Natalizumab plus interferon beta-1a reduces lesion formation in relapsing multiple sclerosis

Ernst-Wilhelm Radue, William H Stuart, Peter A Calabresi, Christian Confavreux, Steven L Galetta, Richard A Rudick, Fred D Lublin, Bianca Weinstock-Guttman, Daniel R Wynn, Elizabeth Fisher, Athina Papadopoulou, Frances Lynn, Michael A Panzara, Alfred W Sandrock, SENTINEL Investigators, Per Soelberg Sørensen, Morten Bjørn Blinkenberg

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Abstract

The SENTINEL study showed that the addition of natalizumab improved outcomes for patients with relapsing multiple sclerosis (MS) who had experienced disease activity while receiving interferon beta-1a (IFNbeta-1a) alone. Previously unreported secondary and tertiary magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) measures are presented here. Patients received natalizumab 300 mg (n=589) or placebo (n=582) intravenously every 4 weeks plus IFNbeta-1a 30 microg intramuscularly once weekly. Annual MRI scans allowed comparison of a range of MRI end points versus baseline. Over 2 years, 67% of patients receiving natalizumab plus IFNbeta-1a remained free of new or enlarging T2-lesions compared with 30% of patients receiving IFNbeta-1a alone. The mean change from baseline in T2 lesion volume over 2 years decreased in patients receiving natalizumab plus IFNbeta-1a and increased in those receiving IFNbeta-1a alone (-277.5mm(3) versus 525.6mm(3); p
OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftJournal of the Neurological Sciences
Vol/bind292
Udgave nummer1-2
Sider (fra-til)28-35
Antal sider8
ISSN0022-510X
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 15 maj 2010

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