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1. Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in People With Active Secondary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis.

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Boffa G, Signori A, Massacesi L, Mariottini A, Sbragia E, Cottone S, Amato MP, Gasperini C, Moiola L, Meletti S, Repice AM, Brescia Morra V, Salemi G, Patti F, Filippi M, De Luca G, Lus G, Zaffaroni M, Sola P, Conte A, Nistri R, Aguglia U, Granella F, Galgani S, Caniatti LM, Lugaresi A, Romano S, Iaffaldano P, Cocco E, Saccardi R, Angelucci E, Trojano M, Mancardi GL, Sormani MP, and Inglese M

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Humans, Glatiramer Acetate, Fingolimod Hydrochloride, Multiple Sclerosis, Chronic Progressive drug therapy, Multiple Sclerosis, Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Multiple Sclerosis, Relapsing-Remitting therapy
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Background and Objectives: Uncontrolled evidence suggests that autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (AHSCT) can be effective in people with active secondary progressive multiple sclerosis (SPMS). In this study, we compared the effect of AHSCT with that of other anti-inflammatory disease-modifying therapies (DMTs) on long-term disability worsening in active SPMS., Methods: We collected data from the Italian Bone Marrow Transplantation Study Group and the Italian Multiple Sclerosis Register. Patients were considered eligible if treatment had been started after the diagnosis of SPMS. Disability worsening was assessed by the cumulative proportion of patients with a 6-month confirmed disability progression (CDP) according to the Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) score. Key secondary endpoints were the EDSS time trend after treatment start and the prevalence of disability improvement over time. Time to first CDP was assessed by means of proportional hazard Cox regression models. A linear mixed model with a time × treatment group interaction was used to assess the longitudinal EDSS time trends. Prevalence of improvement was estimated using a modified Kaplan-Meier estimator and compared between groups by bootstrapping the area under the curve., Results: Seventy-nine AHSCT-treated patients and 1975 patients treated with other DMTs (beta interferons, azathioprine, glatiramer-acetate, mitoxantrone, fingolimod, natalizumab, methotrexate, teriflunomide, cyclophosphamide, dimethyl fumarate, and alemtuzumab) were matched to reduce treatment selection bias using propensity score and overlap weighting approaches. Time to first CDP was significantly longer in transplanted patients (hazard ratio [HR] = 0.50; 95% CI = 0.31-0.81; p = 0.005), with 61.7% of transplanted patients free from CPD at 5 years. Accordingly, EDSS time trend over 10 years was higher in patients treated with other DMTs than in AHSCT-treated patients (+0.157 EDSS points per year compared with -0.013 EDSS points per year; interaction p < 0.001). Patients who underwent AHSCT were more likely to experience a sustained disability improvement: 34.7% of patients maintained an improvement (a lower EDSS than baseline) 3 years after transplant vs 4.6% of patients treated by other DMTs ( p < 0.001)., Discussion: The use of AHSCT in people with active SPMS is associated with a slowing of disability progression and a higher likelihood of disability improvement compared with standard immunotherapy., Classification of Evidence: This study provides Class III evidence that autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplants prolonged the time to CDP compared with other DMTs., (© 2022 American Academy of Neurology.)

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2023
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2. Impact of Natural Killer (NK) Cells on Immune Reconstitution, and Their Potential as a Biomarker of Disease Activity, in Alemtuzumab-Treated Patients with Relapsing Remitting Multiple Sclerosis: An Observational Study.

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Palmeri S, Ponzano M, Ivaldi F, Signori A, Lapucci C, Casella V, Ferrò MT, Vigo T, Inglese M, Mancardi GL, Uccelli A, and Laroni A

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Adult, Biomarkers blood, Female, Humans, Italy, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Multiple Sclerosis, Relapsing-Remitting immunology, Alemtuzumab therapeutic use, Antineoplastic Agents, Immunological therapeutic use, Killer Cells, Natural immunology, Multiple Sclerosis, Relapsing-Remitting drug therapy
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Background: Defining immune mechanisms leading to multiple sclerosis (MS) is difficult, due to the great inter-individual difference in immune system responses. The anti-CD52 antibody alemtuzumab transiently abolishes differences in immune parameters among individuals, allowing analysis of subsequent immune cell repopulation patterns, and their possible role in MS., Objective: To evaluate the correlation between innate and adaptive immune cell subsets and disease activity in MS in the context of treatment with alemtuzumab., Methods: A two-center observational cohort of patients treated with alemtuzumab underwent immune profiling of T, B, and natural killer (NK) cells, biomarker, clinical and radiological follow-up., Results: After treatment, the percentage of NK and B cells increased; NK, T- and B-cell populations underwent a profound rearrangement. Within the effector T-cell compartment, treatment led to a transient decrease, followed by an increase, of T-helper 1 cells, and to a transient decrease of T-helper 17 cells. Within the T-regulatory compartment, naïve T-regulatory cells increased. Within the B-cell compartment, memory B cells and mature B cells decreased, whereas transitional B cells increased. Within the NK cell compartment, CD56 bright NK cells increased. Subjects without disease activity had a greater decrease in serum NfL and greater NK cell/CD3+ T cell ratio. NK cell numbers at baseline and after treatment influenced reconstitution of T and B cells, being inversely correlated with the reconstitution of proinflammatory CD3+ T cells and mature B cells, and directly correlated to the increase in transitional B cells., Conclusions: The results of this study provide novel evidence that NK cells influence reconstitution of adaptive immune cells upon alemtuzumab and that patients with a successful response to alemtuzumab have an early immune reconstitution dominated by NK cells., (© 2021. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.)

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2022
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3. Erythropoietin therapy in a case of neonatal anemia after exposure to natalizumab throughout pregnancy.

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Godano E, Barra F, Allodi A, Ferraiolo A, Laroni A, Novi G, Mancardi GL, Gustavino C, and Arioni C

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Anemia, Neonatal chemically induced, Female, Humans, Infant, Newborn, Infusions, Intravenous, Pregnancy, Anemia, Neonatal drug therapy, Erythropoietin therapeutic use, Immunologic Factors adverse effects, Maternal-Fetal Exchange, Multiple Sclerosis, Relapsing-Remitting drug therapy, Natalizumab adverse effects
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Background: Natalizumab is a monoclonal antibody approved for the treatment of patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis. According to the current clinical recommendations, its use during pregnancy should be carefully evaluated only in women with highly active disease who plan a pregnancy or have an unplanned pregnancy, after accurate counseling about eventual maternal disease relapse due to therapy suspension., Case Presentation: This brief case report describes a case of documented anemia that we observed in a newborn whose mother with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis was treated with an extended dosing protocol of natalizumab throughout pregnancy. The newborn received the infusion of erythropoietin every seven days from the fortieth day of life; subsequently, the status of anemia underwent clinical resolution., Conclusions: This case report confirmed that natalizumab can cause disorders of hematopoiesis, including anemia, thrombocytopenia, or pancytopenia, in newborns of patients treated during pregnancy. A multidisciplinary team, including experienced pediatricians and pediatric hematologists, has a critical role in managing newborns delivered by women, being treated with natalizumab for treating relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis during pregnancy.

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2021
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4. Position Sense Deficits at the Lower Limbs in Early Multiple Sclerosis: Clinical and Neural Correlates.

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Iandolo R, Bommarito G, Falcitano L, Schiavi S, Piaggio N, Mancardi GL, Casadio M, and Inglese M

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Adult, Cerebral Cortex diagnostic imaging, Corpus Callosum diagnostic imaging, Diffusion Tensor Imaging, Female, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Multiple Sclerosis, Relapsing-Remitting complications, Multiple Sclerosis, Relapsing-Remitting diagnostic imaging, Postural Balance physiology, Prospective Studies, Sensation Disorders etiology, Cerebral Cortex physiopathology, Corpus Callosum pathology, Lower Extremity physiopathology, Multiple Sclerosis, Relapsing-Remitting pathology, Multiple Sclerosis, Relapsing-Remitting physiopathology, Neuronal Plasticity physiology, Proprioception physiology, Psychomotor Performance physiology, Sensation Disorders physiopathology
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Background/Objective . Position sense, defined as the ability to identify joint and limb position in space, is crucial for balance and gait but has received limited attention in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). We investigated lower limb position sense deficits, their neural correlates, and their effects on standing balance in patients with early MS. Methods . A total of 24 patients with early relapsing-remitting MS and 24 healthy controls performed ipsilateral and contralateral matching tasks with the right foot during functional magnetic resonance imaging. Corpus callosum (CC) integrity was estimated with diffusion tensor imaging. Patients also underwent an assessment of balance during quiet standing. We investigated differences between the 2 groups and the relations among proprioceptive errors, balance performance, and functional/structural correlates. Results . During the contralateral matching task, patients demonstrated a higher matching error than controls, which correlated with the microstructural damage of the CC and with balance ability. In contrast, during the ipsilateral task, the 2 groups showed a similar matching performance, but patients displayed a functional reorganization involving the parietal areas. Neural activity in the frontoparietal regions correlated with the performance during both proprioceptive matching tasks and quiet standing. Conclusion. Patients with early MS had subtle, clinically undetectable, position sense deficits at the lower limbs that, nevertheless, affected standing balance. Functional changes allowed correct proprioception processing during the ipsilateral matching task but not during the more demanding bilateral task, possibly because of damage to the CC. These findings provide new insights into the mechanisms underlying disability in MS and could influence the design of neurorehabilitation protocols.

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2020
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5. Safety and tolerability of fingolimod in patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis: results of an open-label clinical trial in Italy.

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Laroni A, Brogi D, Brescia Morra V, Guidi L, Pozzilli C, Comi G, Lugaresi A, Turrini R, Raimondi D, Uccelli A, and Mancardi GL

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Adult, Female, Fingolimod Hydrochloride therapeutic use, Headache chemically induced, Humans, Immunosuppressive Agents therapeutic use, Infections chemically induced, Italy, Macular Edema chemically induced, Male, Middle Aged, Treatment Outcome, Fingolimod Hydrochloride adverse effects, Immunosuppressive Agents adverse effects, Multiple Sclerosis, Relapsing-Remitting drug therapy
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The safety profile of fingolimod is well established in clinical trials and post-marketing studies. This study aimed to evaluate the safety and tolerability of fingolimod in a cohort of Italian patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS). This is a non-comparative, open-label, multicentre, interventional study conducted in patients with RRMS with no suitable alternative treatment option. Safety and tolerability of fingolimod 0.5 mg were assessed by recording adverse events (AEs) and serious AEs (SAEs). Of the 906 patients enrolled in the study, 91 % of the patients completed the study. AEs and SAEs were reported in 35.4 and 2.9 % of the patients, respectively. Most common AEs reported were headache (4.1 %), influenza (2.1 %), lymphopenia (1.8 %), asthenia (1.8 %) and pyrexia (1.8 %). Increased alanine aminotransferase levels and hypertension were reported as AE in 1.0 and 1.4 % of the patients, respectively. Macular oedema was reported in three patients. These results emphasize the safety of fingolimod in patients representing the real-world clinical practice in the Italian population. Fingolimod was safe and well tolerated in this population, which, compared to those enrolled in pivotal trials in terms of concomitant diseases and used medications, is broader., Trial Registration: EudraCT 2011-000770-60.

