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Those suffering from significant emotional distress and sleep disturbances may benefit from targeted interventions to restore consolidated REM sleep or prevent the occurrence of fragmented REM sleep.

The director of the Comprehensive Multiple Sclerosis Center at Thomas Jefferson University discussed the concept of lymphocyte depletion to reset the immune system.

The smartphone application-led program, Floodlight Open, recently initiated in the US and Canada.

Results suggested that for every 1% of brain volume lost, a 51.7% increase in risk of clinically definite MS conversion was observed.

The goal of the free application is to make cognitive assessments routine in multiple sclerosis treatment.

The next important area of therapeutic development in MS appears to be in disease damage repair.

The monoclonal antibody has shown continued success up to 8 years in clinical trials.

One of the highly debated topics at ECTRIMS 2018 was the use of the investigational biomarker, neurofilament light, in the clinic.

The professor of neurology at Colorado University spoke about the ongoing phase IV trial to determine the safety of DMT discontinuation in MS.

IncobotulinumtoxinA significantly reduced unstimulated salivary flow rate for patients with sialorrhea.

This marks the first time a BTK inhibitor showed a clinical proof-of-concept in relapsing MS.

The Head of Global Clinical Development in Neurology at EMD Serono provided insight into the therapy's performance in phase IIb.

The director of Thomas Jefferson's Comprehensive Multiple Sclerosis Center spoke about the introduction of this treatment method into MS.

Patisiran maintained improvements in mNIS+7 and rapidly halted neurologic disease progression in hATTR amyloidosis.

The staff neurologist at Cleveland Clinic’s Mellen Center for Multiple Sclerosis spoke about the current understanding of the biomarker.

The Global Head of Neuroimmunology at Genentech discussed the upcoming phase III trial of ocrelizumab while on-site at ECTRIMS 2018.

An updated safety analysis of the therapy in patients with relapsing MS, up to 10 years, has shown no new safety signals.

Subcutaneous immunoglobulin is an effective and well-tolerated alternative to intravenous immunoglobulin for myasthenia gravis.

Eculizumab showed sustained activity and tolerability through 3 years for generalized myasthenia gravis.

The vice president of Medical Research at Biogen spoke about the intersection between high-quality data utilization and individualized medicine in multiple sclerosis.

The professor of neurology at the University of Colorado posited that if certain criteria are met, it could be appropriate to take patients with multiple sclerosis off of DMT.

Data from multiple open-label extension trials have suggested that the therapy is more beneficial with earlier initiation compared to interferon ß-1a.

The postdoctoral scientist spoke about an actimetry-based method studying the clinical relevance of temporal dynamics of sleep to make the dynamics easily quantifiable in everyday context.

The medical coordinator of the Multidisciplinary Sleep-Wake Disorders Center at Antwerp University Hospital spoke about how to address some of the issues faced in OSA treatment development.

The identification of the subtypes allows future studies to target homogeneous subtype samples, resolve inconsistencies, personalize treatment and utilize preventive interventions.

Proof-of-concept studies using a targeted phenotypic approach to reduce obstructive sleep apnea severity are showing exciting results.

The identification of 3 key non-anatomical contributors to OSA has unlocked new potential pharmacotherapies, a major advance for the field.

Recent research has identified novel potential pathophysiological mechanisms that could potentially serve to subclassify various phenotypes in obstructive sleep apnea.