Conference Coverage

A Rational Approach to Starting, Stopping, and Switching DMTs


 

Berkovich R. Clinical and MRI outcomes after stopping or switching disease-modifying therapy in stable MS patients: a case series report. Mult Scler Relat Disord. 2017;17:123-127.

Birnbaum G. Stopping disease-modifying therapy in nonrelapsing multiple sclerosis: experience from a clinical practice. Int J MS Care. 2017;19(1):11-14.

Coyle PK. Switching therapies in multiple sclerosis. CNS Drugs. 2013;27(4):239-247.

Hua LH, Fan TH, Conway D, et al. Discontinuation of disease-modifying therapy in patients with multiple sclerosis over age 60. Mult Scler. 2018 Mar 1 [Epub ahead of print].

Kappos L, Radue EW, Comi G, et al, for the TOFINGO study group. Switching from natalizumab to fingolimod: a randomized, placebo-controlled study in RRMS. Neurology. 2015;85(1):29-39.

Kister I, Spelman T, Alroughani R, et al, for the MSBase Study Group. Discontinuing disease-modifying therapy in MS after a prolonged relapse-free period: a propensity score-matched study. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2016;87(10):1133-1137.

Maillart E, Vidal JS, Brassat D, et al. Natalizumab-PML survivors with subsequent MS treatment: clinico-radiologic outcome. Neurol Neuroimmunol Neuroinflamm. 2017;4(3):e346.

Rae-Grant A, Day GS, Marrie RA, et al. Practice guideline recommendations summary: disease-modifying therapies for adults with multiple sclerosis: Report of the Guideline Development, Dissemination, and Implementation Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology. Neurology. 2018;90(17):777-788.

Weideman AM, Tapia-Maltos MA, Johnson K, et al. Meta-analysis of the age-dependent efficacy of multiple sclerosis treatments. Front Neurol. 2017;8:577.

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