Published
2017
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6. Autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in multiple sclerosis: a phase II trial.

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Mancardi GL, Sormani MP, Gualandi F, Saiz A, Carreras E, Merelli E, Donelli A, Lugaresi A, Di Bartolomeo P, Rottoli MR, Rambaldi A, Amato MP, Massacesi L, Di Gioia M, Vuolo L, Currò D, Roccatagliata L, Filippi M, Aguglia U, Iacopino P, Farge D, and Saccardi R

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Adult, Antineoplastic Agents administration & dosage, Female, Gadolinium, Humans, Image Enhancement, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Middle Aged, Mitoxantrone administration & dosage, Multiple Sclerosis, Chronic Progressive pathology, Multiple Sclerosis, Relapsing-Remitting pathology, Transplantation, Autologous, Treatment Outcome, Young Adult, Antineoplastic Agents pharmacology, Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation methods, Mitoxantrone pharmacology, Multiple Sclerosis, Chronic Progressive therapy, Multiple Sclerosis, Relapsing-Remitting therapy, Transplantation Conditioning methods
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Objective: To assess in multiple sclerosis (MS) the effect of intense immunosuppression followed by autologous hematopoietic stem cells transplantation (AHSCT) vs mitoxantrone (MTX) on disease activity measured by MRI., Methods: We conducted a multicenter, phase II, randomized trial including patients with secondary progressive or relapsing-remitting MS, with a documented increase in the last year on the Expanded Disability Status Scale, in spite of conventional therapy, and presence of one or more gadolinium-enhancing (Gd+) areas. Patients were randomized to receive intense immunosuppression (mobilization with cyclophosphamide and filgrastim, conditioning with carmustine, cytosine-arabinoside, etoposide, melphalan, and anti-thymocyte globulin) followed by AHSCT or MTX 20 mg every month for 6 months. The primary endpoint was the cumulative number of new T2 lesions in the 4 years following randomization. Secondary endpoints were the cumulative number of Gd+ lesions, relapse rate, and disability progression. Safety and tolerability were also assessed. Twenty-one patients were randomized and 17 had postbaseline evaluable MRI scans., Results: AHSCT reduced by 79% the number of new T2 lesions as compared to MTX (rate ratio 0.21, p = 0.00016). It also reduced Gd+ lesions as well as the annualized relapse rate. No difference was found in the progression of disability., Conclusion: Intense immunosuppression followed by AHSCT is significantly superior to MTX in reducing MRI activity in severe cases of MS. These results strongly support further phase III studies with primary clinical endpoints. The study was registered as EUDRACT No. 2007-000064-24., (© 2015 American Academy of Neurology.)

Published
2015
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7. Clinical baseline factors predict response to natalizumab: their usefulness in patient selection.

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Laroni A, Gandoglia I, Solaro C, Ribizzi G, Tassinari T, Pizzorno M, Parodi S, Baldassarre G, Rilla MT, Venturi S, Capello E, Sormani MP, Uccelli A, and Mancardi GL

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Adult, Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized adverse effects, Cohort Studies, Disability Evaluation, Female, Humans, Immunosuppressive Agents adverse effects, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Middle Aged, Natalizumab, Patient Selection, Predictive Value of Tests, Recurrence, Research Design, Young Adult, Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized therapeutic use, Immunosuppressive Agents therapeutic use, Multiple Sclerosis, Relapsing-Remitting drug therapy
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Background: Optimal patient selection would improve the risk-benefit ratio of natalizumab treatment for relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RR MS). Clinical features of subjects responding to natalizumab have not been univocally recognized., Methods: Longitudinal data on RR MS patients treated with natalizumab in Liguria, Italy are reported. Predictors of relapse occurrence and disability improvement were analyzed with a logistic regression method in subjects treated for one year (N = 62). A new score, called "Better EDSS Trend (BET)", was devised to describe the impact of the treatment on disability. Changes in annualized relapse rate (ARR) and Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) after one and two years and proportion of disease-free patients were evaluated., Results: Previous EDSS worsening plus ARR ≥ 2 increased the risk of relapse during the treatment [Odds Ratio (OR) 4.12, P = 0.04], but this was not associated with an increase in disability at one year. EDSS 3.0-3.5 or high disease activity were associated with neurological improvement in the first year of treatment (respectively OR 5.78, P = 0.05 and OR 4.80, P = 0.05). Positive BET score, i.e. improvement in the disability trend, was observed in 40.3% of patients, and correlated with high ARR in the year before treatment (OR 1.69, P = 0.03)., Conclusion: Subjects with EDSS 3.0-3.5 and those with very active disease in the year before treatment are most likely to improve in neurological function under natalizumab. A relapse in the first year of treatment is associated to high pre-treatment disease activity; however, since the occurrence of a relapse did not have a negative impact on clinical improvement at one year, we suggest that it should not lead to treatment discontinuation. We propose BET as an additional endpoint of treatment response in MS.

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2014
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8. Fingolimod modulates peripheral effector and regulatory T cells in MS patients.

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Serpero LD, Filaci G, Parodi A, Battaglia F, Kalli F, Brogi D, Mancardi GL, Uccelli A, and Fenoglio D

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CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes immunology, Cytokines biosynthesis, Fingolimod Hydrochloride, Humans, Immunophenotyping, Multiple Sclerosis, Relapsing-Remitting blood, Multiple Sclerosis, Relapsing-Remitting immunology, Sphingosine therapeutic use, T-Lymphocyte Subsets immunology, T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory immunology, CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes drug effects, Immunosuppressive Agents therapeutic use, Multiple Sclerosis, Relapsing-Remitting drug therapy, Propylene Glycols therapeutic use, Sphingosine analogs & derivatives, T-Lymphocyte Subsets drug effects, T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory drug effects
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Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a complex neurological disease where, in genetically predisposed individuals, the unbalanced interplay between pathogenic and regulatory T cells will result in the progression of the autoimmune assault to neural antigens. Fingolimod (FTY720), an oral sphingosine 1-phosphate modulator recently approved for the treatment of MS, inhibits the egress of T cells from lymph nodes acting specifically on naïve and memory T cells and sparing effector T cells. Here we characterized IL-17 and IFNγ producing effector CD4 and CD8 positive T cells as well as CD4 positive CD25(high)CD127(low) regulatory T cells in MS patients before and 1 month after treatment was started. We observed that fingolimod did not significantly affect the percentage of CCR6 and CD161 positive T cells in both CD4 and CD8 compartments. In contrast, it significantly reduced the levels of both CD4+ CCR6+ CD161+ and CD8+ CCR6+ CD161+ producing IFNγ alone or in combination with IL-17. The percentage of IL-17 secreting cells in both subsets was affected by the treatment to a lesser extent. Finally, we observed that CD4+ CD25(high)CD127(low) regulatory T cells were decreased in MS patients compared to healthy controls and fingolimod significantly increased their frequencies. All together these findings demonstrate that fingolimod functionally modulates the ability of potentially pathogenic effector cells to produce relevant pro-inflammatory cytokines and increases the number of circulating regulatory T cells possibly contributing in restoring a balance between these populations.

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2013
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9. Primary varicella zoster infection associated with fingolimod treatment.

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Uccelli A, Ginocchio F, Mancardi GL, and Bassetti M

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Acyclovir therapeutic use, Adult, Female, Fingolimod Hydrochloride, Herpes Zoster drug therapy, Herpesvirus 3, Human, Humans, Sphingosine adverse effects, Treatment Outcome, Herpes Zoster etiology, Multiple Sclerosis, Relapsing-Remitting drug therapy, Propylene Glycols adverse effects, Sphingosine analogs & derivatives
Published
2011
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10. Structural integrity of callosal midbody influences intermanual transfer in a motor reaction-time task.

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Bonzano L, Tacchino A, Roccatagliata L, Mancardi GL, Abbruzzese G, and Bove M

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Adult, Analysis of Variance, Anisotropy, Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Female, Hand innervation, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging methods, Male, Middle Aged, Neuropsychological Tests, Psychomotor Performance physiology, Statistics as Topic, Corpus Callosum pathology, Corpus Callosum physiopathology, Functional Laterality physiology, Multiple Sclerosis, Relapsing-Remitting pathology, Reaction Time physiology, Transfer, Psychology physiology
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Training one hand on a motor task results in performance improvements in the other hand, also when stimuli are randomly presented (nonspecific transfer). Corpus callosum (CC) is the main structure involved in interhemispheric information transfer; CC pathology occurs in patients with multiple sclerosis (PwMS) and is related to altered performance of tasks requiring interhemispheric transfer of sensorimotor information. To investigate the role of CC in nonspecific transfer during a pure motor reaction-time task, we combined motor behavior with diffusion tensor imaging analysis in PwMS. Twenty-two PwMS and 10 controls, all right-handed, were asked to respond to random stimuli with appropriate finger opposition movements with the right (learning) and then the left (transfer) hand. PwMS were able to improve motor performance reducing response times with practice with a trend similar to controls and preserved the ability to transfer the acquired motor information from the learning to the transfer hand. A higher variability in the transfer process, indicated by a significantly larger standard deviation of mean nonspecific transfer, was found in the PwMS group with respect to the control group, suggesting the presence of subtle impairments in interhemispheric communication in some patients. Then, we correlated the amount of nonspecific transfer with mean fractional anisotropy (FA) values, indicative of microstructural damage, obtained in five CC subregions identified on PwMS's FA maps. A significant correlation was found only in the subregion including posterior midbody (Pearson's r = 0.74, P = 0.003), which thus seems to be essential for the interhemispheric transfer of information related to pure sensorimotor tasks., (Copyright © 2010 Wiley-Liss, Inc.)

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2011
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11. Frontal networks play a role in fatigue perception in multiple sclerosis.

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Pardini M, Bonzano L, Mancardi GL, and Roccatagliata L

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Adult, Algorithms, Anisotropy, Brain pathology, Case-Control Studies, Diffusion Tensor Imaging, Fatigue psychology, Female, Humans, Image Processing, Computer-Assisted, Linear Models, Male, Multiple Sclerosis, Relapsing-Remitting psychology, Nerve Fibers, Myelinated pathology, Neural Pathways pathology, Organ Size, Perception, Prospective Studies, Severity of Illness Index, Fatigue pathology, Frontal Lobe pathology, Multiple Sclerosis, Relapsing-Remitting pathology
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Fatigue, an overwhelming lack of physical or mental energy, is a common complaint in patients affected by multiple sclerosis (MS). Although different mechanisms have been proposed to explain MS-related fatigue, injury of distinct anatomical networks seems to be relevant in fatigue etiology. Particularly, theories point to fronto-striatal network pathological changes as a possible neural basis of fatigue. To investigate the role of fronto-striatal white matter structural alterations in fatigue perception we prospectively recruited 40 relapsing remitting patients with MS and 15 healthy controls. In patients with MS, fatigue was assessed using a validated measure, the Modified Fatigue Impact Scale (MFIS; Kos et al., 2005). Brain MRI scans were acquired for each subject enrolled with diffusion tensor imaging. Diffusion tensor data were correlated with MFIS scores using voxel-wise analysis of fractional anisotropy maps and fiber tractography algorithms. A significant cluster of voxels correlating with fatigue scores located in the deep left frontal white matter was identified. Fiber tractography revealed the cluster to be included in a complex fronto-frontal, fronto-striatal, fronto-occipital, and fronto-limbic network. Structural properties of the traced white matter fiber bundles correlated with fatigue perception and patients with clinically relevant fatigue were found to present reduced white matter integrity in the aforementioned tracts compared to those with lower levels of fatigue. Our observations show a significant involvement of different frontal networks in the pathophysiology of fatigue, thus accounting for the multifaceted nature of this disabling symptom.

