BEYOND: Betaferon/Betaseron Efficacy Yielding Outcomes of a New Dose in Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Patients
Public ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00099502. Field values are reproduced from the official study page; the official ClinicalTrials.gov record remains the source of truth for eligibility, enrollment, and contact information.
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Official title
International, Randomized, Multicenter, Phase IIIb Study in Patients With Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis Comparing Over a Treatment Period of at Least 104 Weeks: 1. Double-Blinded Safety, Tolerability, and Efficacy of Betaseron/ Betaferon 250 µg (8 MIU) and Betaseron/-Betaferon 500 µg (16 MIU), Both Given Subcutaneously Every Other Day, and 2. Rater-Blinded Safety, Tolerability, and Efficacy of Betaseron/-Betaferon s.c. Every Other Day With Copaxone 20 mg s.c. Once Daily.
Brief summary
Reproduced verbatim from the official ClinicalTrials.gov record. Not medical advice.
The purpose of this study is to determine * whether treatment with Betaferon / Betaseron (interferon beta-1b) 500 micrograms safe, tolerable and more efficacious than treatment with interferon beta-1b 250 micrograms * whether treatment with Betaferon / Betaseron (interferon beta-1b) tolerable and more efficacious than treatment with Copaxone (Glatiramer Acetate) 20 mg
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT00099502
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 3
- Enrollment
- 2,244 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years to 55 Years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Oct 31, 2003
- Primary completion
- Not listed
- Completion
- Jul 31, 2007
- Last update posted
- Dec 18, 2008
2003 – 2007
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 57
- U.S. states
- 33
- U.S. cities
- 55
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | Birmingham | Alabama | 35294 | — |
| Not listed | Cullman | Alabama | 35058 | — |
| Not listed | Phoenix | Arizona | 85013 | — |
| Not listed | Tucson | Arizona | 85741-3537 | — |
| Not listed | Berkeley | California | 94705 | — |
| Not listed | La Jolla | California | 92037 | — |
| Not listed | Sacramento | California | 95817 | — |
| Not listed | San Francisco | California | 94117 | — |
| Not listed | Englewood | Colorado | 80110 | — |
| Not listed | Fort Collins | Colorado | 80528 | — |
| Not listed | Wilmington | Delaware | 19806 | — |
| Not listed | Washington D.C. | District of Columbia | 20037 | — |
| Not listed | Miami | Florida | 33125 | — |
| Not listed | Tampa | Florida | 33606-3508 | — |
| Not listed | Tampa | Florida | 33609 | — |
| Not listed | Atlanta | Georgia | 30309-1465 | — |
| Not listed | Augusta | Georgia | 30912 | — |
| Not listed | Chicago | Illinois | 60637-1470 | — |
| Not listed | Fort Wayne | Indiana | 46805 | — |
| Not listed | Indianapolis | Indiana | 46202 | — |
| Not listed | Des Moines | Iowa | 50314 | — |
| Not listed | Kansas City | Kansas | 66160 | — |
| Not listed | Lexington | Kentucky | 40536 | — |
| Not listed | Louisville | Kentucky | 40202 | — |
| Not listed | Shreveport | Louisiana | 71130 | — |
| Not listed | Detroit | Michigan | 48202 | — |
| Not listed | Duluth | Minnesota | 55805-1984 | — |
| Not listed | St Louis | Missouri | 63110 | — |
| Not listed | Henderson | Nevada | 89052 | — |
| Not listed | Reno | Nevada | 89557-0035 | — |
| Not listed | Lebanon | New Hampshire | 03756-0001 | — |
| Not listed | New Brunswick | New Jersey | 08901 | — |
| Not listed | Albuquerque | New Mexico | 87131 | — |
| Not listed | Albany | New York | 12208 | — |
| Not listed | Mineola | New York | 11501-3987 | — |
| Not listed | Rochester | New York | 14642 | — |
| Not listed | Stony Brook | New York | 11794 | — |
| Not listed | Charlotte | North Carolina | 28203 | — |
| Not listed | Durham | North Carolina | 27710 | — |
| Not listed | High Point | North Carolina | 27262 | — |
| Not listed | Winston-Salem | North Carolina | 27157-1009 | — |
| Not listed | Cincinnati | Ohio | 45219 | — |
| Not listed | Columbus | Ohio | 43210-1240 | — |
| Not listed | Tualatin | Oregon | 97062 | — |
| Not listed | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | 19104 | — |
| Not listed | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | 19107 | — |
| Not listed | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | 15213-2592 | — |
| Not listed | Providence | Rhode Island | 02905 | — |
| Not listed | Charleston | South Carolina | 29425 | — |
| Not listed | Nashville | Tennessee | 37205 | — |
| Not listed | Houston | Texas | 77030 | — |
| Not listed | San Antonio | Texas | 78229 | — |
| Not listed | Fairfax | Virginia | 22031 | — |
| Not listed | Seattle | Washington | 98101 | — |
| Not listed | Tacoma | Washington | 98405 | — |
| Not listed | Marshfield | Wisconsin | 54449 | — |
| Not listed | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | 53215 | — |
Site contact phone numbers, emails, and investigator names are intentionally not displayed here. Open the official ClinicalTrials.gov record for site contact information.
Non-U.S. locations
This page focuses on the U.S. directory. The official record also lists 142 non-U.S. sites.
About this trial record page
- What this page shows
- Public field values for ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00099502, including study identification, conditions, interventions, eligibility (age, sex, healthy volunteer), timeline, and U.S. site list.
- What this page does not do
- No medical advice, eligibility judgments, treatment recommendations, study quality scoring, or AI-generated medical summaries. No site contact phone numbers, emails, or investigator names.
- Where the data comes from
- Sourced from the official ClinicalTrials.gov public API. The official record is the source of truth.
- Last refresh
- Last update posted Dec 18, 2008 · Synced Sep 2, 2026
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