. 80 treatment naïve patients with relapsing-remitting forms of multiple sclerosis will receive subcutaneous interferon beta-1b for three months. Afterwards, they are randomized into two equal-sized parallel arms, receiving atorvastatin 40 mg/d or not in addition to interferon beta-1b for another 12 months. Disease activity measured by the proportion of patients with new T2 lesions is the primary endpoint. DISCUSSION: SWABIMS is designed to give further information about the therapeutic effect of atorvastatin 40 mg per os daily as add-on therapy to interferon beta-1b in patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis. Furthermore important safety and tolerability data will be generated.
trial registrationhttp://www.clinicaltrials.gov. Identifier: NCT00942591; Swissmedic reference number: 2005DR2119.
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