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2010
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12. Growing Region Segmentation Software (GRES) for quantitative magnetic resonance imaging of multiple sclerosis: intra- and inter-observer agreement variability: a comparison with manual contouring method.

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Parodi RC, Sardanelli F, Renzetti P, Rosso E, Losacco C, Ferrari A, Levrero F, Pilot A, Inglese M, and Mancardi GL

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Contrast Media, Gadolinium DTPA, Humans, Injections, Intravenous, Observer Variation, Algorithms, Brain pathology, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Multiple Sclerosis, Relapsing-Remitting pathology, Software
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Lesion area measurement in multiple sclerosis (MS) is one of the key points in evaluating the natural history and in monitoring the efficacy of treatments. This study was performed to check the intra- and inter-observer agreement variability of a locally developed Growing Region Segmentation Software (GRES), comparing them to those obtained using manual contouring (MC). From routine 1.5-T MRI study of clinically definite multiple sclerosis patients, 36 lesions seen on proton-density-weighted images (PDWI) and 36 enhancing lesion on Gd-DTPA-BMA-enhanced T1-weighted images (Gd-T1WI) were randomly chosen and were evaluated by three observers. The mean range of lesion size was 9.9-536.0 mm(2) on PDWI and 3.6-57.2 mm(2) on Gd-T1WI. The median intra- and inter-observer agreement were, respectively, 97.1 and 90.0% using GRES on PDWI, 81.0 and 70.0% using MC on PDWI, 88.8 and 80.0% using GRES on Gd-T1WI, and 85.8 and 70.0% using MC on Gd-T1WI. The intra- and inter-observer agreements were significantly greater for GRES compared with MC ( P<0.0001 and P=0.0023, respectively) for PDWI, while no difference was found between GRES an MC for Gd-T1WI. The intra-observer variability for GRES was significantly lower on both PDWI ( P=0.0001) and Gd-T1WI ( P=0.0067), whereas for MC the same result was found only for PDWI ( P=0.0147). These data indicate that GRES reduces both the intra- and the inter-observer variability in assessing the area of MS lesions on PDWI and may prove useful in multicentre studies.

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2002
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13. Autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in multiple sclerosis: A phase II trial

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Mancardi, Giovanni L., Sormani, Maria P., Gualandi, Francesca, Saiz, Albert, Carreras, Eric, Merelli, Elisa, Donelli, Amedea, Di Bartolomeo, Paolo, Rottoli, Maria R., Rambaldi, Alessandro, Amato, Maria P., Massacesi, Luca, Di Gioia, Massimo, Vuolo, Luisa, Currò, Daniela, Roccatagliata, Luca, Filippi, Massimo, Aguglia, Umberto, Iacopino, Pasquale, Farge, Dominique, Saccardi, Riccardo, ASTIMS Haemato Neurological Collaborative Group, on behalf of the Autoimmune Disease Working Party of the European Group for Blood, Marrow Transplantation, ASTIMS Haemato Neurological Collaborative Group on behalf of the Autoimmune Disease Working Party ADWP of the European Group for Blood, Marrow Transplantation EBMT, LUGARESI, ALESSANDRA, Mancardi, Gl, Sormani, Mp, Gualandi, F, Saiz, A, Carreras, E, Merelli, E, Donelli, A, Lugaresi, A, Di Bartolomeo, P, Rottoli, Mr, Rambaldi, A, Amato, Mp, Massacesi, L, Di Gioia, M, Vuolo, L, Currà, D, Roccatagliata, L, Filippi, Massimo, Aguglia, U, Iacopino, P, Farge, D, Saccardi, R., Mancardi, Giovanni L., Sormani, Maria P., Gualandi, Francesca, Saiz, Albert, Carreras, Eric, Merelli, Elisa, Donelli, Amedea, Lugaresi, Alessandra, Di Bartolomeo, Paolo, Rottoli, Maria R., Rambaldi, Alessandro, Amato, Maria P., Massacesi, Luca, Di Gioia, Massimo, Vuolo, Luisa, Currò, Daniela, Roccatagliata, Luca, Aguglia, Umberto, Iacopino, Pasquale, Farge, Dominique, Saccardi, Riccardo, ASTIMS Haemato-Neurological Collaborative Group, on behalf of the Autoimmune Disease Working Party (ADWP) of the European Group for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (EBMT)., and ASTIMS Haemato-Neurological Collaborative Group on behalf of the Autoimmune Disease Working Party ADWP of the European Group for Blood and Marrow Transplantation EBMT

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Oncology, Adult, Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Transplantation Conditioning, medicine.medical_treatment, Antineoplastic Agents, Gadolinium, Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, Filgrastim, Transplantation, Autologous, Antineoplastic Agent, Young Adult, Multiple Sclerosis, Relapsing-Remitting, Internal medicine, medicine, Clinical endpoint, Humans, Carmustine, Mitoxantrone, Expanded Disability Status Scale, business.industry, Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Immunosuppression, Middle Aged, Multiple Sclerosis, Chronic Progressive, Image Enhancement, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Transplantation, Autologou, Transplantation, Treatment Outcome, Immunology, Female, Neurology (clinical), business, Human, medicine.drug
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Objective: To assess in multiple sclerosis (MS) the effect of intense immunosuppression followed by autologous hematopoietic stem cells transplantation (AHSCT) vs mitoxantrone (MTX) on disease activity measured by MRI. Methods: We conducted a multicenter, phase II, randomized trial including patients with secondary progressive or relapsing-remitting MS, with a documented increase in the last year on the Expanded Disability Status Scale, in spite of conventional therapy, and presence of one or more gadolinium-enhancing (Gd+) areas. Patients were randomized to receive intense immunosuppression (mobilization with cyclophosphamide and filgrastim, conditioning with carmustine, cytosine-arabinoside, etoposide, melphalan, and anti-thymocyte globulin) followed by AHSCT or MTX 20 mg every month for 6 months. The primary endpoint was the cumulative number of new T2 lesions in the 4 years following randomization. Secondary endpoints were the cumulative number of Gd+ lesions, relapse rate, and disability progression. Safety and tolerability were also assessed. Twenty-one patients were randomized and 17 had postbaseline evaluable MRI scans. Results: AHSCT reduced by 79% the number of new T2 lesions as compared to MTX (rate ratio 0.21, p = 0.00016). It also reduced Gd+ lesions as well as the annualized relapse rate. No difference was found in the progression of disability. Conclusion: Intense immunosuppression followed by AHSCT is significantly superior to MTX in reducing MRI activity in severe cases of MS. These results strongly support further phase III studies with primary clinical endpoints. The study was registered as EUDRACT No. 2007-000064-24.

Published
2015

14. Alemtuzumab for patients with relapsing multiple sclerosis after disease-modifying therapy: a randomised controlled phase 3 trial

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Coles, Alasdair J., Twyman, Cary L., Arnold, Douglas L., Cohen, Jeffrey A., Christian, Confavreux, Fox, Edward J., Hans Peter Hartung, Eva, Havrdova, Selmaj, Krzysztof W., Weiner, Howard L., Tamara, Miller, Elizabeth, Fisher, Rupert, Sandbrink, Lake, Stephen L., Margolin, David H., Pedro, Oyuela, Panzara, Michael A., Compston, D Alastair S., Gupta, the CARE MS II investigators: Ajay S., Edward, Fox, Glyman, Steven A., Thoits, Timothy K., Sullivan, Herman C., Cascione, Mark C., Rammohan, Kottil W., Gazda, Suzanne K., Wynn, Daniel R., Wray, Sibyl E., Stanton, Elias, Ford, Corey C., Andrew, Goodman, Hughes, Bruce L., Omar Azhar Khan, Vaishnav, Anand G., Stephen, Kirzinger, Lynch, Sharon G., Mattson, David H., Braley, Tiffany J., Mikol, Daniel D., Stephen, Krieger, Tamara Ann Miller, Riskind, Peter N., Roberto, Bomprezzi, Wingerchuk, Dean M., Brian, Steingo, Jeffrey Alan Cohen, Crayton, Heidi J., Cooper, Joanna A., Weiner, Leslie P., Harold Moses, J. r., Agius, Mark A., Ann Doan Do Bass, Lallana, Enrico C., Mitchell, Galen W., Krolczyk, Stanley J., Alireza, Minagar, Burk, Jubelt, Evans, Bradley K., Hunter, Samuel F., Rizvi, Syed A., Sheppard, Christopher A., David Honeycutt, W. M., Joseph, Herbert, Lathi, Ellen S., Gabriel, Pardo, Lily Jung Ilenson, Rothstein, Ted L., Thrower, Ben W., Mary Ann Picone, Mariko, Kita, Grazioli, Erica M., Silliman, Scott L., Thomas, Giancarlo, Gottesman, Malcolm H., Abou Zeid, Nuhad E., Rowe, Vernon D., Boutwell, Christine M., Schaeffer, John D., Riley, Claire S., Edwards, Keith R., Wendt, Jeanette K., G. Kim Bigley J. r., Shubin, Richard A., Silva Markovic Plese, Jones, Davis E., Gary, Clauser, Freedman, Mark S., Francois, Grand’Maison, Jacques, Francois H., Traboulsee, Anthony L., Brunet, Donald G., Marcelo, Kremenchutzky, Charles, Ayotte, Lava, Neil S., Waldman, Stephen R., Janus, Todd J., Stephen Gerard Vincent, Mark, Gudesblatt, Michael, Rossen, Stein, Lee S., Bennett Irving Machanic, Timothy, Vollmer, Gitt, Jeffrey S., Jeffrey, Dunn, Donald, Negroski, Fletcher, Mark H., Adil, Javed, Frohman, Elliot M., Richard, Macdonell, John Owen King, Paine, Mark A., Karyn, Boundy, Simon, Broadley, Steve, Vucic, Stephen, Reddel, Dreyer, Michael D., Raymond, Schwartz, Pamela Ann McCombe, Suzanne, Hodgkinson, Charles, Tilbery, Ferreira, Maria Lucia B., Dagoberto, Callegaro, Marcio Mena Barreto Martins, Jesus Arturo Violante Villanueva, Noemi Santos Caballero, Claudia Venzor Mendoza, Norma Haydee Deri, Alasdair, Coles, Neil James Scolding, Gavin, Giovannoni, Basil, Sharrack, Rog, David J., Giancarlo, Comi, Angelo, Ghezzi, Mancardi, Giovanni L., Durelli, Luca, Antonio, Bertolotto, Ruggero, Capra, Carlo, Pozzilli, Maria Giovanna Marrosu, Hupperts, Raymond M. M., Erik van Munster, Xavier, Montalbán, Rafael Arroyo González, Guillermo Izquierdo Ayuso, Óscar Fernández Fernández, Patrick, Vermersch, Jerome de Seze, Thibault, Moreau, Pierre, Clavelou, Catherine, Lubetzki, Michel, Clanet, Marc, Debouverie, Gilles, Edan, Judith, Haas, Martin, Stangel, Tjalf, Ziemssen, Bernhard, Hemmer, Karl, Baum, Klaus Zettl, U., Herrlinger, U., Wolfgang, Köhler, Gunter, Ochs, Patrick, Oschmann, Klaus Tiel Wilck, Hayrettin, Tumani, Urban, Peter P., Jan, Lycke, Anders, Svenningsson, Ivana, Kovarova, Marta, Vachova, Ivan, Rektor, Radomir, Talab, Krzysztof, Selmaj, Zbigniew, Stelmasiak, Wojciech, Kozubski, Dubois, Benedicte D. P., Dominique, Dive, Christian, Sindic, Karl, Vass, Per Soelberg Sørensen, Thor, Petersen, Mads, Ravnborg, Anat, Achiron, Adi Vaknin Dembinsky, Arnon, Karni, Gusev, Evgeny I., Stolyarov, Igor D., Zavalishin, Igor A., Skoromets, Alexander A., Boyko, Alexei N., Belova, Anna N., Malkova, Nadezhda A., Barantsevich, Evgeniy R., Yakupov, Eduard Z., Perfiliev, Semen V., Poverennova, Irina E., Voloshyna, Natalia P., Nehrych, Tetyana I., Kobys, Tetyana O., Mario, Habek, Vesna, Brinar, Zlatko, Trkanjec, Anton, Vladić, Spomenka Kidemet Piskać, Licia, Antonelli, Jelena, Drulović, Čongor, Nadj, Evica, Dinčić, Gordana, Tončev, UCL - SSS/IONS/CEMO - Pôle Cellulaire et moléculaire, Klinische Neurowetenschappen, RS: MHeNs - R1 - Cognitive Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, MUMC+: MA Med Staf Spec Neurologie (9), RS: MHeNs School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Radiology and nuclear medicine, and NCA - Multiple Sclerosis and Other Neuroinflammatory Diseases

