1. Association of Initial Disease-Modifying Therapy With Later Conversion to Secondary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis
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Wilkins, Alastair, Slee, Mark, TERZİ, MURAT, Grand'Maison, Francois, Ferraro, Diana, Sola, Patrizia, Van Pesch, Vincent, McCombe, Pamela, Hupperts, Raymond, Alroughani, Raed, Grammond, Pierre, Bergamaschi, Roberto, Lugaresi, Alessandra, Shaygannejad, Vahid, Pucci, Eugenio, Granella, Franco, Jokubaitis, Vilija, Pearson, Owen R., Ziemssen, Tjalf, Hutchinson, Michael, McGuigan, Christopher, Butzkueven, Helmut, Kalincik, Tomas, Onofrj, Marco, Trojano, Maria, Duquette, Pierre, Girard, Marc, Prat, Alexandre, Izquierdo, Guillermo, Havrdova, Eva, Horakova, Dana, Zwanikken, Cees, Soysal, Aysun, Yamout, Bassem, Piroska, Imre, McDonnell, Gavin, Moore, Fraser, Butler, Ernest, De Luca, Giovanna, Di Tommaso, Valeria, Travaglini, Daniela, Pietrolongo, Erika, di Ioia, Maria, Farina, Deborah, Mancinelli, Luca, Hodgkinson, Suzanne, Oreja-Guevara, Celia, BOZ, CAVİT, Prevost, Julie, Olascoaga, Javier, Van Wijmeersch, Bart, Barnett, Michael, Verheul, Freek, Rojas, Juan Ingacio, Spitaleri, Daniele, Rio, Maria Edite, Taylor, Bruce, Luis Sanchez-Menoyo, Jose, Ramo-Tello, Cristina, Solaro, Claudio, Csepany, Tunde, Iuliano, Gerardo, Skibina, Olga, Petersen, Thor, Bolanos, Ricardo Fernandez, Sidhom, Youssef, Riadh, Riadh, Vucic, Steve, Macdonell, Richard, Sempere, Angel Perez, Simo, Magdolna, Kister, Ilya, Shuey, Neil, Radek, Radek, Dominguez, Jose Andres, Pia Amato, Maria, Saladino, Maria Laura, Kermode, Allan, Brown, J. William L., Coles, Alasdair, Lechner-Scott, Jeannette, Willis, Mark, Rice, Claire, Scolding, Neil, Flechter, Schlomo, Harding, Katharine, Jones, Joanne, Robertson, Neil, Hughes, Stella, ÖZAKBAŞ, SERKAN, Brown, J William L, Coles, Alasdair, Horakova, Dana, Havrdova, Eva, Izquierdo, Guillermo, Prat, Alexandre, Girard, Marc, Duquette, Pierre, Trojano, Maria, Lugaresi, Alessandra, Bergamaschi, Roberto, Grammond, Pierre, Alroughani, Raed, Hupperts, Raymond, McCombe, Pamela, Van Pesch, Vincent, Sola, Patrizia, Ferraro, Diana, Grand'Maison, Francoi, Terzi, Murat, Lechner-Scott, Jeannette, Flechter, Schlomo, Slee, Mark, Shaygannejad, Vahid, Pucci, Eugenio, Granella, Franco, Jokubaitis, Vilija, Willis, Mark, Rice, Claire, Scolding, Neil, Wilkins, Alastair, Pearson, Owen R, Ziemssen, Tjalf, Hutchinson, Michael, Harding, Katharine, Jones, Joanne, McGuigan, Christopher, Butzkueven, Helmut, Kalincik, Toma, Robertson, Neil, Brown, Will [0000-0002-7737-5834], Coles, Alasdair [0000-0003-4738-0760], Jones, Joanna [0000-0003-4974-1371], Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository, DIPARTIMENTO DI SCIENZE BIOMEDICHE E NEUROMOTORIE, UCL - SSS/IONS - Institute of NeuroScience, UCL - SSS/IONS/CEMO - Pôle Cellulaire et moléculaire, UCL - (SLuc) Service de neurologie, Klinische Neurowetenschappen, MUMC+: MA Med Staf Spec Neurologie (9), RS: MHeNs - R1 - Cognitive Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, and OMÜ
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Male ,INTERFERON-BETA ,MULTICENTER ,Interferon-beta/therapeutic use ,multiple sclerosis ,01 natural sciences ,Cohort Studies ,0302 clinical medicine ,Natalizumab ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Alemtuzumab ,Original Investigation ,GLATIRAMER ACETATE ,NATALIZUMAB ,Natalizumab/therapeutic use ,OUTCOMES ,treatment ,ALEMTUZUMAB ,Absolute risk reduction ,General Medicine ,Immunologic Factors/therapeutic use ,Fingolimod ,TIME ,Disease Progression ,Female ,Immunosuppressive Agents ,medicine.drug ,Cohort study ,Adult ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Alemtuzumab/therapeutic use ,Lower risk ,Time-to-Treatment ,03 medical and health sciences ,Multiple Sclerosis, Relapsing-Remitting ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,Humans ,Immunologic Factors ,0101 mathematics ,Glatiramer acetate ,Fingolimod Hydrochloride/therapeutic use ,business.industry ,Fingolimod Hydrochloride ,Multiple sclerosis ,DISABILITY ,010102 general mathematics ,Glatiramer Acetate ,Interferon-beta ,Multiple Sclerosis, Relapsing-Remitting/drug therapy ,medicine.disease ,FINGOLIMOD ,Immunosuppressive Agents/therapeutic use ,multiple sclerosis, progression, treatment ,progression ,business ,Glatiramer Acetate/therapeutic use - Abstract
none 40 si his study was financially supported by National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia (fellowships 1140766 and 1080518, project grants 1129189 and 1083539), the University of Melbourne (Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences research fellowship), a Next Generation Fellowship funded by the Grand Charity of the Freemason’s (recipient JWLB), and the MSBase 2017 Fellowship (recipient JWLB). Alemtuzumab studies done in Cambridge were supported by the NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre and the MS Society UK. The MSBase Foundation is a not-for-profit organization that receives support from Roche, Merck, Biogen, Novartis, Bayer Schering, Sanofi Genzyme, and Teva. IMPORTANCE: Within 2 decades of onset, 80% of untreated patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (MS) convert to a phase of irreversible disability accrual termed secondary progressive MS. The association between disease-modifying treatments (DMTs), and this conversion has rarely been studied and never using a validated definition. OBJECTIVE: To determine the association between the use, the type of, and the timing of DMTs with the risk of conversion to secondary progressive MS diagnosed with a validated definition. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: Cohort study with prospective data from 68 neurology centers in 21 countries examining patients with relapsing-remitting MS commencing DMTs (or clinical monitoring) between 1988-2012 with minimum 4 years' follow-up. EXPOSURES: The use, type, and timing of the following DMTs: interferon beta, glatiramer acetate, fingolimod, natalizumab, or alemtuzumab. After propensity-score matching, 1555 patients were included (last follow-up, February 14, 2017). MAIN OUTCOME AND MEASURE: Conversion to objectively defined secondary progressive MS. RESULTS: Of the 1555 patients, 1123 were female (mean baseline age, 35 years [SD, 10]). Patients initially treated with glatiramer acetate or interferon beta had a lower hazard of conversion to secondary progressive MS than matched untreated patients (HR, 0.71; 95% CI, 0.61-0.81; P
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- 2019