Latest Conference Coverage

More Multiple Sclerosis Centers Are Needed To Overcome Challenges

The chief of the Multiple Sclerosis Division at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine spoke about the need for more team-based care for patients with MS.

Collecting Age-Matched Long-Term Data in MS With Cladribine

The vice president of US Medical Affairs in Neurology & Immunology at EMD Serono discussed the importance of having long-term and age-matched data on the use of the investigational oral agent in MS.

Tanuja Chitnis, MD: Diagnosing Pediatric MS

The professor of neurology at Harvard Medical School shared her methods for diagnosing pediatric MS and about the importance of managing the disease in a larger sense.

Predicting Multiple Sclerosis Progression, Lesion Activity With Machine and Deep Learning

The director of the probabilistic vision group and medical imaging lab at McGill University spoke about machine learning’s potential to help physicians predict MS disease progression, treatment effectiveness, and more.

Howard Weiner, MD: Entering a New Era in MS

The director of the Partners Multiple Sclerosis Center at Brigham and Women's Hospital spoke about the future of multiple sclerosis.

Cervical Cord Atrophy May Be Indicative of Progression to Secondary Progressive MS

The spinal cord area has shown a strong link to MS disability and can help discriminate progressive and relapsing-remitting disease subtypes, which in turn could help inform individualized treatment plans.

Joseph Berger, MD: The Need for More MS Specialists

The professor of neurology spoke about the challenges faced by MS specialists as their numbers dwindle and the number of patients surpasses 1 million in the United States.

Daniel Ontaneda, MD, PhD: The Problem of Misdiagnosis in Multiple Sclerosis

The staff neurologist at the Mellen Center for MS at Cleveland Clinic discussed this challenge with misdiagnosis and how it impacts the clinicians who are treating these patients.

Cladribine Associated With Long-Term Sustained NEDA-3 Status in MS

A pair of poster presentations regarding the use of cladribine in multiple sclerosis have shown that No Evidence of Disease Activity-3 status can be sustained up to 4 years, without any new safety signals appearing.

Are Neurologists Adhering to Multiple Sclerosis Treatment Guidelines?

Data have suggested that neurologists treating MS have clearly and persistently deviated from the readily available evidence regarding DMT use, all while costs continue to rise and payers intensify efforts to control them.

Is DMT Use Safe For Elderly Patients with Multiple Sclerosis?

A late-breaking poster has suggested that the use of disease-modifying therapy is safe in patients with MS over the age of 65, as well as that disability burden and relapse rates may be lower than believed.

Ruth Ann Marrie, MD, PhD: Role of Comorbidities in MS

The professor of medicine and community health sciences at the University of Manitoba spoke about the effects of comorbidity on diagnosis, outcomes, and treatment in multiple sclerosis.

Tanuja Chitnis, MD: Differentiating Pediatric MS From Other Demyelinating Disorders

The professor of neurology at Harvard Medical School provided some insight into her experience with treating pediatric patients with MS.

Zhibin Chen, PhD: Treatment Gap in Patients with Newly Diagnosed Epilepsy

Despite accessibility to antiepileptic drugs in high-income settings, more than one-third of patients with newly diagnosed epilepsy were not treated or had delayed treatment.

Joseph Sullivan, MD: Efficacy of ZX008 in Dravet Syndrome

The director of the Pediatric Epilepsy Center at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital discussed the efficacy profile of ZX008, for which Zogenix recently submitted a new drug application to the FDA for the treatment of Dravet syndrome.

Obtaining Routine EEG While Managing Epilepsy

The neurologist and epileptologist at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville discussed when to best perform routine EEG in patients with epilepsy.

Seizure Worsening in Pregnancy, Postpartum is Influenced by Epilepsy Type

The attending neurologist at Brigham and Women's Hospital spoke about data from an analysis that concluded that women with frontal lobe epilepsy are more likely to experience a worsening of their seizure frequency during pregnancy.

Jessica Ailani, MD: Understanding the Biology of Migraine

The director of the MedStar Georgetown University Hospital Headache Center discussed the importance of understanding the biologic mechanisms of migraine for patients and providers.

Perampanel as a Treatment for Secondarily Generalized Seizures

The pediatric epileptologist at Nicklaus Children’s Hospital discussed the long-term seizure freedom data that looked at the effectiveness of perampanel which demonstrated a gratifying response in seizure control for patients with secondarily generalized seizures.

William Tatum, DO: When to Obtain a Routine EEG While Managing a Patient with Epilepsy

The neurologist and epileptologist at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville spoke about how to best identify adult patients in need of routine EEG and what it will bring to the table relative to the clinician.

Joseph Sullivan, MD: Scientifically Determining a Clinically Meaningful Change in Seizure Frequency

The Director of the Pediatric Epilepsy Center at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital spoke about what defines a "clinically meaningful change in seizure frequency" using data from a phase 3 clinical trial of ZX008 for the adjunctive treatment of seizures associated with Dravet syndrome.

Shimrit Uliel-Sibony, MD: Can Patients Develop a CBD Tolerance?

Uliel-Sibony discussed her and her colleagues' study of CBD, and its findings on when tolerance develops for which patient population.

Marc Nuwer Explores the 2019 CPT Codes for Epilepsy

The professor and vice chair of the neurology department at UCLA discussed the new VNS, RNS and DBS CPT codes for 2019.

Neishay Ayub, MD: Stratifying SUDEP Risk

The Clinical Fellow in Neurophysiology and Epilepsy at Massachusetts General Hospital spoke about the implications of this assessment of SUDEP.

Anli Liu, MD: Responsive Neurostimulation System for Cognition in Epilepsy

Liu discussed this work and the findings of this proof-of-principle trial in memory in epilepsy.

Paula E. Voinescu, MD, PhD: Seizure Frequency in Pregnancy, Postpartum

The attending neurologist at Brigham and Women's Hospital spoke about how seizure frequency during pregnancy and postpartum varies by epilepsy type.

Laura Julian, PhD: The Floodlight Open MS Database

The principal medical science director at Genentech spoke about the decisions behind the tools being used for measurement, and what the neurologists can get from the data.

Starting, Stopping Antiepileptic Medications in Acute Symptomatic Seizures

The Director of the cEEG and Epilepsy Consult Service at the Cleveland Clinic Epilepsy Center spoke about when clinicians should initiate and stop anti-seizure medications.

Stephen Hantus, MD: Acute Symptomatic Seizures

The Director of the cEEG and Epilepsy Consult Service at the Cleveland Clinic Epilepsy Center spoke about the cautious for physicians treating patients with acute symptomatic seizures.

Trevor Resnick, MD, on Perampanel for Secondarily Generalized Seizures

The pediatric epileptologist at Nicklaus Children’s Hospital spoke about the long-term seizure freedom data that showed that perampanel was associated with a sustained or increased improvement in seizure control.