Subjects
Male, Adult, medicine.medical_specialty, Adolescent, CD52, multiple sclerosis, Administration, Cutaneous, Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized, law.invention, Young Adult, Multiple Sclerosis, Relapsing-Remitting, Adjuvants, Immunologic, Randomized controlled trial, Recurrence, law, Internal medicine, Humans, Medicine, Glatiramer acetate, Infusions, Intravenous, Adverse effect, Alemtuzumab, disease, business.industry, Multiple sclerosis, Interferon beta-1a, Glatiramer Acetate, General Medicine, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, Treatment Outcome, Immunology, Female, Ocrelizumab, Peptides, business, Immunosuppressive Agents, medicine.drug
Abstract

The anti-CD52 monoclonal antibody alemtuzumab reduces disease activity in previously untreated patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis. We aimed to assess efficacy and safety of alemtuzumab compared with interferon beta 1a in patients who have relapsed despite first-line treatment.In our 2 year, rater-masked, randomised controlled phase 3 trial, we enrolled adults aged 18-55 years with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis and at least one relapse on interferon beta or glatiramer. Eligible participants were randomly allocated in a 1:2:2 ratio by an interactive voice response system, stratified by site, to receive subcutaneous interferon beta 1a 44 μg, intravenous alemtuzumab 12 mg per day, or intravenous alemtuzumab 24 mg per day. Interferon beta 1a was given three-times per week and alemtuzumab was given once per day for 5 days at baseline and for 3 days at 12 months. The 24 mg per day group was discontinued to aid recruitment, but data are included for safety assessments. Coprimary endpoints were relapse rate and time to 6 month sustained accumulation of disability, comparing alemtuzumab 12 mg and interferon beta 1a in all patients who received at least one dose of study drug. This study is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov, number NCT00548405.202 (87%) of 231 patients randomly allocated interferon beta 1a and 426 (98%) of 436 patients randomly allocated alemtuzumab 12 mg were included in the primary analyses. 104 (51%) patients in the interferon beta 1a group relapsed (201 events) compared with 147 (35%) patients in the alemtuzumab group (236 events; rate ratio 0·51 [95% CI 0·39-0·65]; p0·0001), corresponding to a 49·4% improvement with alemtuzumab. 94 (47%) patients in the interferon beta 1a group were relapse-free at 2 years compared with 278 (65%) patients in the alemtuzumab group (p0·0001). 40 (20%) patients in the interferon beta 1a group had sustained accumulation of disability compared with 54 (13%) in the alemtuzumab group (hazard ratio 0·58 [95% CI 0·38-0·87]; p=0·008), corresponding to a 42% improvement in the alemtuzumab group. For 435 patients allocated alemtuzumab 12 mg, 393 (90%) had infusion-associated reactions, 334 (77%) had infections (compared with 134 [66%] of 202 patients in the interferon beta 1a group) that were mostly mild-moderate with none fatal, 69 (16%) had thyroid disorders, and three (1%) had immune thrombocytopenia.For patients with first-line treatment-refractory relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis, alemtuzumab could be used to reduce relapse rates and sustained accumulation of disability. Suitable risk management strategies allow for early identification of alemtuzumab's main adverse effect of secondary autoimmunity.Genzyme (Sanofi) and Bayer Schering Pharma.

Published
2012

15. Comparison of subcutaneous interferon beta-1a with glatiramer acetate in patients with relapsing multiple sclerosis (the REbif vs Glatiramer Acetate in Relapsing MS Disease [REGARD] study): a multicentre, randomised, parallel, open-label trial

Author

Mikol, Dd1, Barkhof, F, Chang, P, Coyle, Pk, Jeffery, Dr, Schwid, Sr, Stubinski, B, Uitdehaag, B, Ballario, Ch, Caceres, Fj, Correale, J, Cristiano, E, Garcea, Do, Leutic, Gg, Aicher, F, Barreira, Aa, Freedman, M, Grand'Maison, F, Jacques, F, Lee, L, Stefanelli, M, Edan, G, Pelletier, J, Berghoff, M, Keifer, R, Koehler, J, Hardiman, O, Comi, G, Mancardi, GIOVANNI LUIGI, Pozzilli, C, Trojano, Mp, Jongen, P, Uitdehaag, Bm, Belova, An, Boyko, An, Elchaninov, Ap, Kozlov, Va, Odinak, Mm, Shvarkov, Sb, Skoromets, Aa, Spirin, Nn, Stolyarov, Id, Vorobieva, Ov, Zavalishin, I, Arbizu, T, Fernandez, O, Izquierdo, G, Montalban, X, Goebels, N, Bates, D, Constantinescu, C, Turner, B, Bashir, K, Bever, Ct, Birnbaum, G, Brod, Sa, Carlini, W, Dunne, P, Elias, S, Estronza, N, Fox, E, Glyman, S, Gross, J, Guarnaccia, Jb, Gupta, A, Kaufman, M, Khan, O, Khatri, B, Kresa reahl, K, Lava, N, Leist, T, Markowitz, C, Mihai, C, Mikol, Dd, Miller, T, Panitch, H, Parry, G, Rammohan, Kw, Reder, A, Sheppard, C, Simsarian, Jp, Smiroldo, J, Spier, L, Thrower, B, Vollmer, T, Wendt, J, Wray, S, Wynn, D., Radiology and nuclear medicine, Epidemiology and Data Science, Neurology, and Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam 2008

Subjects
Adult, Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Multiple Sclerosis, Adolescent, Injections, Subcutaneous, Population, Placebo-controlled study, Relapsing-Remitting, drug therapy/pathology, Drug Administration Schedule, Injections, methods, law.invention, Disability Evaluation, Multiple Sclerosis, Relapsing-Remitting, Randomized controlled trial, law, Internal medicine, Adolescent, Adult, Confidence Intervals, Disability Evaluation, Disease Progression, Drug Administration Schedule, Female, Humans, Immunologic Factors, administration /&/ dosage, Injections, Subcutaneous, methods, Interferon-beta, administration /&/ dosage, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, methods, Male, Middle Aged, Multiple Sclerosis, drug therapy/pathology, Peptides, administration /&/ dosage, Retrospective Studies, Treatment Outcome, Confidence Intervals, medicine, Humans, Immunologic Factors, Glatiramer acetate, administration /&/ dosage, education, Retrospective Studies, education.field_of_study, Intention-to-treat analysis, business.industry, Interferon beta-1a, McDonald criteria, Glatiramer Acetate, Interferon-beta, Middle Aged, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Treatment Outcome, Tolerability, Immunology, Disease Progression, Female, Neurology (clinical), Peptides, business, medicine.drug
Abstract

Summary Background Interferon beta-1a and glatiramer acetate are commonly prescribed for relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS), but no published randomised trials have directly compared these two drugs. Our aim in the REGARD (REbif vs Glatiramer Acetate in Relapsing MS Disease) study was to compare interferon beta-1a with glatiramer acetate in patients with RRMS. Methods In this multicentre, randomised, comparative, parallel-group, open-label study, patients with RRMS diagnosed with the McDonald criteria who had had at least one relapse within the previous 12 months were randomised to receive 44 μg subcutaneous interferon beta-1a three times per week or 20 mg subcutaneous glatiramer acetate once per day for 96 weeks to assess the time to first relapse. A subpopulation of 460 patients (230 from each group) also had serial MRI scans to assess T2-weighted and gadolinium-enhancing lesion number and volume. Treatments were assigned by a computer-generated randomisation list that was stratified by centre. Analysis was by intention to treat. This trial is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov, number NCT00078338. Findings Between February and December, 2004, 764 patients were randomly assigned: 386 to interferon beta-1a and 378 to glatiramer acetate. After 96 weeks, there was no significant difference between groups in time to first relapse (hazard ratio 0·94, 95% CI 0·74 to 1·21; p=0·64). Relapse rates were lower than expected: 258 patients (126 in the interferon beta-1a group and 132 in the glatiramer acetate group) had one or more relapses (the expected number was 460). For secondary outcomes, there were no significant differences for the number and change in volume of T2 active lesions or for the change in the volume of gadolinium-enhancing lesions, although patients treated with interferon beta-1a had significantly fewer gadolinium-enhancing lesions (0·24 vs 0·41 lesions per patient per scan, 95% CI −0·4 to 0·1; p=0·0002). Safety and tolerability profiles were consistent with the known profiles for both compounds. The overall number and severity of adverse events were similar between the treatments and were not an important cause for discontinuation of the trial during the 96 weeks. Interpretation There was no significant difference between interferon beta-1a and glatiramer acetate in the primary outcome. The ability to predict clinical superiority on the basis of results from previous studies might be limited by a trial population with low disease activity, which is an important consideration for ongoing and future trials in patients with RRMS. Funding EMD Serono; Pfizer.

