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Poster-Disease-modifying Therapy

Does Frequency and Severity of COVID-19 Differ By Disease Modifying Therapy in MS Patients?

Background: Some authors have reported positive associations between B-cell-depleting (anti-CD20) therapies and COVID-19 infection risk or...

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Poster-Disease-modifying Therapy

Is There ‘Wearing Off’ with Ocrelizumab? Preliminary Results of Symptom Burden on Ocrelizumab, a Longitudinal Study (SymBOLS).

Background: Ocrelizumab (OCR), a humanized, anti-CD20 antibody therapy approved for multiple sclerosis (MS), is given at 6-month intervals....

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Poster-Disease-modifying Therapy

Characteristics and Outcomes By Employment and Education Status for Patients Treated with Peginterferon Beta-1a or Intramuscular Interferon Beta-1a

Background: Although socioeconomic disparities that lead to differences in multiple sclerosis (MS) outcomes have been identified, specific...

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Poster-Disease-modifying Therapy

Analyses of the Effect of Baseline Age on the Efficacy and Safety of Siponimod in Patients with Active Secondary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis from the Expand Study

Background: Siponimod is a selective S1P receptor (S1P1 and S1P5) modulator, approved in the USA for treatment of relapsing forms of MS,...

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Poster-Disease-modifying Therapy

Opportunities and Pitfalls in the Assessment of Brain Atrophy in Dimethyl Fumarate-Treated Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis Patients Using Real-World Data

Background: The majority of real-world data (RWD) on disease-modifying treatments (DMTs) for multiple sclerosis (MS) is based on clinical...

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Poster-Disease-modifying Therapy

Characteristics and Outcome of COVID-19 in Patients with Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis Receiving Ofatumumab

Background: A global pandemic of COVID-19 has resulted in over 78 million cases as of 23 December 2020. Risks of COVID-19 in people with...

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Platform-Disease Management

COVID-19 in Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorders and Myelin Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein Antibody Disease Patients in North America

Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) raised...

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Platform-Disease Modifying Therapies

Improvements in Work Productivity and Activity Impairment in Ocrelizumab-Treated Patients with RRMS: 2-Year Data from the CASTING Study

Background: The Work Productivity and Activity Impairment (WPAI) questionnaire is a patient-reported outcome that assesses percentage of...

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Platform-Disease Modifying Therapies

Efficacy and Safety of Ublituximab Versus Teriflunomide in Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis: Results of the Phase 3 Ultimate I and II Trials

Background: Ublituximab, a novel monoclonal antibody, targets a unique epitope on the CD20 antigen and is glycoengineered for enhanced...

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Platform-Disease Management

Treating Minority Patients with Multiple Sclerosis: Development of the CHIMES Trial

Background: Black, African American (AA) and Hispanic/Latino (HA) patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) have greater disease severity and...

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