Therapeutic plasma exchange in steroid-refractory multiple sclerosis relapses. A retrospective two-center study.

autoimmunity clinical trials observational study (cohort, case control) multiple sclerosis plasmapheresis

Journal

Therapeutic advances in neurological disorders
ISSN: 1756-2856
Titre abrégé: Ther Adv Neurol Disord
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101480242

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
2021
Historique:
received: 19 08 2020
accepted: 25 10 2020
entrez: 8 2 2021
pubmed: 9 2 2021
medline: 9 2 2021
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) is frequently used in glucocorticosteroid (GCS)-refractory multiple sclerosis (MS) relapses. Data regarding predictors of treatment response are scarce. The objective of this study was to analyze predictive factors for response to TPE in GCS-refractory MS patients. A total of 118 MS patients in two tertiary MS centers were analyzed. Primary outcome was TPE response defined as marked, mild, or no improvement. Secondary outcome was change in expanded disability status scale (ΔEDSS). ΔEDSS and relapse activity within 6 months after TPE were studied. Marked or mild improvement was observed in 78.8% of patients. ΔEDSS correlated significantly inversely with time from relapse to start of TPE (τ = -0.239, Patients with longer disease duration and higher EDSS pre and post-TPE were more likely to show further disability progression or relapses within 6 months after TPE. No sustained effects were observed during the follow-up period.

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND BACKGROUND
Therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) is frequently used in glucocorticosteroid (GCS)-refractory multiple sclerosis (MS) relapses. Data regarding predictors of treatment response are scarce. The objective of this study was to analyze predictive factors for response to TPE in GCS-refractory MS patients.
METHODS METHODS
A total of 118 MS patients in two tertiary MS centers were analyzed. Primary outcome was TPE response defined as marked, mild, or no improvement. Secondary outcome was change in expanded disability status scale (ΔEDSS). ΔEDSS and relapse activity within 6 months after TPE were studied.
RESULTS RESULTS
Marked or mild improvement was observed in 78.8% of patients. ΔEDSS correlated significantly inversely with time from relapse to start of TPE (τ = -0.239,
CONCLUSION CONCLUSIONS
Patients with longer disease duration and higher EDSS pre and post-TPE were more likely to show further disability progression or relapses within 6 months after TPE. No sustained effects were observed during the follow-up period.

Identifiants

pubmed: 33552236
doi: 10.1177/1756286420975642
pii: 10.1177_1756286420975642
pmc: PMC7844455
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

1756286420975642

Informations de copyright

© The Author(s), 2021.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

Conflict of interest statement: BS, EJ, MS and SA declare that there is no conflict of interest. BG has participated in meetings sponsored by, received speaker honoraria or travel funding from Biogen, Celgene, Merck, Novartis, Sanofi-Genzyme and Teva, and received honoraria for consulting Biogen, Roche and Teva. None of them resulted in a conflict of interest regarding the submitted manuscript. WA, LF, HM and BT declare that there is no conflict of interest with regard to this work. PSR received research grants from Biogen, Merck, Roche; consultancy or speaker fees from Allmiral, Biogen, Cellgene, Merck, Roche, Novartis, Sanofi Genzyme, Sandoz. None of them resulted in a conflict of interest regarding the submitted work. ZUK received speaker fees from Alexion, Allmiral, Bayer, Biogen, Merck, Novartis, Roche, Sanofi Genzyme and Teva. None of them resulted in a conflict of interest regarding the submitted manuscript.

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Auteurs

Stephan Blechinger (S)

Department of Neurology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.

Johannes Ehler (J)

Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Rostock University Medical Center, Rostock, Germany.

Gabriel Bsteh (G)

Department of Neurology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.

Alexander Winkelmann (A)

Department of Neurology, Rostock University Medical Center, Rostock, Germany.

Fritz Leutmezer (F)

Department of Neurology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.

Stefanie Meister (S)

Department of Neurology, Rostock University Medical Center, Rostock, Germany.

Agnes Santer (A)

Department of Neurology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.

Michael Hecker (M)

Department of Neurology, Rostock University Medical Center, Rostock, Germany.

Thomas Berger (T)

Department of Neurology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.

Paulus Rommer (P)

Department of Neurology, Medical University of Vienna, Spitalgasse 23, Vienna 1090, Austria.

Uwe Klaus Zettl (UK)

Department of Neurology, Rostock University Medical Center, Rostock, Germany.

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