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Clinical, Observational data, Journal: The presence of SARS-CoV2 antibodies in MS patients. (Pubmed Central) - May 15, 2021 The low incidence of SARS CoV2 antibodies following infection suggests that certain DMTs may alter SARS CoV2-Ab response or persistence.
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Preclinical, Journal: Immune modulation attenuates infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis in mice before and after disease onset. (Pubmed Central) - May 13, 2021 Immunodeficient CLN1 mice showed, as previously reported, an improved neurological phenotype in comparison with genuine CLN1 mice which could not be further alleviated by either of the drugs, reflecting a predominantly immune-related therapeutic mechanism of action. The present study supports and strengthens our previous view that repurposing clinically approved immunomodulators may alleviate the course of CLN1 disease in human patients, even though diagnosis usually occurs when symptoms have already emerged.
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Adverse events: Tecfidera my first, hard GI side effects 4 months, Gylenia 2yrs was weak, Plegrity for 2yrs most horrible side effects ever, Ocrevus 2yrs, after infusion 3months,medicine gone, talk about pain. Now Aubagio, no MRI changes. Ocrevus or Plegrity if you need a failure. (Twitter) - May 11, 2021
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Review, Journal: Teriflunomide vs injectable disease modifying therapies for relapsing forms of MS. (Pubmed Central) - May 11, 2021 Compared with injectable therapies, oral DMTs are often associated with increased treatment adherence and patient satisfaction, due to a less burdensome route of administration and greater tolerability. This review will summarize the available scientific evidence for injectable DMTs and the oral DMT teriflunomide, including considerations for both treatment-naïve patients initiating a DMT and patients switching from an injectable DMT.
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Trial completion date, Trial primary completion date: DELIVER-MS: Determining the Effectiveness of earLy Intensive Versus Escalation Approaches for RRMS (clinicaltrials.gov) - Apr 22, 2021 P4, N=800, Recruiting, Finally, this research revealed encouraging outcomes and successfully developed intranasal TNLCGHG nanoformulation as a novel tool for safe delivery of TFM in glioma patients. Trial completion date: Sep 2023 --> Sep 2026 | Trial primary completion date: Dec 2022 --> Dec 2025
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[VIRTUAL] Socioeconomic Value of Ocrelizumab in the Treatment of Patients with Relapsing Remitting Multiple Sclerosis () - Apr 12, 2021 - Abstract #ISPOR2021ISPOR_1104; These cost savings are mostly driven by reduction of healthcare resource utilization and community services ($153.6 million, $82.2 million, and $10.9 million), productivity loss ($35.3 million, $24.3 million, and $3.9 million), and informal care ($17.9 million, $12.2 million, and $2.0 million); values compared with teriflunomide, dimethyl fumarate, and cladribine, respectively. CONCLUSIONS Ocrelizumab for RRMS offers substantial socioeconomic benefits compared with relevant first- and second-line DMTs in Canada.
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Preclinical, Journal, IO biomarker: Neuroprotective action of teriflunomide in a mouse model of transient middle cerebral artery occlusion. (Pubmed Central) - Apr 10, 2021 Finally, teriflunomide significantly upregulated the number of 5-bromo-20-deoxyuridine (BrdU)/ doublecortin(DCX)-positive cells and expression of mammalian achaete-scute homolog 1 (Mash1), DCX and Pbx1 in subventricular zone (SVZ) on day 7 after stroke. Our results indicate that teriflunomide exhibits protective roles in ischemic stroke by inhibiting neuroinflammation, alleviating BBB disruption and enhancing neurogenesis.
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Journal: Teriflunomide provides protective properties after oxygen-glucose-deprivation in hippocampal and cerebellar slice cultures. (Pubmed Central) - Apr 7, 2021 Our study suggests that teriflunomide, applied as a post-treatment after an oxygen-glucose-deprivation, has a protective effect on hippocampal and cerebellar cells in organotypic slice cultures of rats. All procedures were conducted under established standards of the German federal state of North Rhine Westphalia, in accordance with the European Communities Council Directive 2010/63/EU on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes.
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Clinical, Observational data, Journal: Estimation and Validation of Ratio-based Conditional Average Treatment Effects Using Observational Data. (Pubmed Central) - Mar 27, 2021 We also provide a validation procedure to check the quality of the estimator on an independent sample. We conduct simulations to demonstrate the finite sample performance of the proposed methods, and illustrate their advantages on real data by examining the treatment effect of dimethyl fumarate compared to teriflunomide in multiple sclerosis patients.
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Biomarker, Trial completion, Enrollment change, Trial completion date, Trial primary completion date: Biomarkers and Disease Activity in Patients Treated With Teriflunomide (Aubagio) (clinicaltrials.gov) - Mar 24, 2021 P=N/A, N=24, Completed, We conduct simulations to demonstrate the finite sample performance of the proposed methods, and illustrate their advantages on real data by examining the treatment effect of dimethyl fumarate compared to teriflunomide in multiple sclerosis patients. Recruiting --> Completed | N=75 --> 24 | Trial completion date: Feb 2019 --> Dec 2020 | Trial primary completion date: Aug 2018 --> Dec 2020
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The introduction of newer medications in a subspecialty coincided with higher industry payments. Identification of these trends and potential motives of the industry spending is critical to address any potential physician bias in prescribing medications.
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[VIRTUAL] First-Hand Experience With Ofatumumab at ASCLEPIOS Study Sites In Germany () - Mar 18, 2021 - Abstract #AAN2021AAN_1573; After gaining experience with ofatumumab within clinical trials, German neurologists consider ofatumumab a very efficient and safe treatment option. They rate the self-administered subcutaneous injection once a month as offering high convenience for patients and as facilitating processes at high-occupancy clinics and office-based practices.
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[VIRTUAL] High and low efficacy therapy in secondary progressive multiple sclerosis () - Mar 18, 2021 - Abstract #AAN2021AAN_1549; High efficacy DMT is superior to low efficacy therapy in reducing relapse activity in patients with active SPMS, but not those with inactive SPMS. Pre-treatment inflammatory activity, clinical or radiological, is a treatable target in SPMS which may benefit from higher-efficacy anti-inflammatory therapies.
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[VIRTUAL] Fatigue evolution for patients without relapses on the FSIQ-RMS Symptoms Domain () - Mar 18, 2021 - Abstract #AAN2021AAN_1502; These results are consistent with the full analysis which yielded a mean difference of -3.57 [95% CLs: −5.83, −1.32]; p=0.0019; favoring ponesimod 20mg relative to teriflunomide 14mg. The robustness and consistency of results in the change from baseline for patients without a confirmed relapse during the study relative to the full analysis suggests a potential treatment effect for ponesimod on MS-related fatigue independent of relapse activity.
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