Study Evaluating Betaferons Safety and Tolerability In Pediatric Patients With Multiple Sclerosis
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2016-09-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is mainly known as a disease of young to middle adulthood but
approximately 5% of all MS cases worldwide involve children that are younger than 16 years.
The aim of care of children with Multiple Sclerosis is to prevent or at least to delay any
neurological and cognitive impairment as well as progression of the disease as far as
possible. Therefore, it is very crucial to diagnose the disease at an early stage as
immunomodulatory treatments are available that can delay the progression of Multiple
SclerosisTreatment with the immunomodulatory agent Betaferon® in children diagnosed with RRMS
and being 12 years or older has been approved by the health authorities. The aim of this
observational study is to obtain further data on the safety, tolerability, and effectiveness
of Betaferon® under daily living conditions.
As this is a non-interventional observational study, routine clinical practice is observed.
The application of diagnostic measures and medications as well as physician visits follow the
normal routine and is decided upon by the treating physician under recognition of the package
insert.