A post-marketing study on immunomodulating treatments for relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis in Lombardia: preliminary results

Neurol Sci. 2005 Dec:26 Suppl 4:S171-3. doi: 10.1007/s10072-005-0509-3.

Abstract

The preliminary results of a post-marketing study on relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis patients treated with immunomodulating agents attending the Lombardia Region's Multiple Sclerosis Centers are presented. A total of 294 patients treated with Betaferon (67), Avonex (115), Rebif 22 (45), Rebif 44 (18) and Copaxone (49) were included. Relapse frequency consistently decreases at 1 year and continues to decrease after 5 years of treatment, without differences between therapeutic groups. Eighty-seven out of 294 patients (29.6%) discontinued treatment for different reasons. Forty-eight of them shifted to a second therapeutic agent. A different trend, to lower or higher doses of interferon or immunosuppression, according to reasons of discontinuation, was observed.

Publication types

  • Clinical Trial
  • Comparative Study
  • Multicenter Study

MeSH terms

  • Adjuvants, Immunologic / therapeutic use*
  • Disease-Free Survival
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Glatiramer Acetate
  • Humans
  • Interferon beta-1a
  • Interferon beta-1b
  • Interferon-beta / therapeutic use*
  • Italy
  • Multiple Sclerosis, Relapsing-Remitting / drug therapy
  • Multiple Sclerosis, Relapsing-Remitting / immunology
  • Multiple Sclerosis, Relapsing-Remitting / prevention & control*
  • Peptides / therapeutic use*
  • Product Surveillance, Postmarketing*
  • Secondary Prevention
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Adjuvants, Immunologic
  • Peptides
  • Interferon beta-1b
  • Glatiramer Acetate
  • Interferon-beta
  • Interferon beta-1a