Published
2008

16. Comparison of fingolimod with interferon beta-1a in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis: a randomised extension of the TRANSFORMS study

Author

Khatri, B, Barkhof, F, Comi, G, Hartung, Hp, Kappos, L, Montalban, X, Pelletier, J, Stites, T, Wu, S, Holdbrook, F, Zhang auberson, L, Francis, G, Cohen, Ja, Cohen, J, Easton, Jd, Calandra, T, Dimarco, J, Hudson, L, Kesselring, J, Laupacis, A, Temkin, N, Weinshenker, B, Zarbin, M, Poppe, P, Luetic, G, Cristiano, E, Caceres, F, Garcea, O, Correale, J, Ballario, C, Piedrabuena, R, Pollard, J, Beran, R, Hodgkinson, S, Schwartz, R, Heard, R, King, J, Butzkueven, H, Maida, Em, Vass, K, Franta elmer, C, Berger, T, Aichner, F, Ladurner, G, Bissay, V, Sindic, C, D'Hooghe, M, Mulleners, E, Damasceno, B, Barreira, A, Naylor, R, Alvarenga, R, Bacellar, A, Haussen, S, Duquette, P, Antel, J, Lamontagne, A, Grand'Maison, F, Freedman, M, Christie, S, O'Connor, P, Vorobeychik, G, Devonshire, V, Ramadan, M, Hamdy, S, Reda, E, Hashem, S, Fouad, M, Lebrun frenay, C, Clanet, M, Brochet, B, Debouverie, M, Heinzlef, O, Ziemssen, T, Koehler, W, Tiel wilck, K, Bachus, R, Altmann, N, Faiss, J, Baum, K, Dressel, A, Luckner, K, Ebke, M, Stangel, M, Diener, Hc, Bethke, F, Limmroth, V, Maschke, M, Thoemke, F, Reifschneider, G, Diehm, R, Wildemann, B, Melms, A, Rauer, S, Karlbauer, G, Berthele, A, Lang, M, Tumani, H, Krauseneck, P, Klein, M, Papadimitriou, A, Karageorgiou, K, Liakopoulos, D, Tascos, N, Plaitakis, A, Papathanasopoulos, P, Panczel, G, Jakab, G, Csiba, L, Komoly, S, Csanyi, A, Bartos, L, Centonze, D, Pozzilli, C, Marrosu, Mg, Bertolotto, A, Mancardi, GIOVANNI LUIGI, Scarpini, E, Protti, A, Ghezzi, A, Capra, R, Bergamaschi, R, Gallo, P, Stecchi, S, Montanari, E, Tola, Mr, Amato, Mp, Silvestrini, M, Lugaresi, A, Trojano, M, Morra, Vb, Ruggieri, S, Patti, F, Kim, Sm, Lee, Kh, Kim, Hj, Park, Sp, Ginestal, R, Salgado, Av, Fontoura, P, Cunha, L, Sousa, L, Mj, Sá, Pedrosa, R, Arbizu, T, Arroyo, R, Merino, Ja, Fernandez, O, Izquierdo, G, Casanova, B, Antigüedad, A, Goebels, N, Young, C, Lee, M, Chaudhuri, A, Nicholas, R, Martinez, Ac, Preiningerova, J, Greco, D, Gross, J, Newman, S, Mitchell, G, Pawar, G, Freedman, Sm, Kaufman, M, Absher, J, Kantor, D, Ayala, R, Honeycutt, W, Shafer, S, Steingo, B, Delgado, S, Cascione, M, Brock, C, Keegan, A, Laganke, C, Hunter, S, Wilson, E, Mazhari, A, Bauer, W, Singer, B, Lynch, S, Rowe, V, Hutton, G, Gazda, S, Dihenia, B, Campagnolo, D, Chippendale, T, Ash, P, Jung, L, Olek, M., Radiology and nuclear medicine, NCA - Multiple Sclerosis and Other Neuroinflammatory Diseases, Khatri B, Barkhof F, Comi G, Hartung HP, Kappos L, Montalban X, Pelletier J, Stites T, Wu S, Holdbrook F, Zhang-Auberson L, Francis G, Cohen JA, TRANSFORMS Study Group, Lugaresi A, Diener, Hans Christoph (Beitragende*r), Khatri, B, Barkhof, F, Comi, G, Hartung, Hp, Kappos, L, Montalban, X, Pelletier, J, Stites, T, Wu, S, Holdbrook, F, Zhang Auberson, L, Francis, G, Cohen, Ja, BRESCIA MORRA, Vincenzo, Comi, Giancarlo, TRANSFORMS Study, Group, UCL - SSS/IONS/CEMO - Pôle Cellulaire et moléculaire, and UCL - (SLuc) Service de neurologie

Subjects
Adult, Male, medicine.medical_specialty, multiple sclerosis, interferon beta, fingolimod, treatment, Multiple Sclerosis, Adolescent, Medizin, Phases of clinical research, Relapsing-Remitting, Injections, Intramuscular, Young Adult, Humans, Adjuvants, Immunologic, Interferon-beta, Immunosuppressive Agents, Multiple Sclerosis, Relapsing-Remitting, Treatment Outcome, Middle Aged, Propylene Glycols, Sphingosine, Female, law.invention, Injections, Randomized controlled trial, law, Immunologic, analogs /&/ derivatives/therapeutic use, Internal medicine, Fingolimod Hydrochloride, Medicine, Adjuvants, Young adult, Intramuscular, business.industry, Multiple sclerosis, Interferon beta-1a, medicine.disease, Fingolimod, Surgery, drug therapy/pathology/physiopathology, Clinical research, therapeutic use, Adolescent, Adult, Female, Humans, Immunosuppressive Agents, therapeutic use, Injections, Intramuscular, Interferon-beta, therapeutic use, Male, Middle Aged, Multiple Sclerosis, drug therapy/pathology/physiopathology, Propylene Glycols, therapeutic use, Sphingosine, analogs /&/ derivatives/therapeutic use, Treatment Outcome, Young Adult, therapeutic use, Settore MED/26 - Neurologia, Neurology (clinical), business, medicine.drug
Abstract

In a 12-month phase 3 study in patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS), TRANSFORMS, fingolimod showed greater efficacy on relapse rates and MRI outcomes compared with interferon beta-1a. We had two aims in our extension: to compare year 2 with year 1 in the switched patients to assess the effect of a change from interferon beta-1a to fingolimod, and to compare over 24 months the treatment groups as originally randomised to assess the effect of delaying the start of treatment with fingolimod. METHODS: Patients randomly assigned to receive 0.5 mg or 1.25 mg daily oral fingolimod in the core study continued with the same treatment in our extension; patients who originally received 30 μg weekly intramuscular interferon beta-1a were randomly reassigned (1:1) to receive either 0.5 mg or 1.25 mg fingolimod. The initial randomisation and dose of fingolimod assigned for the extension remained masked to the patients and investigators. As in the core study, re-randomisation was done centrally in blocks of six and stratified according to site. Our efficacy endpoints were annualised relapse rate (ARR), disability progression, and MRI outcomes. Our within-group analyses were based on the intention-to-treat and safety populations that entered our extension study. Our between-group analyses were based on the intention-to-treat and safety populations from the core study. This study is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov, number NCT00340834. FINDINGS: 1027 patients entered our extension and received the study drug, and 882 completed 24 months of treatment. Patients receiving continuous fingolimod showed persistent benefits in ARR (0.5 mg fingolimod [n=356], 0.12 [95% CI 0.08-0.17] in months 0-12 vs 0.11 [0.08-0.16] in months 13-24; 1.25 mg fingolimod [n=330], 0.15 [0.10-0.21] vs 0.11 [0.08-0.16]; however, in patients who initially received interferon beta-1a, ARR was lower after switching to fingolimod compared with the previous 12 months (interferon beta-1a to 0.5 mg fingolimod [n=167], 0.31 [95% CI 0.22-0.43] in months 0-12 vs 0.22 [0.15-0.31], in months 13-24 p=0.049; interferon beta-1a to 1.25 mg fingolimod [n=174], 0.29 [0.20-0.40] vs 0.18 [0.12-0.27], p=0.024). After switching to fingolimod, numbers of new or newly enlarging T2 and gadolinium (Gd)-enhancing T1 lesions were significantly reduced compared with the previous 12 months of interferon beta-1a therapy (p

