Benefits of early treatment with natalizumab : a real-world study

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BACKGROUND: The impact of early versus later high-efficacy disease-modifying therapy (DMT) in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) is uncertain. This study reported the association of early versus later natalizumab treatment with real-world clinical outcomes in MS patients.

METHODS: The study included 661 participants diagnosed with MS in 1994 or later from 7 US centers participating in the MS Partners Advancing Technology for Health Solutions (MS PATHS) network. Time to natalizumab treatment between diagnosis and first infusion (TTNT) was determined from the Tysabri Outreach: Unified Commitment to Health (TOUCH) registry. Clinical outcomes were defined using neuroperformance tests included in the Multiple Sclerosis Performance Test. Associations were tested using TTNT as a categorical and continuous variable. Linear mixed models addressed within-subject and within-site clustering.

RESULTS: TTNT varied from 0.1 to 19.8 years (median [interquartile range] 4.2 [1.8, 9.0] years). A significant association between later natalizumab use and worse outcomes was demonstrated for walking speed (p < 0.001), processing speed (p < 0.001), manual dexterity (p < 0.001), brain atrophy (p = 0.001), and T2 lesion volume (p = 0.02). Covariate-adjusted modelling of a sensitivity population diagnosed with MS in 2006 or later (n = 424) demonstrated significant associations between longer TTNT and worse walking speed (p < 0.05), processing speed (p < 0.001), and manual dexterity (p < 0.001).

CONCLUSION: Later initiation of natalizumab was associated with worse clinical and radiologic imaging outcomes. Thus, high-efficacy DMT may have greater benefit when started earlier in MS patients. These results provide a rationale for randomized controlled trials to further assess the impact of early highly-effective DMT use versus later escalation of therapy.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:68

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Multiple sclerosis and related disorders - 68(2022) vom: 15. Dez., Seite 104216

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Ontaneda, Daniel [VerfasserIn]
Mowry, Ellen M [VerfasserIn]
Newsome, Scott D [VerfasserIn]
Naismith, Robert T [VerfasserIn]
Nicholas, Jacqueline [VerfasserIn]
Fisher, Elizabeth [VerfasserIn]
de Moor, Carl [VerfasserIn]
Bohn, Justin [VerfasserIn]
Ho, Pei-Ran [VerfasserIn]
Sandrock, Al [VerfasserIn]
Rudick, Richard [VerfasserIn]
Williams, James R [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Clinical outcomes
Journal Article
Multiple sclerosis
Natalizumab
Radiological outcomes

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Date Completed 14.12.2022

Date Revised 21.12.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.msard.2022.104216

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM348030797