Spanish real-world experience with fingolimod in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis patients: MS NEXT study
Spanish real-world experience with fingolimod in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis patients: MS NEXT study
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DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0230846
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发表时间:
2020-04-02
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影响因子:
3.7
通讯作者:
Jose Moreno, Maria
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作者:
Barrero, Francisco;Mallada-Frechin, Javier;Jose Moreno, Maria
PurposeThe objective of this study was to characterize the demographic and clinical profile of RRMS patients receiving fingolimod in Spain, and to evaluate drug effectiveness and safety in clinical practice.MethodsThis observational, retrospective, multicentre, nationwide study was performed at 56 Spanish hospitals and involved 804 RRMS patients who received oral fingolimod (0.5 mg) since November 2011, with a minimum follow-up of 12 months.ResultsThe mean annualized relapse rate (ARR) in the year before fingolimod was 1.08 and the median EDSS was 3; patients were exposed to fingolimod for 2.2 years as average; regarding magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) activity, more than half of the patients had > 20 lesions at baseline. Patients were previously treated with first-line injectable DMTs (60.3%), or natalizumab (31.3%), and 8.3% were naive patients. Overall, the ARR significantly decreased to 0.28, 0.22 and 0.17 (74.1%, 79.7% and 83.5% of relative reduction, respectively) after 12, 24 and 36 months of treatment, P