Abstracts

Poster-Programs

The Influence of Tethered and Joint HCP and Patient Education on Clinical Practice Behavior, Patient Activation, and Empowerment

Background: Advances in disease-modifying therapies (DMT) for multiple sclerosis (MS) have left clinicians challenged to incorporate DMTs,...

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Poster-Neurophysiology; Neuropsychology and Neuropsychiatry

Longitudinal Olfactory Patterns in Multiple Sclerosis: A Scoping Review and Implications for Use in Management of Disease

Background: Previous studies reviewing the presence of olfactory dysfunction (OD) in Multiple Sclerosis (MS) have focused on the prevalence...

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Poster-Neurophysiology; Neuropsychology and Neuropsychiatry

Identifying Prospective Memory Deficits in MS with a Single Task from the Memory for Intentions Test: An IRT and ROC Analysis

Background: While many persons with multiple sclerosis (PwMS) have prospective memory (PM) issues, which can have an impact on everyday...

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Poster-Neurophysiology; Neuropsychology and Neuropsychiatry

FlywheelMS: Stratification of Anxiety and Depression By MS Subtype As Captured in Digitized Health Records

Background: Anxiety and depression are among the most common comorbidities associated with multiple sclerosis (MS). Findings by MS subtype...

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Poster-Non-imaging Biomarkers

Cerebrospinal Fluid Protein Is Higher in Males with Multiple Sclerosis: Results from an International Multicenter Cohort

Background: Sex has a differential effect on MS disease severity. Males tend to have a more severe clinical course and a greater tendency...

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Poster-Neuroimmunology and disease models

Effect of Ocrelizumab on Antibody Responses to EBV

Background: The association between multiple sclerosis (MS) and Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is well known. Previously, it’s been shown...

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Poster-Non-imaging Biomarkers

Predicting Stress Levels and Response to a Self-Management Program Using Participant Demographic, Clinical, and Biomarker Data: A Secondary Analysis

Background: Stress management techniques are actively being pursued for multiple sclerosis (MS); the utility of biomarkers for predicting...

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Poster-Non-imaging Biomarkers

Combinatorial Analysis of Plasma and DNA Methylation Biomarkers in African American Patients with Multiple Sclerosis

Background: African American patients are at increased risk of developing severe forms of multiple sclerosis and have been underrepresented...

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Poster-Neuroimmunology and disease models

Comparing Infection-Related Outcomes By Sex in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis and Matched Controls Using Administrative Claims Data

Background: Few population-level sex-based risk estimates of specific infections exist for US patients with multiple sclerosis (MS)....

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Poster-Methods of Care

Remote Monitoring in MS – Initial Experience with Medical Device Icompanion

Background: In the last decade, many electronic health (eHealth) technologies have found their way to the field of multiple sclerosis (MS)....

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