MRI findings drive treatment changes in MS
Posted: Mon Jun 03, 2013 3:10 am
Decisions to change multiple sclerosis treatments soon after starting them appear to be driven more by MRI findings of increasing disease activity than worsened clinical symptoms, a researcher said here.
In a retrospective analysis of 606 patients showing suboptimal responses to an initial disease-modifying therapy, the factor showing the strongest association with a change in treatment was increased disease activity seen in MRI scans (odds ratio 6.3 compared with a single relapse alone, 95% CI 3.1-12.9), reported Barbara Teter, PhD, MPH, of the State University of New York at Buffalo....... Read More - http://www.ms-uk.org/index.cfm/technology
In a retrospective analysis of 606 patients showing suboptimal responses to an initial disease-modifying therapy, the factor showing the strongest association with a change in treatment was increased disease activity seen in MRI scans (odds ratio 6.3 compared with a single relapse alone, 95% CI 3.1-12.9), reported Barbara Teter, PhD, MPH, of the State University of New York at Buffalo....... Read More - http://www.ms-uk.org/index.cfm/technology