Natalizumab Versus Fingolimod in Patients with Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis : A Subgroup Analysis From Three International Cohorts

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Alternative codes found

RIV/00064165:_____/21:10434169

Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40263-021-00860-7" target="_blank" >10.1007/s40263-021-00860-7</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Natalizumab Versus Fingolimod in Patients with Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis : A Subgroup Analysis From Three International Cohorts

Original language description

Introduction: Natalizumab has proved to be more effective than fingolimod in reducing disease activity in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS). Whether this association is universal for all patient groups remains to be determined. Objective: The aim of this study was to compare the relative effectiveness of natalizumab and fingolimod in RRMS subgroups defined by the baseline demographic and clinical characteristics of interest. Methods: Patients with RRMS who were given natalizumab or fingolimod were identified in a merged cohort from three international registries. Efficacy outcomes were compared across subgroups based on patients’ sex, age, disease duration, Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) score, and disease and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) activity 12 months prior to treatment initiation. Study endpoints were number of relapses (analyzed with weighted negative binomial generalized linear model) and 6-month confirmed disability worsening and improvement events (weighted Cox proportional hazards model), recorded during study therapy. Each patient was weighted using inverse probability of treatment weighting based on propensity score. Results: A total of 5148 patients (natalizumab 1989; fingolimod 3159) were included, with a mean ± standard deviation age at baseline of 38 ± 10 years, and the majority (72%) were women. The median on-treatment follow-up was 25 (quartiles 15–41) months. Natalizumab was associated with fewer relapses than fingolimod (incidence rate ratio [IRR]; 95% confidence interval [CI]) in women (0.76; 0.65–0.88); in those aged ≤ 38 years (0.64; 0.54–0.76); in those with disease duration ≤ 7 years (0.63; 0.53–0.76); in those with EDSS score &lt; 4 (0.75; 0.64–0.88), &lt; 6 (0.80; 0.70–0.91), and ≥ 6 (0.52; 0.31–0.86); and in patients with pre-baseline relapses (0.74; 0.64–0.86). A higher probability of confirmed disability improvement on natalizumab versus fingolimod (hazard ratio [HR]; 95% CI) was observed among women (1.36; 1.10–1.66); those aged &gt; 38 years (1.34; 1.04–1.73); those with disease duration &gt; 7 years (1.33; 1.01–1.74); those with EDSS score &lt; 6 (1.21; 1.01–1.46) and ≥ 6 (1.93; 1.11–3.34); and patients with no new MRI lesion (1.73; 1.19–2.51). Conclusions: Overall, in women, younger patients, those with shorter disease durations, and patients with pre-treatment relapses, natalizumab was associated with a lower frequency of multiple sclerosis relapses than fingolimod. It was also associated with an increased chance of recovery from disability among most patients, particularly women and those with no recent MRI activity.

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

2021

Confidentiality

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

Name of the periodical

CNS Drugs

ISSN

1172-7047

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

35

Issue of the periodical within the volume

11

Country of publishing house

NZ - NEW ZEALAND

Number of pages

16

Pages from-to

1217-1232

UT code for WoS article

000697081200001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85115657202