TY - JOUR
T1 - Efficacy and safety of rifampicin for multiple system atrophy
T2 - A randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial
AU - Low, Phillip A.
AU - Robertson, David
AU - Gilman, Sid
AU - Kaufmann, Horacio
AU - Singer, Wolfgang
AU - Biaggioni, Italo
AU - Freeman, Roy
AU - Perlman, Susan
AU - Hauser, Robert A.
AU - Cheshire, William
AU - Lessig, Stephanie
AU - Vernino, Steven
AU - Mandrekar, Jay
AU - Dupont, William D.
AU - Chelimsky, Thomas
AU - Galpern, Wendy R.
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was supported in part by National Institutes of Health (NIH; NS 44233 Pathogenesis and Diagnosis of Multiple System Atrophy, U54 NS065736 Autonomic Rare Disease Clinical Consortium, K23NS075141), Mayo CTSA (UL1 TR000135), and Mayo Funds. The Autonomic Diseases Consortium is a part of the NIH Rare Diseases Clinical Research Network . Funding and programmatic support for this project has been provided by U54 NS065736 from the National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke and the NIH Office of Rare Diseases Research. We also acknowledge the participants for their time, effort, and encouragement.
PY - 2014/3
Y1 - 2014/3
N2 - Background: No available treatments slow or halt progression of multiple system atrophy, which is a rare, progressive, fatal neurological disorder. In a mouse model of multiple system atrophy, rifampicin inhibited formation of α-synuclein fibrils, the neuropathological hallmark of the disease. We aimed to assess the safety and efficacy of rifampicin in patients with multiple system atrophy. Methods: In this randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial we recruited participants aged 30-80 years with possible or probable multiple system atrophy from ten US medical centres. Eligible participants were randomly assigned (1:1) via computer-generated permuted block randomisation to rifampicin 300 mg twice daily or matching placebo (50 mg riboflavin capsules), stratified by subtype (parkinsonian vs cerebellar), with a block size of four. The primary outcome was rate of change (slope analysis) from baseline to 12 months in Unified Multiple System Atrophy Rating Scale (UMSARS) I score, analysed in all participants with at least one post-baseline measurement. This study is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov, number NCT01287221. Findings: Between April 22, 2011, and April 19, 2012, we randomly assigned 100 participants (50 to rifampicin and 50 to placebo). Four participants in the rifampicin group and five in the placebo group withdrew from study prematurely. Results of the preplanned interim analysis (n=15 in each group) of the primary endpoint showed that futility criteria had been met, and the trial was stopped (the mean rate of change [slope analysis] of UMSARS I score was 0·62 points [SD 0·85] per month in the rifampicin group vs 0·47 points [0·48] per month in the placebo group; futility p=0·032; efficacy p=0·76). At the time of study termination, 49 participants in the rifampicin group and 50 in the placebo group had follow-up data and were included in the final analysis. The primary endpoint was 0·5 points (SD 0·7) per month for rifampicin and 0·5 points (0·5) per month for placebo (difference 0·0, 95% CI -0·24 to 0·24; p=0·82). Three (6%) of 50 participants in the rifampicin group and 12 (24%) of 50 in the placebo group had one or more serious adverse events; none was thought to be related to treatment. Interpretation: Our results show that rifampicin does not slow or halt progression of multiple system atrophy. Despite the negative result, the trial does provide information that could be useful in the design of future studies assessing potential disease modifying therapies in patients with multiple system atrophy. Funding: National Institutes of Health, Mayo Clinic Center for Translational Science Activities, and Mayo Funds.
AB - Background: No available treatments slow or halt progression of multiple system atrophy, which is a rare, progressive, fatal neurological disorder. In a mouse model of multiple system atrophy, rifampicin inhibited formation of α-synuclein fibrils, the neuropathological hallmark of the disease. We aimed to assess the safety and efficacy of rifampicin in patients with multiple system atrophy. Methods: In this randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial we recruited participants aged 30-80 years with possible or probable multiple system atrophy from ten US medical centres. Eligible participants were randomly assigned (1:1) via computer-generated permuted block randomisation to rifampicin 300 mg twice daily or matching placebo (50 mg riboflavin capsules), stratified by subtype (parkinsonian vs cerebellar), with a block size of four. The primary outcome was rate of change (slope analysis) from baseline to 12 months in Unified Multiple System Atrophy Rating Scale (UMSARS) I score, analysed in all participants with at least one post-baseline measurement. This study is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov, number NCT01287221. Findings: Between April 22, 2011, and April 19, 2012, we randomly assigned 100 participants (50 to rifampicin and 50 to placebo). Four participants in the rifampicin group and five in the placebo group withdrew from study prematurely. Results of the preplanned interim analysis (n=15 in each group) of the primary endpoint showed that futility criteria had been met, and the trial was stopped (the mean rate of change [slope analysis] of UMSARS I score was 0·62 points [SD 0·85] per month in the rifampicin group vs 0·47 points [0·48] per month in the placebo group; futility p=0·032; efficacy p=0·76). At the time of study termination, 49 participants in the rifampicin group and 50 in the placebo group had follow-up data and were included in the final analysis. The primary endpoint was 0·5 points (SD 0·7) per month for rifampicin and 0·5 points (0·5) per month for placebo (difference 0·0, 95% CI -0·24 to 0·24; p=0·82). Three (6%) of 50 participants in the rifampicin group and 12 (24%) of 50 in the placebo group had one or more serious adverse events; none was thought to be related to treatment. Interpretation: Our results show that rifampicin does not slow or halt progression of multiple system atrophy. Despite the negative result, the trial does provide information that could be useful in the design of future studies assessing potential disease modifying therapies in patients with multiple system atrophy. Funding: National Institutes of Health, Mayo Clinic Center for Translational Science Activities, and Mayo Funds.
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U2 - 10.1016/S1474-4422(13)70301-6
DO - 10.1016/S1474-4422(13)70301-6
M3 - Article
C2 - 24507091
AN - SCOPUS:84894277080
SN - 1474-4422
VL - 13
SP - 268
EP - 275
JO - The Lancet Neurology
JF - The Lancet Neurology
IS - 3
ER -