Association of Spectral-Domain OCT With Long-term Disability Worsening in Multiple Sclerosis
Neurology. 2021 Mar 2;10.1212
Objective: To evaluate whether a retinal spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) assessment at baseline is associated with long-term disability worsening in people with multiple sclerosis (PwMS), we performed SD-OCT and Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) assessments among 132 PwMS at baseline and at a median of 10 years later.
Methods: In this prospective, longitudinal study, participants underwent SD-OCT, EDSS, and visual acuity (VA) assessments at baseline and at follow-up. Statistical analyses were performed using generalized linear regression models, adjusted for age, sex, race, MS subtype, and baseline disability. We defined clinically meaningful EDSS worsening as an increase of ≥2.0 if baseline EDSS score was <6.0, or an increase of ≥1.0 if baseline EDSS score was ≥6.0.
Results: 132 PwMS (mean age: 43 years; n=106 patients with relapsing remitting MS) were included in analyses. Median duration of follow-up was 10.4 years. In multivariable models excluding eyes with prior optic neuritis, relative to patients with an average baseline ganglion cell+inner plexiform layer (GCIPL) thickness ≥70µm (the mean GCIPL thickness of all eyes at baseline), an average baseline GCIPL thickness <70µm was associated with a 4-fold increased odds of meaningful EDSS worsening (adjusted odds ratio: 3.97; 95% CI: 1.24-12.70; p=0.02), and an almost 3-fold increased odds of low-contrast VA worsening (adjusted odds ratio: 2.93; 95% CI: 1.40-6.13; p=0.04).
Conclusions: Lower baseline GCIPL thickness on SD-OCT is independently associated with long-term disability worsening in MS. Accordingly, SD-OCT at a single time-point may help to guide therapeutic decision making among individual PwMS.
Classification of evidence: This study provides Class I evidence that lower baseline GCIPL thickness on SD-OCT is independently associated with long-term disability worsening in MS.
OCT shows reduced retinal layer thickness is associated with disability progression
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