One Year, Open Label, Dose Escalation Long-term Safety Study in Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Subjects With Spasticity

This is an interventional treatment trial for Multiple Sclerosis focused on measuring Multiple sclerosis, spasticity, arbaclofen Read More

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients (male or female) 18 to 70 years of age, inclusive, at the time of the first dose.
• Have an established diagnosis (per McDonald 2005 Criteria, of Multiple Sclerosis Appendix C (either relapsing remitting or secondary progressive course), that manifests spasticity.
• If receiving disease-modifying medications (immunomodulatory treatment), these must have been at a stable dose for at least one (1) months prior to screening, and the subject must be willing to maintain this treatment for the duration of the study.
• If receiving botulinum toxin must be on a stable treatment regimen (e.g. every 12 weeks).
• If receiving phenol or alcohol injections, should have been received 60 days before enrolment in the study.
• Absence of infections and peripheral vascular disease.
• Have a creatinine clearance, as calculated by Glomerular Filtration Rate using the Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD) formula , greater than 60 milliliters/minute.
• Use of a medically highly effective form of birth control during the study and for 90 days thereafter for women of child-bearing potential (including female subjects and female partners of non-sterile male subjects. .
• Willing to allow his or her general practitioner and consultant, if appropriate, to be notified of participation in the study

Exclusion Criteria:

• Any concomitant disease or disorder that has symptoms of spasticity or that may influence the subject's level of spasticity.
• Inability to rate their level of spasticity or distinguish it from other MS symptoms.
• History of allergy to baclofen.
• Concomitant use of medications that would potentially interfere with the actions of the study medication or outcome variables (Appendix D Prohibited Concomitant Medications)
• Pregnancy, lactation or planned pregnancy during the course of the study and for three months thereafter. (Confirmation that the subject is not pregnant must be established by a negative serum pregnancy test at baseline).
• History of, or current unstable psychiatric disease, or signs and symptoms of significant medical disorders such as severe, progressive, or uncontrolled renal, hepatic, gastrointestinal, hematological, endocrine, immunologic, pulmonary, cardiac or neurological disease which, in the opinion of the investigator, may; put the subject at risk because of participation, influence the result of the study, or affect the subject's ability to participate.
• Seizures requiring medication.
• Current significant cognitive deficit, severe or untreated anxiety, severe or untreated depression.
• Subjects with abnormal micturition that requires indwelling or intermittent catheterization or with lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) that result in a score greater than twenty-six (>26) in the Baseline Urinary Symptom Profile© questionnaire.
• Current malignancy or history of malignancy that has not been in remission for more than five years, except effectively treated basal cell skin carcinoma.
• History of substance abuse within the past twelve (12) months.
• Participation in another interventional research study within thirty (30) days of Screening except OS440-3002.
• Patients who are uncooperative or unwilling to sign consent form.