Author Of 2 Presentations
P0909 - Real-world experience with Ocrelizumab in the MSBase Registry (ID 1559)
- H. Butzkueven
- T. Spelman
- S. Ozakbas
- T. Kalincik
- C. Boz
- K. Buzzard
- O. Skibina
- R. Alroughani
- R. Karabudak
- A. Van Der Walt
- J. Lechner-Scott
- S. Hodgkinson
- G. Laureys
- L. Van Hijfte
- M. Terzi
- E. Butler
- R. Macdonell
- F. Patti
- V. Van Pesch
- M. Slee
- M. Barnett
- P. Grammond
- J. Prevost
- F. Grand-Maison
- B. Taylor
- A. Kermode
- P. McCombe
- P. Duquette
- A. Prat
- M. Girard
- S. Eichau Madueño
- G. Izquierdo
- A. Soysal
- J. Sánchez-Menoyo
- J. Sotoca
- E. Muros-Le Rouzic
- P. Dirks
Abstract
Background
Ocrelizumab (OCR) is a humanised anti-CD20+ monoclonal antibody approved for the treatment of primary progressive multiple sclerosis (PPMS), and relapsing forms of MS, including both relapsing-remitting (RRMS) and secondary progressive MS (SPMS) with relapses.
Objectives
In a real-world setting, to describe 1) baseline characteristics of patients with MS treated with OCR, 2) treatment pathway across lines of therapy up to initiation of OCR, and 3) initial clinical experience in patients with ≥6 months follow-up data from OCR initiation.
Methods
Secondary data analysis using MSBase Registry data including patients with a confirmed diagnosis of MS and started OCR therapy within 3 months prior to or at time of MSBase eligible/initial visit. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze baseline patient characteristics' recorded within 3 months of OCR initiation, including demographics, disease course and duration, prior disease modifying therapies (DMT), and EDSS. Occurrence of relapse was analyzed in patients with ≥6 months follow-up data from OCR initiation.
Results
As of 4th June 2020, MSBase included 2531 patients newly treated with OCR, of whom 1679 had an EDSS evaluation within 3 months of OCR start. There were 1185 patients with RRMS, 236 with SPMS, and 183 with PPMS. Median age at OCR initiation was 41.9 years, 49.5 years, to 50.1 years in RRMS, SPMS, and PPMS, respectively. Mean disease duration from symptom onset up to OCR initiation was longer in SPMS (19.7 years) than in RRMS (10.6 years) and PPMS (9.7 years). OCR was initiated as first line therapy in 17.5%, 5.5%, and 54.2% of RRMS, SPMS, and PPMS patients respectively. Most frequent previous DMT’s in RRMS were fingolimod (25.7%) and natalizumab (23.5%). 693 patients with RRMS had ≥6 months follow-up during OCR exposure. Of these, 643 remained relapse free (93%; 95% CI 86.0, 100.0) over a mean OCR exposure of 1.23 years. The annualized relapse rate (ARR) was 0.08 (95% CI 0.06-0.10), compared to an ARR of 0.85 in the 24 months pre-OCR start. In the overall cohort, treatment persistence at 12 and 24 months was 98.4% (95% CI: 97.3-9.1%) and 92.5% (95%CI 89-95%), respectively.
Conclusions
This study characterizes an international population of patients with RRMS, PPMS, and SPMS newly treated with OCR in a real-world clinical setting. First-line use was uncommon in RRMS and SPMS. During OCR treatment, ARR was below 0.1, and OCR discontinuations were very rare.
P0964 - Herpesvirus serology in primary progressive multiple sclerosis (ID 919)
Abstract
Background
Viruses have been involved in multiple sclerosis (MS) in last years. However, almost all of the studies published so far have focused on patients with relapsing-remitting MS (RRMS), with no data about viruses in patients with progressive primary MS (PPMS). Due to the differences that exist between these two forms of MS it would be interesting to know if there is also differences regarding viruses previously related to the etiopathogenesis of the disease.
Objectives
The aim of this study was to analyze the prevalence and titters of different viral antibodies: IgG against EBNA-1 and VCA of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), IgG and IgM against Human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) and cytomegalovirus (CMV), in PPMS patients and to compare those results with other cohort of RRMS patients.
Methods
A total of 166 MS patients were recruited: 71 with PPMS and 95 with RRMS (mean age: 48 and 43.6 years, respectively; gender: 47.9% and 61% female, respectively). We analyzed the presence and titters of the antibodies above mentioned with ELISA commercial kits, following manufacturer instructions.
Results
1. Herpesvirus prevalences: we only found a statistical significant difference for IgG antibodies against EBNA-1 of EBV (84.5% of PPMS patients were positive vs. 97.8% of RRMS patients; p=0.002). When we analyzed these prevalences by age groups (<45 and >45 years), we only found statistical significant differences between PPMS and RRMS patients under 45 years: 84.6% of PPMS patients were positive for IgG against EBNA-1 vs. 100% of RRMS patients (p=0.015), and 26.9% of PPMS patients were positive for IgM against HHV-6 vs. 7.7% of RRMS patients (p=0.021). 2. Herpesvirus titters: we found that IgG titters against CMV were higher among PPMS patients than in RRMS patients (31.3 AU vs. 16.01 AU, p=0.0001); IgG titters against HHV-6 were also higher in PPMS patients (29.3 AU vs. 20.5, p=0.004); IgG titters against EBNA-1 of EBV were lower in PPMS patients than in RRMS patients (16.4 AU vs. 22.8 AU, p<0.0001).
Conclusions
We have found statistical significant differences between different herpesvirus prevalences and titters between PPMS and RRMS patients that should be deeper studied to evaluate their possible contribution to the existing differences between these two forms of MS.