Relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS)

Active Ingredient: Ozanimod

Indication for Ozanimod

Population group: only adults (18 years old or older)
Therapeutic intent: Curative procedure

Ozanimod is indicated for the treatment of adult patients with relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) with active disease as defined by clinical or imaging features.

For this indication, competent medicine agencies globally authorize below treatments:

0.23 mg once daily on Days 1-4, 0.46 mg once daily on Days 5-7 and 0.92 mg once daily on Day 8 and thereafter

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Dosage regimens

Oral, 0.23 milligrams ozanimod, once daily, over the duration of 4 days. Afterwards, oral, 0.46 milligrams ozanimod, once daily, over the duration of 3 days. Afterwards, oral, 0.92 milligrams ozanimod, once daily.

Detailed description

The recommended dose is 0.92 mg ozanimod once daily.

The capsules can be taken with or without food.

The initial dose escalation regimen of ozanimod from Day 1 to Day 7 is required and shown below in Table 1. Following the 7-day dose escalation, the once daily dose is 0.92 mg, starting on Day 8.

Table 1. Dose escalation regimen:

Days 1–4 0.23 mg once daily
Days 5–7 0.46 mg once daily
Days 8 and thereafter 0.92 mg once daily

Re-initiation of therapy following treatment interruption

The same dose escalation regimen described in Table 1 is recommended when treatment is interrupted for:

  • 1 day or more during the first 14 days of treatment.
  • more than 7 consecutive days between Day 15 and Day 28 of treatment.
  • more than 14 consecutive days after Day 28 of treatment.

If the treatment interruption is of shorter duration than the above, the treatment should be continued with the next dose as planned.

Adults over 55 years old and elderly population

There are limited data available on RRMS patients >55 years of age. Patients enrolled in the ongoing clinical trials continue to be dosed with 0.92 mg ozanimod daily after they become 55 and older. No dose adjustment is needed in patients over 55 years of age. Caution should be used in patients >55 years of age, given the potential for an increased risk of adverse reactions in this population, especially with long-term treatment.

Dosage considerations

It can be taken with or without food.

Active ingredient

Ozanimod

Ozanimod is a potent sphingosine 1-phosphate (S1P) receptor modulator, which binds with high affinity to sphingosine 1-phosphate receptors 1 and 5. Ozanimod has minimal or no activity on S1P~2, S1P3, and S1P4. In vitro, ozanimod and its major active metabolites demonstrated similar activity and selectivity for S1P1 and S1P5. The mechanism by which ozanimod exerts therapeutic effects in MS and UC is unknown, but may involve the reduction of lymphocyte migration into the central nervous system (CNS) and intestine.

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