Survey of diagnostic and treatment practices for multiple sclerosis (MS) in Europe. Part 2: Progressive MS, paediatric MS, pregnancy and general management

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11110%2F18%3A10378088" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11110/18:10378088 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/ene.13581" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1111/ene.13581</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ene.13581" target="_blank" >10.1111/ene.13581</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Survey of diagnostic and treatment practices for multiple sclerosis (MS) in Europe. Part 2: Progressive MS, paediatric MS, pregnancy and general management

Original language description

Background and purpose: The European Charcot Foundation supported the development of a set of surveys to understand current practice patterns for the diagnosis and management of multiple sclerosis (MS) in Europe. Part 2 of the report summarizes survey results related to secondary progressive MS (SPMS), primary progressive MS (PPMS), pregnancy, paediatric MS and overall patient management. Methods: A steering committee of MS neurologists developed case‐ and practice‐based questions for two sequential surveys distributed to MS neurologists throughout Europe. Results: Respondents generally favoured changing rather than stopping disease‐modifying treatment (DMT) in patients transitioning from relapsing−remitting MS to SPMS, particularly with active disease. Respondents would not initiate DMT in patients with typical PPMS symptoms, although the presence of ≥1 spinal cord or brain gadolinium‐enhancing lesion might affect that decision. For patients considering pregnancy, respondents were equally divided on whether to stop treatment before or after conception. Respondents strongly favoured starting DMT in paediatric MS with active disease; recommended treatments included interferon, glatiramer acetate and, in John Cunningham virus negative patients, natalizumab. Additional results regarding practice‐based questions and management are summarized. Conclusions: Results of part 2 of the survey of diagnostic and treatment practices for MS in Europe largely mirror results for part 1, with neurologists in general agreement about the treatment and management of SPMS, PPMS, pregnancy and paediatric MS as well as the general management of MS. However, there are also many areas of disagreement, indicating the need for evidence‐based recommendations and/or guidelines.

Czech name

—

Czech description

—

Type

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

CEP classification

—

OECD FORD branch

30103 - Neurosciences (including psychophysiology)

Project

—

Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2018

Confidentiality

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

Name of the periodical

European Journal of Neurology

ISSN

1351-5101

e-ISSN

—

Volume of the periodical

25

Issue of the periodical within the volume

5

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

8

Pages from-to

739-746

UT code for WoS article

000430286600013

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85042533756