Published
2011

17. Natalizumab plus interferon beta-1a reduces lesion formation in relapsing multiple sclerosis

Author

Ernst Wilhelm, Radue, William, H. Stuart, Peter, A. Calabresi, Christian, Confavreux, Steven, L. Galetta, Richard, A. Rudick, Fred, D. Lublin, Bianca, Weinstock Guttman, Daniel, R. Wynn, Elizabeth, Fisher, Athina, Papadopoulou, Frances, Lynn, Michael, A. Panzara, Alfred, W. Sandrock, For, the SENTINEL Investigators including F. Fazekas, Enzinger, C., Seifert, T., Storch, M., Strasser Fuchs, S., Berger, T., Dilitz, E., Egg, R., Deisenhammer, F., Decoo, D, Lampaert, J., Bartholome, E., Bier, J., Stenager, E., Rasmussen, M., Binzer, M., Shorsh, K., Christensen, M., Ravnborg, M., Soelberg Sørensen, P., Blinkenberg, M., Petersen, B., Hansen, H. J., Bech, E., Petersen, T., Kirkegaard, M., Finland:, J. Eralinna, Ruutiainen, J., Soilu Hänninen, M., Säkö, E., Laaksonen, M., Reunanen, M., Remes, A., Keskinarkaus, I., Moreau, T., Noblet, M., Rouaud, O., Couvreur, G., Edan, G., Lepage, E., Drapier, S., De Burghgraeve, V., Yaouanq, J., Merienne, M., Cahagne, V., Gout, O., Deschamps, R., Le Canuet, P., Moulignier, A., Vermersch, P., De Seze, J., Stojkovic, T., Griffié, G., Engles, Ferriby, D., Debouverie, M., Pittion Vouyouvitch, S., Lacour, J. C., Pelletier, J., Feuillet, L., Suchet, L., Dalecky, A., Tammam, D., Lubetzki, C., Youssov, K., Mrejen, S., Charles, P., Yaici, S., Clavelou, P., Aufauvre, D., Renouil Guy, N., Cesaro, P., Degos, F., Benisty, S., Rumbach, L., Decavel, P., Confavreux, C., Blanc, S., Aubertin, P., Riche, G., Brochet, B., Ouallet, J. C., Anne, O., Menck, S., Grupe, Guttman, Lensch, E., Fucik, E., Heitmann, S., Hartung, H. P., Schröter, M., Kurz, F. M. W., Heidenreich, F., Trebst, C., Pul, R., Hohlfeld, R., Krumbholz, M., Pellkofer, H., Haas, J., Segert, A., Meyer, R., Anagnostou, P., Kabus, C., Poehlau, D., Schneider, K., Hoffmann, V., Zettl, U., Steinhagen, V., Adler, S., Steinbrecher E. Rothenfusser Körber, A. Steinbrecher E. Rothenfusser Körber, Zellner, Baum, K., Günther, A., Bläsing, H., Stoll, G., Gold, R., Bayas, A., Kleinschnitz, C., Limmroth, V., Katsarava, Z., Kastrup, O., Haller, P., Stoeve, S., Höbel, D., Oschmann, P., Voigt, K., Burger, C. V., Israel:, O. Abramsky, Karusiss, D., Achiron, A., Kishner, I., Stern, Y., Sarove Pinhas, I., Dolev, M., Magalashvili, D., Pozzili, : C., Lenzi, D., Scontrini, A., Millefiorini, E., Buttinelli, C., Gallo, P., Ranzato, F., Tiberio, M., Perini, P., Laroni, Alice, Marrosu, M., Cocco P. Marchi, E. Cocco P. Marchi, Spinicci, G., Massole, S., Mascia, M., Floris, G., Trojano, M., Bellacosa, A., Paolicelli, D., Bosco Zimatore, G., Simone, I. L., Giorelli, M., Di Monte, E., Mancardi, GIOVANNI LUIGI, Pizzorno, M., Murialdo, A., Narciso, E., Capello, A., Comi, G., Martinelli, V., Rodegher, M., Esposito, F., Colombo, B., Rossi, P., Polman, C. H., Jasperse, M. M. S., Zwemmer, J. N. P., Nielsen, J., Kragt, J. J., Jongen, P. J. H., De Smet, E., Tacken, H., Frequin, S. T. F. M., Siegers, H. P., Mauser, H. W., Fernandez Fernandez, O., León, A., Romero, F., Alonso, A., Tamayo, J., Montalban, X., Nos, C., Pelayo, R., Tellez, N., Rio, J., Tintore, M., Arbizu, T., Romero, L., Moral, E., Martinez, S., Switzerland:, L. Kappos, Achtnichts, L., Wilmes, S., Turkey:, R. Karabudak, Kurne, A., Erdem, S., Siva, A., Saip, S., Altintas, A., Atamer, A., Eraksoy, M., Bilgili, F., Topcular, B., Giovannoni, G., Lim, E. T., Lava, N., Murnane, M., Dentinger, M., Zimmerman, E., Reiss, M., Gupta, V., Scott, T., Brillman, J., Kunschner, L., Wright, D., Perel, A., Babu, A., Rivera, V., Killian, J., Hutton, G., Lai, E., Picone, M., Cadivid, D., Kamin, S., Shanawani, M., Gauthier, S., Morgan, A., Buckle, G., Margolin, D., Weinstock Guttman, B., Kwen, P. L., Garg, N., Munschauer, F., Khatri, B., Rassouli, M., Saxena, V., Ahmed, A., Turner, A., Fox, E., Couch, C., Tyler, R., Horvit, A., Fodor, P., Humphries, S., Wynn, D., Nagar, C., O'Brien, D., Allen, N., Turel, A., Friedenberg, S., Carlson, J., Hosey, J., Crayton, H., Richert, J., Tornatore, C., Sirdofsky, M., Greenstein, J., Shpigel, Y., Mandel, S., Adbelhak, T., Schmerler, M., Zadikoff, C., Rorick, M., Reed, R., Elias, S., Feit, H., Angus, E., Sripathi, N., Herbert, J., Kiprovski, K., Qu, X., Del Bene, M., Mattson, D., Hingtgen, C., Fleck, J., Horak, H., Javerbaum, J., Elmore, R., Garcia, E., Tasch, E., Gruener, G., Celesia, G., Chawla, J., Miller, A., Drexler, E., Keilson, M., Wolintz, R., Drasby, E., Muscat, P., Belden, J., Sullivan, R., Cohen, J., Stone, L., Marrie, R. A., Fox, R., Hughes, B., Babikian, P., Jacoby, M., Doro, J., Puricelli, M., Rossman, H., Boudoris, W., Belkin, M., Pierce, R., Eggenberger, E., Birbeck, G., Martin, J., Kaufman, D., Stuart, W., English, J. B., Stuart, D. S., Gilbert, R. W., Kaufman, M., Putman, S., Diedrich, A., Follmer, R., Pelletier, D., Waubant, E., Cree, B., Genain, C., Goodin, D., Guarnaccia, J., Patwa, H., Rizo, M., Kitaj, M., Blevins, J., Smith, T., Mcgee, F., Honeycutt, W., Brown, M., Isa, A., Nieves Quinones, D., Krupp, L., Smiroldo, J., Zarif, M., Perkins, C., Sumner, A., Fisher, A., Gutierrez, Jacoby, R., Svoboda, S., Dorn, D., Groeschel, A., Steingo, B., Kishner, R., Cohen, B., Melen, O., Simuni, T., Zee, P., Cohan, S., Yerby, M., Hendin, B., Levine, T., Tamm, H., Travis, L. H., Freedman, S. M., Tim, R., Ferrell, W., Stefoski, D., Stevens, S., Katsamakis, G., Topel, J., Ko, M., Gelber, D., Fortin, C., Green, B., Logan, W., Carpenter, D., Temple, L., Sadiq, S., Sylvester, A., Sim, G., Mihai, C., Vertino, M., Jubelt, B., Mejico, L., Phillips, J. T., Martin, A., Heitzman, D., Greenfield, C. F., Riskind, P., Cabo, A., Paskavitz, J., Moonis, M., Bashir J. Brockington, K. Bashir J. Brockington, Nicholas, A., Slaughter, R., Archer S. Harik, R. Archer S. Harik, Haddad, N., Pippenger, M. A., Van den Noort, S., Thai, G., Olek, M., Demetriou, M., Shin, R., Calabresi, P., Rus, H., Bever, C., Johnson, K., Sheremata, W., Delgado, S., Sherbert, R., Herndon, R., Uschmann, H., Chandler, A., Markowitz, C., Jacobs, D., Balcer, L., Mitchell, G., Chakravorty, S., Heyman, R., Stauber, Z., Goodman, A., Segal, B., Schwid, S., Samkoff, L., Levin, M., Jacewicz, M., Menkes, D., Pulsinelli, W., Frohman, E., Racke, M., Hawker, K., Ulrich, R., Panitch, H., Hamill, R., Tandon, R., Dulaney, E., Simnad, V., Miller, J., Wooten, G. F., Harrison, M., Bowen, J., Doherty, M., Wundes, A., Garden, G. A., Distad, J., Kachuck, N., Berkovich, R., Burnett, M., Sahai, S., Bandari, D., Weiner, L., Storey, J. R., Beesley, B., Hart, D., Moses, H., Sriram, S., Fang, J., O'Duffy, A., Kita, M., Taylor, L., Elliott, M., Roberts, J., Jeffery, D., Maxwell, S., Lefkowitz, D., Kumar, S., Sinclair, M., Neurology, and NCA - Multiple Sclerosis and Other Neuroinflammatory Diseases

Subjects
Adult, Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Multiple Sclerosis, Adolescent, Relapsing-Remitting, Placebo, Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized, Gastroenterology, Antibodies, Central nervous system disease, Pharmacotherapy, Natalizumab, Multiple Sclerosis, Relapsing-Remitting, pathology/therapy, Drug Therapy, Internal medicine, Monoclonal, Medicine, Humans, Immunologic Factors, Humanized, medicine.diagnostic_test, business.industry, Multiple sclerosis, Patient Selection, Interferon beta-1a, Antibodies, Monoclonal, Brain, Magnetic resonance imaging, Interferon-beta, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Surgery, Treatment Outcome, Neurology, therapeutic use, Combination, Drug Therapy, Combination, pathology, Female, Neurology (clinical), Adolescent, Adult, Antibodies, Humanized, Antibodies, therapeutic use, Brain, pathology, Drug Therapy, Combination, Female, Humans, Immunologic Factors, therapeutic use, Interferon-beta, therapeutic use, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Middle Aged, Multiple Sclerosis, pathology/therapy, Patient Selection, Treatment Outcome, business, medicine.drug
Abstract

The SENTINEL study showed that the addition of natalizumab improved outcomes for patients with relapsing multiple sclerosis (MS) who had experienced disease activity while receiving interferon beta-1a (IFNbeta-1a) alone. Previously unreported secondary and tertiary magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) measures are presented here. Patients received natalizumab 300 mg (n=589) or placebo (n=582) intravenously every 4 weeks plus IFNbeta-1a 30 microg intramuscularly once weekly. Annual MRI scans allowed comparison of a range of MRI end points versus baseline. Over 2 years, 67% of patients receiving natalizumab plus IFNbeta-1a remained free of new or enlarging T2-lesions compared with 30% of patients receiving IFNbeta-1a alone. The mean change from baseline in T2 lesion volume over 2 years decreased in patients receiving natalizumab plus IFNbeta-1a and increased in those receiving IFNbeta-1a alone (-277.5mm(3) versus 525.6mm(3); p0.001). Compared with IFNbeta-1a alone, add-on natalizumab therapy resulted in a smaller increase in mean T1-hypointense lesion volume after 2 years (1821.3mm(3) versus 2210.5mm(3); p0.001), a smaller mean number of new T1-hypointense lesions over 2 years (2.3 versus 4.1; p0.001), and a slower rate of brain atrophy during the second year of therapy (-0.31% versus -0.40%; p=0.020). Natalizumab add-on therapy reduced gadolinium-enhancing, T1-hypointense, and T2 MRI lesion activity and slowed brain atrophy progression in patients with relapsing MS who experienced disease activity despite treatment with IFNbeta-1a alone.

