MS and Demyelinating Disorders

The professor of neurology at NYU Langone gives her input on those who are nervous to take hospital trips, as well as the protocol for patients with neurological disorders as COVID-19 slows down.

The trio of authors from Johns Hopkins discussed the findings of a study that imply that BMI is associated with accelerated rates of ganglion cell and inner plexiform layer atrophy in those with multiple sclerosis.

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An identified association between accelerated rates of ganglion cell and inner plexiform layer atrophy in the absence of overt metabolic comorbidities suggests that obesity may affect accelerated neurodegeneration in those with multiple sclerosis.

Data led the authors to believe that vitamin D might have neuroprotective properties and that levels may be a prognostic marker of long-term cognition and neuroaxonal integrity.

The exercise and physical activity recommendations were tailored to individuals with differing disability levels on the Expanded Disability Status Scale.

The professor of neurology at NYU Langone discussed the risk of COVID-19 in patients with neurological disorders.

Banner Life Science’s novel fumarate bioequivalent alternative to Tecfidera (dimethyl fumarate; Biogen) enters the market as a new oral treatment option for relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis.

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Educational sessions led by experts in multiple sclerosis will be held May 26-29, 2020.

Janssen’s S1P receptor modulator ponesimod showed its superiority to teriflunomide on annualized relapse rates, fatigue symptoms, MRI activity, brain atrophy, and NEDA-3 in patients with relapsing multiple sclerosis.

The professor of neurology at NYU Langone detailed the neurologic symptoms that have been observed in patients with COVID-19.

The neurologist at the Mellen Center for MS Treatment and Research at Cleveland Clinic spoke to the wide variety of clinical benefits observed with ofatumumab treatment and how it fits into the MS care landscape.

Novartis’s S1P receptor modulator siponimod (Mayzent) showed benefits in a number of patients with SPMS on the Motor Integration and Collateral subscales of the Expanded Disability Status Scale.

Vitalis’s VTS-Aspirin platform was granted an orphan drug designation to be used in combination with diroximel fumarate and monomethyl fumarate for the treatment of fumarate flush in relapsing multiple sclerosis.

The neurologist at the Mellen Center for MS Treatment and Research at Cleveland Clinic discussed the findings of a new pooled-data analysis of ofatumumab from the phase 3 ASCLEPIOS I and II trials.

The Rosenthal–Trotter MS Chair in Neuroimmunology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis details why the COViMS registry can serve as an important instrument for clinicians who treat patients with multiple sclerosis.

Ofatumumab, Novartis’s fully human anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody, demonstrated a reduction in the risk of 3- and 6-month confirmed disability progression compared to teriflunomide in relapsing multiple sclerosis.

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The drug's impact on neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration in the brain and spinal cord are currently being explored.

Five-year EXPAND study data suggest that Novartis’s S1P receptor modulator has sustained benefit and delays disability over long-term treatment in patients with SPMS.

The Group Medical Director of Neuroscience at Genentech discussed the shorter, 2-hour infusion time for ocrelizumab and how it might impact multiple sclerosis care as a whole.

Exclusive breastfeeding may be recommended after it was shown to reduce the risk of postpartum relapses.

The FDA has accepted an sBLA for a version of Genentech's ocrelizumab with a shorter administration time for the treatment of relapsing and primary progressive MS.

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In those with secondary progressive MS, evaluating diffusely abnormal white matter may provide a useful measure for therapies aiming to protect at-risk tissue, which may be able to slow progression.

The Processing Speed Test, a tech-enabled version of the SDMT, was shown to be significantly correlated with multiple measures in routine multiple sclerosis care.

The director of the Multiple Sclerosis Program at Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health discussed the correlation between age and disease duration in MS, as well as what was learned from a subanalysis of the EXPAND study of siponimod.