Blood-brain barrier permeability changes in the first year after alemtuzumab treatment predict 2-year outcomes in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis

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BACKGROUND: In relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS), early disease control reduces the risk of permanent disability. The blood-brain barrier (BBB) is compromised in MS, and its permeability is a potential biomarker.

OBJECTIVE: To investigate BBB permeability measured by MRI as a marker of alemtuzumab efficacy.

METHODS: Patients with RRMS initiating alemtuzumab treatment were recruited prospectively. BBB permeability was assessed as the Patlak-derived influx constant (Ki) by dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI before and 6, 12, and 18 months after the first course of alemtuzumab. No Evidence of Disease Activity-3 (NEDA-3) status was ascertained two years after treatment initiation.

RESULTS: Patients who maintained NEDA-3 status at two years (n = 7) had a larger decrease in Ki between baseline and six months (-0.029 ml/100 g/min [CI -0.005 - -0.053]) and between baseline and 12 months in normal appearing white matter (0.043 [CI 0.022 - -0.065]), than those who experienced disease activity (n = 8). ROC curve analysis of the Ki change between baseline and 12 months in NAWM predicted a loss of NEDA status at 2 years with 86% sensitivity and 86% specificity (AUC 0.98, p = 0.002).

CONCLUSION: BBB permeability predicted alemtuzumab efficacy at two years, indicating that BBB permeability is a biomarker of treatment response in RRMS.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:63

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Multiple sclerosis and related disorders - 63(2022) vom: 02. Juli, Seite 103891

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Knudsen, Maria Højberg [VerfasserIn]
Lindberg, Ulrich [VerfasserIn]
Frederiksen, Jette Lautrup [VerfasserIn]
Vestergaard, Mark Bitsch [VerfasserIn]
Simonsen, Helle Juhl [VerfasserIn]
Varatharaj, Aravinthan [VerfasserIn]
Galea, Ian [VerfasserIn]
Blinkenberg, Morten [VerfasserIn]
Sellebjerg, Finn [VerfasserIn]
Larsson, Henrik Bo Wiberg [VerfasserIn]
Cramer, Stig Præstekjær [VerfasserIn]

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3A189DH42V
Alemtuzumab
Biomarker
Journal Article
MRI
Neuroimaging
Relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis

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Date Completed 28.06.2022

Date Revised 28.06.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.msard.2022.103891

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NLM341834556