Published
2010

18. The incidence and significance of anti-natalizumab antibodies: results from AFFIRM and SENTINEL

Author

Calabresi, Pa, Giovannoni, G, Confavreux, C, Galetta, Sl, Havrdova, E, Hutchinson, M, Kappos, L, Miller, Dh, O'Connor, Pw, Phillips, Jt, Polman, Ch, Radue, Ew, Rudick, Ra, Stuart, Wh, Lublin, Fd, Wajgt, A, Weinstock Guttman, B, Wynn, Dr, Lynn, F, Panzara, Ma, Affirm, Investigators, Fazekas, SENTINEL Investigators including: F., Enzinger, C., Seifert, T., Storch, M., Strasser Fuchs, S., Berger, T., Dilitz, E., Egg, R., Eisenhammer, F., Decoo J. Lampaert, D. Decoo J. Lampaert, Bartholome J. Bier, E. Bartholome J. Bier, Stenager, E., Rasmussen, M., Binzer, M., Shorsh, K., Christensen, M., Ravnborg, M., Soelberg Sørensen, P., Blinkenberg, M., Petersen, B., Hansen, H. J., Bech, E., Petersen, T., Kirkegaard, M., Eralinna, J., Ruutiainen, J., Soilu Hänninen, M., Säkö, E., Laaksonen, M., Reunanen, M., Remes, A., Keskinarkaus, I., Moreau, T., Noblet, M., Rouaud, O., Couvreur, G., Edan, G., Lepage, E., Drapier, S., De Burghgraeve, V., Yaouanq, J., Merienne, M., Cahagne, V., Gout, O., Deschamps, R., Le Canuet, P., Moulignier, A., Vermersch, P., De Seze, J., Stojkovic, T., Griffié, G., Engles, A., Ferriby, D., Debouverie, M., Pittionvouyouvitch, S., Lacour, J. C., Pelletier, J., Feuillet, L., Suchet, L., Dalecky, A., Tammam, D., Lubetzki, C., Youssov, K., Mrejen, S., Charles, P., Yaici, S., Clavelou, P., Aufauvre, D., Renouil Guy, N., Cesaro, P., Degos, F., Benisty, S., Rumbach P. Decavel, L. Rumbach P. Decavel, Confavreux, C., Blanc, S., Aubertin, P., Riche, G., Brochet, B., Ouallet, J. C., Anne, O., Menck, S., Grupe, A., Guttman, E., Lensch, E., Fucik, E., Heitmann, S., Hartung, H. P., Schröter, M., Kurz, F. M. W., Heidenreich, F., Trebst, C., Pul, R., Hohlfeld, R., Krumbholz, M., Pellkofer, H., Haas, J., Segert, A., Meyer, R., Anagnostou, P., Kabus, C., Poehlau, D., Schneider, K., Hoffmann, V., Zettl, U., Steinhagen, V., Adler, S., Steinbrecher, A., Rothenfusser Körber, E., Zellner, R., Baum, K., Günther, A., Bläsing, H., Stoll, G., Gold, R., Bayas, A., Kleinschnitz, C., Limmroth, V., Katsarava, Z., Kastrup, O., Haller, P., Stoeve, S., Höbel, D., Oschmann, P., Voigt, K., Burger, C. V., Abramsky D. Karusiss, O. Abramsky D. Karusiss, Achiron, A., Kishner, I., Stern, Y., Sarove Pinhas, I., Dolev, M., Magalashvili, D., Pozzili, C., Lenzi, D., Scontrini, A., Millefiorini, E., Buttinelli, C., Gallo, P., Ranzato, F., Tiberio, M., Perini, P., Laroni, Alice, Marrosu, M., Cocco P. Marchi, E. Cocco P. Marchi, Spinicci, G., Massole, S., Mascia, M., Floris, G., Trojano, M., Bellacosa, A., Paolicelli, D., Bosco Zimatore, G., Simone, I. L., Giorelli, M., Di Monte, E., Mancardi, GIOVANNI LUIGI, Pizzorno, M., Murialdo, A., Narciso, E., Capello, A., Comi, G., Martinelli, V., Rodegher, M., Esposito, F., Colombo, B., Rossi, P., Polman, C. H., Jasperse, M. M. S., Zwemmer, J. N. P., Nielsen, J., Kragt, J. J., Jongen, P. J. H., De Smet, E., Tacken, H., Frequin, S. T. F. M., Siegers, H. P., Mauser, H. W., Fern ez Fern ez, O., León, A., Romero, F., Alonso, A., Tamayo, J., Montalban, X., Nos, C., Pelayo, R., Tellez, N., Rio, J., Tintore, M., Arbizu, T., Romero, L., Moral, E., Martinez, S., Kappos, L., Achtnichts, L., Wilmes, S., Karabudak, R., Kurne, A., Erdem, S., Siva, A., Saip, S., Altintas, A., Atamer, A., Eraksoy, M., Bilgili, F., Topcular, B., Giovannoni ET Lim, G. Giovannoni E. T. Lim, Lava, N., Murnane, M., Dentinger, M., Zimmerman, E., Reiss V. Gupta, M. Reiss V. Gupta, Scott, T., Brillman, J., Kunschner, L., Wright, D., Perel A. Babu, A. Perel A. Babu, Rivera, V., Killian, J., Hutton, G., Lai, E., Picone, M., Cadivid, D., Kamin, S., Shanawani, M., Gauthier, S., Morgan, A., Buckle, G., Margolin, D., Weinstock Guttman, B., Kwen, P. L., Garg, N., Munschauer, F., Khatri, B., Rassouli, M., Saxena, V., Ahmed, A., Turner, A., Fox, E., Couch, C., Tyler, R., Horvit, A., Fodor S. Humphries, P. Fodor S. Humphries, Wynn, D., Nagar, C., O’Brien, D., Allen, N., Turel, A., Friedenberg, S., Carlson, J., Hosey, J., Crayton, H., Richert, J., Tornatore, C., Sirdofsky, M., Greenstein, J., Shpigel, Y., S. M, El, Adbelhak, T., Schmerler, M., Zadikoff, C., Rorick, M., Reed, R., Elias, S., Feit, H., Angus, E., Sripathi, N., Herbert, J., Kiprovski, K., Qu, X., Del Bene, M., Mattson, D., Hingtgen, C., Fleck, J., Horak, H., Kaiser, J. Javerbaum, Elmore, R., Garcia, E., Tasch, E., Gruener, G., Celesia, G., Chawla, J., Miller, A., Drexler, E., Keilson, M., Wolintz, R., Drasby, E., Muscat, P., Belden, J., Sullivan, R., Cohen, J., Stone, L., Marrie, R. A., Fox, R., Hughes, B., Babikian, P., Jacoby, M., Doro, J., Puricelli, M., Rossman, H., Boudoris, W., Belkin, M., Pierce, R., Eggenberger, E., Birbeck, G., Martin, J., Kaufman, D., Stuart, W., English, J. B., Stuart, D. S., Gilbert, R. W., Kaufman, M., Putman, S., Diedrich, A., Follmer, R., Pelletier, D., Waubant, E., Cree, B., Genain, C., Goodin, D., Guarnaccia, J., Patwa, H., Rizo, M., Kitaj, M., Blevins, J., Smith, T., Mcgee, F., Honeycutt, W., Brown, M., Isa, A., Nieves Quinones, D., Krupp, L., Smiroldo, J., Zarif, M., Perkins, C., Sumner, A., Fisher, A., Gutierrez, A., Jacoby, R., Svoboda, S., Dorn, D., Groeschel, A., Steingo R. Kishner, B. Steingo R. Kishner, Cohen, B., Melen, O., Simuni, T., Zee, P., Cohan M. Yerby, S. Cohan M. Yerby, Hendin, B., Levine, T., Tamm, H., Travis, L. H., Freedman, S. M., Tim, R., Ferrell, W., Stefoski, D., Stevens, S., Katsamakis, G., Topel, J., KoD Gelber C. Fortin, M. K. o. D. Gelber C. Fortin, Green, B., Logan, W., Carpenter, D., Temple, L., Sadiq, S., Sylvester, A., Sim, G., Mihai, C., Vertino, M., Jubelt, B., Mejico, L., Phillips, J. T., Martin, A., Heitzman, D., Greenfield, C. F., Riskind, P., Cabo, A., Paskavitz, J., Moonis, M., Bashir, K., Brockington, J., Nicholas, A., Slaughter, R., Archer, R., Harik, S., Haddad, N., Pippenger, M. A., Van den Noort, S., Thai, G., Olek, M., Demetriou, M., Shin, R., Calabresi, P., Rus, H., Bever, C., Johnson, K., Sheremata, W., Delgado, S., Sherbert, R., Herndon, R., Uschmann, H., Ch ler, A., Markowitz, C., Jacobs, D., Balcer, L., Mitchell, G., Chakravorty, S., Heyman, R., Stauber, Z., Goodman, A., Segal, B., Schwid, S., Samkoff, L., Levin, M., Jacewicz, M., Menkes, D., Pulsinelli, W., Frohman, E., Racke, M., Hawker, K., Ulrich, R., Panitch, H., Hamill, R., R. T, On, Dulaney, E., Simnad, V., Miller, J., Wooten, G. F., Harrison, M., Bowen, J., Doherty, M., Wundes, A., Garden, G. A., Distad, J., Kachuck, N., Berkovich, R., Burnett, M., Sahai, S., Ari, D. B, Weiner, L., Storey, J. R., Beesley, B., Hart, D., Moses, H., Sriram, S., Fang, J., O’Duffy, A., Kita, M., Taylor, L., Elliott, M., Roberts, J., Jeffery, D., Maxwell, S., Lefkowitz, D., Kumar, S., Sinclair EW Radue, M. S. i. n. c. l. a. i. r. E. W. Radue, de Vera, A., Bacelar, O., Kuster, P., and Kappos, L. .

Subjects
medicine.medical_specialty, Multiple Sclerosis, Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, Relapsing-Remitting, Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized, Gastroenterology, Antibodies, law.invention, Disability Evaluation, Natalizumab, Multiple Sclerosis, Relapsing-Remitting, Randomized controlled trial, Double-Blind Method, law, Antibody Specificity, Internal medicine, Monoclonal, medicine, Secondary Prevention, Humans, Adverse effect, Antibodies, Blocking, Humanized, Antibodies, Monoclonal, Brain, Flow Cytometry, Interferon-beta, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Placebo Effect, Treatment Outcome, Neuroscience (all), Expanded Disability Status Scale, business.industry, Multiple sclerosis, Incidence (epidemiology), Interferon beta-1a, medicine.disease, Blocking, Multiple sclerosis functional composite, Immunology, Neurology (clinical), business, medicine.drug
Abstract

Objective: To determine the incidence and clinical effects of antibodies that develop during treatment with natalizumab. Methods: In two randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled studies (natalizumab safety and efficacy in relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis [MS, AFFIRM] and safety and efficacy of natalizumab in combination with interferon β-1a [INFβ1a] in patients with relapsing remitting MS [SENTINEL]) of patients with relapsing multiple sclerosis, blood samples were obtained at baseline and every 12 weeks to determine the presence of antibodies against natalizumab. Antibodies to natalizumab were measured using an ELISA. Patients were categorized as “transiently positive” if they had detectable antibodies (≥0.5 μg/mL) at a single time point or “persistently positive” if they had antibodies at two or more time points ≥6 weeks apart. Results: In the AFFIRM study, antibodies were detected in 57 of 625 (9%) of natalizumab-treated patients: Twenty (3%) were transiently positive and 37 (6%) were persistently positive. Persistently positive patients showed a loss of clinical efficacy as measured by disability progression ( p ≤ 0.05), relapse rate ( p = 0.009), and MRI ( p ≤ 0.05) compared with antibody-negative patients. In transiently positive patients, full efficacy was achieved after approximately 6 months of treatment, the time when patients were becoming antibody negative. The incidence of infusion-related adverse events was significantly higher in persistently positive patients. Results of SENTINEL were similar to AFFIRM, except with regard to sustained disability progression; differences between persistently positive and antibody-negative patients were not statistically significant. Conclusions: The incidence of persistent antibody positivity associated with natalizumab is 6%. Reduced clinical efficacy is apparent in persistently positive patients. Patients with a suboptimal clinical response or persistent infusion-related adverse events should be considered for antibody testing. GLOSSARY: BLQ = below the limit of quantification; EDSS = Expanded Disability Status Scale; Gd+ = gadolinium enhancing; IFNβ1a = interferon β-1a; MS = multiple sclerosis; MSFC = multiple sclerosis functional composite; OD = optical density.

