MS and Demyelinating Disorders

Despite advancements in NMOSD treatments, the founder and executive director of the Sumaira Foundation discussed how misdiagnosis, delayed diagnosis, and disparities in care remain significant challenges. [WATCH TIME: 4 minutes]

Here's some of what is coming soon to NeurologyLive® this week.

Here's some of what is coming soon to NeurologyLive® this week.

Daniel Ontaneda, MD, PhD, an associate professor of neurology at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, gave thoughts and perspectives on some of the emerging, promising advances in multiple sclerosis care expected to come to fruition in 2025.

Treatment strategies varied across cases, incorporating therapies like prednisolone, rituximab, and azathioprine, with overall positive outcomes and symptom improvement.

Here's some of what is coming soon to NeurologyLive® this week.

Catch up on any of the neurology news headlines you may have missed over the course of February 2025, compiled all into one place by the NeurologyLive® team.

A post-hoc analysis of patients from the CHAMPION-NMOSD trial revealed that the majority received their initial meningococcal vaccination within 6-months of their last rituximab dose.

A late-breaking study presented at the 2025 ACTRIMS Forum reported that a modified Atkins diet reduced inflammation and altered immune cell metabolism in multiple sclerosis.

At the 2025 ACTRIMS Forum, the director of the MS Comprehensive Care Center at Stony Brook Medicine discussed the evolution of high-efficacy treatments for MS. [WATCH TIME: 4 minutes]

The assistant professor in the neurology department at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City discussed advancing personalized medicine for patients with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder, a rare disorder of the central nervous system. [WATCH TIME: 4 minutes]

Data from more than 16,000 trial participants point to possible challenges with assessing and safely administering novel therapeutics among those with comorbidities—which may be present in as much as half of the patient population.

In the CAVS-MS study, 19% of participants with atypical or radiological-only presentations met the 2024 McDonald Criteria for MS, enabling earlier treatment initiation.

GFAP changes positively correlated with gadolinium-enhancing lesion volume (P = 0.18) and negatively with left ventricular volume (P = -0.19).

The vice president and senior global program lead for Hematology and Cell Therapy at BMS gave clinical commentary on encouraging phase 1 findings of CD19-XT in progressive and relapsing multiple sclerosis.

In both HERCULES and GEMINI trials, tolebrutinib reduced the risk of 6-month confirmed disability worsening, especially in participants with at least 4 baseline paramagnetic rim lesions.

Glatiramer acetate depot treatment showed stability in EDSS scores over 3 years, suggesting halted progression in patients with primary progressive MS.

At the 2025 ACTRIMS Forum, the system chief of neuroimmunology and multiple sclerosis at OhioHealth discussed the need for better tools to detect MS progression. [WATCH TIME: 3 minutes]

The director of the MS and Demyelinating Disease Center at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center talked about early diagnosis, timely treatment, and minimizing therapy transition gaps to prevent severe disability in patients with NMOSD. [WATCH TIME: 4 minutes]

After 24 months after switching to cladribine, 100% of patients with relapsing MS remained free from T1 gadolinium-enhancing lesions, with no reported cases of PML or rebound disease activity.

The assistant professor of neurology and neurosurgery at McGill University discussed the role of paramagnetic rim lesions as potential biomarkers of compartmentalized inflammation in MS. [WATCH TIME: 4 minutes]

The founder and executive director of the Sumaira Foundation talked about how the landscape of NMOSD treatment has drastically improved with FDA-approved therapies, while noting that accessibility and awareness remain significant challenges. [WATCH TIME: 4 minutes]

Here's some of what is coming soon to NeurologyLive® this week.

The assistant professor of medicine at the University of Toronto talked about emerging research on how prodromal symptoms may aid in the early identification of multiple sclerosis and neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder. [WATCH TIME: 6 minutes]

The 80 mg QD dosage, which showed the greatest efficacy in lesion reduction (92.3% at 24 weeks), will be used in phase 3 progressive MS studies.