2021 CMSC Annual Meeting

Author: Rachelle Ramirez

Late Breaking-Methods of Care

Evaluating the Impact of Administering Ocrelizumab Via a Home Infusion on Safety and Patient Reported Outcomes

Background: US payers are looking to reduce the cost of administering infusible drugs for multiple sclerosis (MS). Home-based infusion has...

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Late Breaking-Self-care

Patient-Centered Education and Care Coordination Initiative to Improve Self-Management Skills in Latinos with Multiple Sclerosis

Background: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic, disabling neurological disease that attacks young adults. Similar to many other chronic...

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Late Breaking-Quality of life and outcomes

Patient Practices and Experiences during COVID-19 Among Individuals across the United States Enrolled in MS Lifelines Patient Support Program

Background: Research into the impact of COVID-19 on people with MS is ongoing. Objectives: To gain an understanding of COVID-19 practices...

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Late Breaking-Disease-modifying therapy

B-Cell Depleters Attenuate the Humoral Response to Sars-Cov-2 Vaccines in Multiple Sclerosis Patients: A Case-Control Study

Background: B-cell depleting agents are FDA approved for the treatment of RRMS (ocrelizumab (OCR) and ofatumumab (OFA)) and PPMS...

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Late Breaking-Epidemiology and genetics

Geographic Variance of MS Prevalence in the United States

Background: The etiology of multiple sclerosis (MS) is not fully understood, and the disease may be triggered or exacerbated by...

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Late Breaking-Disease-modifying therapy

Variables Affecting Disease Modifying Therapy Adherence and Impact of Adherence on Multiple Sclerosis Patients (Egyptian experience)

Background: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic immune-mediated neurological disease affecting mainly young adults. MS patients are more...

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Late Breaking-Disease-modifying therapy

Dimethyl Fumarate Is Associated with Lower Rates of Infection and Lower Infection-Related Healthcare Costs When Compared with Ocrelizumab

Background: Infections in people with multiple sclerosis (PwMS) may have a detrimental effect on disease progression, risk of...

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Late Breaking-Neuroimmunology and disease models

Temporal Trends in Humoral and Cellular Immune Responses to Sars-Cov-2 mRNA Vaccines Among Multiple Sclerosis Patients Treated with Natalizumab, Ocrelizumab or Fumarates

Background: Vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 are a key component of public health measures to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. The impact of...

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Late Breaking-Case Reports/Case Series

Multiple Sclerosis Diagnosis: Challenges in Telehealth

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic ushered in a new era of telehealth to decrease transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. While this increased...

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Poster-Neurophysiology; Neuropsychology and Neuropsychiatry

Synesthesia May be Prevalent in Multiple Sclerosis

Background: Synesthesia is a neurological condition in which information in one sensory domain stimulates another unrelated sensory domain....

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