Highlights of the 8th Asia Pacific Symposium on Cerebrovascular Disease
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Efficacy of oral Cladribine for MS durable after a two-year treatment course
Two short courses of oral cladribine (Mavenclad®, Merck KGaA) over a period of two years can sustain the No Evidence of Disease Activity-3 (NEDA-3) status in certain relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) patients for up to three additional years without further treatment, a new analysis presented at the 34th Congress of the European Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis (ECTRIMS) 2018 suggests.
Early treatment with ocrelizumab lowers 5-year brain atrophy rates in MS
Relapsing multiple sclerosis (MS) patients initiating ocrelizumab (Ocrevus®, Roche/Genentech) two years earlier had significant reductions in 5-year brain atrophy rates when compared to those switching from interferon β-1a, as reported in the latest results from the OPERA studies’ extension phase.