Relationship between brain atrophy and disability in a multi-site multiple sclerosis registry

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/00216208:11110/25:10500166

Result on the web

<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=JXiJViOZvN" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=JXiJViOZvN</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjno-2025-001126" target="_blank" >10.1136/bmjno-2025-001126</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Relationship between brain atrophy and disability in a multi-site multiple sclerosis registry

Original language description

Background: In a retrospective multicentre cohort study, we explored the association between brain atrophy and multiple sclerosis (MS) disability using different MRI scanners and protocols at multiple sites. Methods: Relapse-onset MS patients were included if they had two clinical MRIs 12 months apart and ≥2 Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) scores. Percentage brain volume change (PBVC), percentage grey matter change (PGMC), fluid-attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) lesion volume change, whole brain volume (BV), grey matter volume (GMV), FLAIR lesion volume and T1 hypointense lesion volume were assessed by icobrain. Disability was measured by EDSS scores and 6-month confirmed disability progression (CDP). Results: Of the 260 relapse-onset MS patients included, 204 (78%) MRI pairs were performed in the same scanner and 56 (22%) pairs were from different scanners. 93% of patients were on treatment and mean PBVC was −0.26% (±0.52). During the median follow-up of 2.8 years from the second MRI, median EDSS change was 0.0 and 12% patients experienced 6-month CDP. Cross-sectional BV and GMV at the later MRI showed a trend for association with CDP (HR 0.99; 95% CI 0.98 to 1.00; p=0.06). Only BV at the later MRI was associated with EDSS score (β −0.03, SE 0.01, p&lt;0.001) and the rate of EDSS change over time (β −0.001, SE 0.0003, p=0.02). There was no association between longitudinal PBVC or PGMC and CDP or EDSS (p&gt;0.05). Conclusion: In this highly treated MS cohort with low disability accrual, only cross-sectional BV showed an association with future EDSS scores, while no MRI metric predicted 6-month CDP. These findings highlight the limitations of current clinical MRI measures in predicting disability worsening in real-world settings.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30103 - Neurosciences (including psychophysiology)

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2025

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

BMJ Neurology Open

ISSN

2632-6140

e-ISSN

2632-6140

Volume of the periodical

7

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

9

Pages from-to

e001126

UT code for WoS article

001538011000001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-105011488807