Published
2007

19. Natalizumab plus interferon beta-1a for relapsing multiple sclerosis

Author

Richard, A. Rudick, William, H. Stuart, Peter, A. Calabresi, Christian, Confavreux, Steven, L. Galetta, Ernst Wilhelm, Radue, Fred, D. Lublin, Bianca, Weinstock Guttman, Daniel, R. Wynn, Frances, Lynn, Msc, M. S. c., Michael, A. Panzara, Alfred, W. Sandrock, For, the SENTINEL Investigators including: F. Fazekas, Enzinger, C., Seifert, T., Storch, M., Strasser Fuchs, S., Berger, T., Dilitz, E., Egg, R., Eisenhammer, F., Decoo J. Lampaert, D. Decoo J. Lampaert, Bartholome J. Bier, E. Bartholome J. Bier, Stenager, E., Rasmussen, M., Binzer, M., Shorsh, K., Christensen, M., Ravnborg, M., Soelberg Sørensen, P., Blinkenberg, M., Petersen, B., Hansen, H. J., Bech, E., Petersen, T., Kirkegaard, M., Eralinna, J., Ruutiainen, J., Soilu Hänninen, M., Säkö, E., Laaksonen, M., Reunanen, M., Remes, A., Keskinarkaus, I., Moreau, T., Noblet, M., Rouaud, O., Couvreur, G., Edan, G., Lepage, E., Drapier, S., De Burghgraeve, V., Yaouanq, J., Merienne, M., Cahagne, V., Gout, O., Deschamps, R., Le Canuet, P., Moulignier, A., Vermersch, P., De Seze, J., Stojkovic, T., Griffié, G., Engles, A., Ferriby, D., Debouverie, M., Pittionvouyouvitch, S., Lacour, J. C., Pelletier, J., Feuillet, L., Suchet, L., Dalecky, A., Tammam, D., Lubetzki, C., Youssov, K., Mrejen, S., Charles, P., Yaici, S., Clavelou, P., Aufauvre, D., Renouil Guy, N., Cesaro, P., Degos, F., Benisty, S., Rumbach P. Decavel, L. Rumbach P. Decavel, Confavreux, C., Blanc, S., Aubertin, P., Riche, G., Brochet, B., Ouallet, J. C., Anne, O., Menck, S., Grupe, A., Guttman, E., Lensch, E., Fucik, E., Heitmann, S., Hartung, H. P., Schröter, M., Kurz, F. M. W., Heidenreich, F., Trebst, C., Pul, R., Hohlfeld, R., Krumbholz, M., Pellkofer, H., Haas, J., Segert, A., Meyer, R., Anagnostou, P., Kabus, C., Poehlau, D., Schneider, K., Hoffmann, V., Zettl, U., Steinhagen, V., Adler, S., Steinbrecher, A., Rothenfusser Körber, E., Zellner, R., Baum, K., Günther, A., Bläsing, H., Stoll, G., Gold, R., Bayas, A., Kleinschnitz, C., Limmroth, V., Katsarava, Z., Kastrup, O., Haller, P., Stoeve, S., Höbel, D., Oschmann, P., Voigt, K., Burger, C. V., Abramsky D. Karusiss, O. Abramsky D. Karusiss, Achiron, A., Kishner, I., Stern, Y., Sarove Pinhas, I., Dolev, M., Magalashvili, D., Pozzili, C., Lenzi, D., Scontrini, A., Millefiorini, E., Buttinelli, C., Gallo, P., Ranzato, F., Tiberio, M., Perini, P., Laroni, Alice, Marrosu, M., Cocco P. Marchi, E. Cocco P. Marchi, Spinicci, G., Massole, S., Mascia, M., Floris, G., Trojano, M., Bellacosa, A., Paolicelli, D., Bosco Zimatore, G., Simone, I. L., Giorelli, M., Di Monte, E., Mancardi, GIOVANNI LUIGI, Pizzorno, M., Murialdo, A., Narciso, E., Capello, A., Comi, G., Martinelli, V., Rodegher, M., Esposito, F., Colombo, B., Rossi, P., Polman, C. H., Jasperse, M. M. S., Zwemmer, J. N. P., Nielsen, J., Kragt, J. J., Jongen, P. J. H., De Smet, E., Tacken, H., Frequin, S. T. F. M., Siegers, H. P., Mauser, H. W., Fern ez Fern ez, O., León, A., Romero, F., Alonso, A., Tamayo, J., Montalban, X., Nos, C., Pelayo, R., Tellez, N., Rio, J., Tintore, M., Arbizu, T., Romero, L., Moral, E., Martinez, S., Kappos, L., Achtnichts, L., Wilmes, S., Karabudak, R., Kurne, A., Erdem, S., Siva, A., Saip, S., Altintas, A., Atamer, A., Eraksoy, M., Bilgili, F., Topcular, B., Giovannoni ET Lim, G. Giovannoni E. T. Lim, Lava, N., Murnane, M., Dentinger, M., Zimmerman, E., Reiss V. Gupta, M. Reiss V. Gupta, Scott, T., Brillman, J., Kunschner, L., Wright, D., Perel A. Babu, A. Perel A. Babu, Rivera, V., Killian, J., Hutton, G., Lai, E., Picone, M., Cadivid, D., Kamin, S., Shanawani, M., Gauthier, S., Morgan, A., Buckle, G., Margolin, D., Weinstock Guttman, B., Kwen, P. L., Garg, N., Munschauer, F., Khatri, B., Rassouli, M., Saxena, V., Ahmed, A., Turner, A., Fox, E., Couch, C., Tyler, R., Horvit, A., Fodor S. Humphries, P. Fodor S. Humphries, Wynn, D., Nagar, C., O’Brien, D., Allen, N., Turel, A., Friedenberg, S., Carlson, J., Hosey, J., Crayton, H., Richert, J., Tornatore, C., Sirdofsky, M., Greenstein, J., Shpigel, Y., S. M, El, Adbelhak, T., Schmerler, M., Zadikoff, C., Rorick, M., Reed, R., Elias, S., Feit, H., Angus, E., Sripathi, N., Herbert, J., Kiprovski, K., Qu, X., Del Bene, M., Mattson, D., Hingtgen, C., Fleck, J., Horak, H., Kaiser, J. Javerbaum, Elmore, R., Garcia, E., Tasch, E., Gruener, G., Celesia, G., Chawla, J., Miller, A., Drexler, E., Keilson, M., Wolintz, R., Drasby, E., Muscat, P., Belden, J., Sullivan, R., Cohen, J., Stone, L., Marrie, R. A., Fox, R., Hughes, B., Babikian, P., Jacoby, M., Doro, J., Puricelli, M., Rossman, H., Boudoris, W., Belkin, M., Pierce, R., Eggenberger, E., Birbeck, G., Martin, J., Kaufman, D., Stuart, W., English, J. B., Stuart, D. S., Gilbert, R. W., Kaufman, M., Putman, S., Diedrich, A., Follmer, R., Pelletier, D., Waubant, E., Cree, B., Genain, C., Goodin, D., Guarnaccia, J., Patwa, H., Rizo, M., Kitaj, M., Blevins, J., Smith, T., Mcgee, F., Honeycutt, W., Brown, M., Isa, A., Nieves Quinones, D., Krupp, L., Smiroldo, J., Zarif, M., Perkins, C., Sumner, A., Fisher, A., Gutierrez, A., Jacoby, R., Svoboda, S., Dorn, D., Groeschel, A., Steingo R. Kishner, B. Steingo R. Kishner, Cohen, B., Melen, O., Simuni, T., Zee, P., Cohan M. Yerby, S. Cohan M. Yerby, Hendin, B., Levine, T., Tamm, H., Travis, L. H., Freedman, S. M., Tim, R., Ferrell, W., Stefoski, D., Stevens, S., Katsamakis, G., Topel, J., KoD Gelber C. Fortin, M. K. o. D. Gelber C. 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Subjects
Adult, Male, Infusions, medicine.medical_specialty, Multiple Sclerosis, Adolescent, Combination therapy, Integrin alpha4, Peripheral edema, Progressive Multifocal, Relapsing-Remitting, Gastroenterology, Antibodies, Natalizumab, Drug Therapy, Leukoencephalopathy, Internal medicine, Monoclonal, Secondary Prevention, medicine, Humans, Humanized, Proportional Hazards Models, Expanded Disability Status Scale, business.industry, Antibodies, Monoclonal, Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized, Brain, Cell Adhesion Molecules, Disease Progression, Drug Therapy, Combination, Female, Infusions, Intravenous, Interferon-beta, JC Virus, Leukoencephalopathy, Progressive Multifocal, Middle Aged, Multiple Sclerosis, Relapsing-Remitting, Medicine (all), Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy, Multiple sclerosis, Hazard ratio, Interferon beta-1a, General Medicine, medicine.disease, Surgery, Combination, medicine.symptom, Intravenous, business, medicine.drug
Abstract

Background Interferon beta is used to modify the course of relapsing multiple sclerosis. Despite interferon beta therapy, many patients have relapses. Natalizumab, an α 4 integrin antagonist, appeared to be safe and effective alone and when added to interferon beta-1a in preliminary studies. Methods We randomly assigned 1171 patients who, despite interferon beta-1a therapy, had had at least one relapse during the 12-month period before randomization to receive continued interferon beta-1a in combination with 300 mg of natalizumab (589 patients) or placebo (582 patients) intravenously every 4 weeks for up to 116 weeks. The primary end points were the rate of clinical relapse at 1 year and the cumulative probability of disability progression sustained for 12 weeks, as measured by the Expanded Disability Status Scale, at 2 years. Results Combination therapy resulted in a 24 percent reduction in the relative risk of sustained disability progression (hazard ratio, 0.76; 95 percent confidence interval, 0.61 to 0.96; P = 0.02). Kaplan–Meier estimates of the cumulative probability of progression at two years were 23 percent with combination therapy and 29 percent with interferon beta-1a alone. Combination therapy was associated with a lower annualized rate of relapse over a two-year period than was interferon beta-1a alone (0.34 vs. 0.75, P

Published
2006

20. Safety and tolerability of fingolimod in patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis: results of an open-label clinical trial in Italy

Author

Debora Raimondi, Renato Turrini, Carlo Pozzilli, Alessandra Lugaresi, Leonello Guidi, Alice Laroni, Giancarlo Comi, Antonio Uccelli, Davide Brogi, Vincenzo Brescia Morra, Giovanni Luigi Mancardi, Laroni, Alice, Brogi, Davide, Brescia Morra, Vincenzo, Guidi, Leonello, Pozzilli, Carlo, Comi, Giancarlo, Lugaresi, Alessandra, Turrini, Renato, Raimondi, Debora, Uccelli, Antonio, and Mancardi, Giovanni Luigi

Subjects
Adult, Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Population, Dermatology, Infections, Macular Edema, Immunosuppressive Agent, 03 medical and health sciences, Multiple Sclerosis, Relapsing-Remitting, 0302 clinical medicine, Fingolimod, Relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis, Safety, Tolerability, Female, Fingolimod Hydrochloride, Headache, Humans, Immunosuppressive Agents, Infection, Italy, Middle Aged, Treatment Outcome, 2708, Neurology (clinical), Psychiatry and Mental Health, Internal medicine, Medicine, 030212 general & internal medicine, education, Adverse effect, education.field_of_study, business.industry, General Medicine, Surgery, Clinical trial, Psychiatry and Mental health, Concomitant, Cohort, Relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosi, business, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, Human, medicine.drug
Abstract

The safety profile of fingolimod is well established in clinical trials and post-marketing studies. This study aimed to evaluate the safety and tolerability of fingolimod in a cohort of Italian patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS). This is a non-comparative, open-label, multicentre, interventional study conducted in patients with RRMS with no suitable alternative treatment option. Safety and tolerability of fingolimod 0.5Â mg were assessed by recording adverse events (AEs) and serious AEs (SAEs). Of the 906 patients enrolled in the study, 91Â % of the patients completed the study. AEs and SAEs were reported in 35.4 and 2.9Â % of the patients, respectively. Most common AEs reported were headache (4.1Â %), influenza (2.1Â %), lymphopenia (1.8Â %), asthenia (1.8Â %) and pyrexia (1.8Â %). Increased alanine aminotransferase levels and hypertension were reported as AE in 1.0 and 1.4Â % of the patients, respectively. Macular oedema was reported in three patients. These results emphasize the safety of fingolimod in patients representing the real-world clinical practice in the Italian population. Fingolimod was safe and well tolerated in this population, which, compared to those enrolled in pivotal trials in terms of concomitant diseases and used medications, is broader. Trial registration: EudraCT 2011-000770-60.

Published
2016

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