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[VIRTUAL] Higher prevalence of spinal cord relapses after treatment with alemtuzumab (ePoster Library) - Sep 23, 2021 - Abstract #ECTRIMS2021ECTRIMS_2408; After a mean of more than 2 years of follow up, the 90,2% of our patients has not needed to be retreated with additional courses of alemtuzumab. Although the relapse rate after ALZ is very low, we´ve observed a higher prevalence (75%) of spinal cord relapses and this data is not describe in literature.
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[VIRTUAL] Persistence of seroprotective titers of antibodies against HBV and VZV in MS patients (ePoster Library) - Sep 23, 2021 - Abstract #ECTRIMS2021ECTRIMS_2305; DMT’s might influence the persistence of antibodies against HBV after successful immunization; in our sample, anti-CD20 drugs were associated with an 11-fold increased risk of losing seroprotection in the first years of treatment. Long-term outcomes of VZV vaccination were not influenced by DMT treatment.
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[VIRTUAL] Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis and alemtuzumab: a rescue or a cause? (ePoster Library) - Sep 23, 2021 - Abstract #ECTRIMS2021ECTRIMS_2267; Albeit rarely, HLH can be triggered by ALM treatment for various diseases, such as HA-RRMS. Neurologists should be aware of this potentially lethal condition which can favourably respond to prompt immunosuppressant therapy.
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[VIRTUAL] COVID-19 (inactivated and mRNA) vaccine and humoral response in people with multiple sclerosis: Chilean cohort (ePoster Library) - Sep 23, 2021 - Abstract #ECTRIMS2021ECTRIMS_2252; In our cohort, most of the treatments are likely to produce humoral response to the COVID-19 vaccine, especially alemtuzumab, cladribine and natalizumab, regardless the infusion/administration time. Further study needs to be done that includes more patients with antiCD20 and fingolimod but also it is important that the studies take into consideration the type of vaccine (T cell dependent response), B cell reconstitution and lymphocyte subpopulations for B and T cells.
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[VIRTUAL] Socioeconomic Status and MS disease severity in Chile (ePoster Library) - Sep 23, 2021 - Abstract #ECTRIMS2021ECTRIMS_1868; Public health patients, as a proxy for SES and being diagnosed before 2016 as a proxy for high-efficacy DMT delay are independent risk factors for increased disease severity. Changes in public policies such as early diagnosis and universal access to high-efficacy DMT improve outcomes in MS.
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[VIRTUAL] COVID-19 in a neuroimmunology and multiple sclerosis referral unit (ePoster Library) - Sep 23, 2021 - Abstract #ECTRIMS2021ECTRIMS_1804; Los datos de nuestra serie estan en concordancia con otros estudios, mostrando que la esclerosis múltiple per se y los diferentes tratamientos immunomoduladors no son un factor de riesgo para el COVID19. Es importante acelerar la vacunación de los pacientes con esclerosis múltiple para reducir la posibilidad de infección por SARS-CoV-2.
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Clinical, Review, Journal: Risk of invasive fungal infections among patients treated with disease modifying treatments for multiple sclerosis: a comprehensive review. (Pubmed Central) - Sep 22, 2021 Papers evaluating the following drugs were reviewed: rituximab, ocrelizumab, alemtuzumab, fingolimod, natalizumab, dimethyl fumarate, interferon, glatiramer acetate, cladribine, teriflunomide.Expert opinion: Overall, the occurrence of invasive fungal infections was low, with most infective events reported among patients treated with monoclonal antibodies and fingolimod...Although not common, these infections may be difficult to diagnose and their fatality rate is often high. For this reason, screening protocols for fungal infections must be implemented in the clinical practice when managing patients with MS.
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Preclinical, Journal: A cell-based assay for the detection of neutralizing antibodies against alemtuzumab. (Pubmed Central) - Sep 16, 2021 In this proof-of-concept study, a CHO-CD52 cell line has been developed and used to detect the presence of anti-alemtuzumab neutralizing antibodies. This platform provides the basis of an assay for routine screening of serum for neutralizing antibodies from patients treated with alemtuzumab.
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Journal: Detecting and predicting neutralization of alemtuzumab responses in MS. (Pubmed Central) - Sep 15, 2021 Monitoring of lymphocyte depletion and the antidrug response may be of practical value in patients requiring additional cycles of alemtuzumab. ADA detection may help to inform on retreatment or switching to another treatment.
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Clinical, Journal: Pregnancy outcomes in alemtuzumab treated women with multiple sclerosis: a case series. (Pubmed Central) - Aug 11, 2021 All pregnancies occurred within 9 months after alemtuzumab treatment, and two of them within 4 months despite patients being informed on pregnancy prevention. We found one congenital cytomegalovirus infection, one spontaneous abortion, one elective abortion due to extrauterine pregnancy, and five live births without congenital abnormalities or birth defects.
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[VIRTUAL] COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS OF EARLY INTENSIVE OR ESCALATION TREATMENT STRATEGIES ON LONG TERM DISABILITY TRAJECTORIES IN RELAPSING MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS PATIENTS (Free Communication C) - Aug 6, 2021 - Abstract #WCN2021WCN_228; EIT group included patients who received, as first DMT natalizumab, fingolimod, alemtuzumab, ocrelizumab, cladribine, mitoxantrone,. ESC group patients received the high efficacy DMT after ≥1 year of injectables DMTs, azathioprine, teriflunomide or dimethylfumarate treatment... Our findings indicate a higher effectiveness of EIT than ESC strategy in slowing disability worsening over time.
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