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Patients treated with Gilenya “show benefits”
Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2016 5:34 am
by MSUK
New research evaluating Gilenya’s clinical efficacy, safety, and tolerability in patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) has largely supported its use, finding the oral drug’s efficacy in a real-world setting was comparable to results observed in Phase 3 clinical studies...Read more -
http://www.ms-uk.org/MSnews
Re: Patients treated with Gilenya “show benefits”
Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2016 5:52 pm
by CureOrBust
..following 105 RRMS patients...
finding the oral drug’s efficacy in a real-world setting was comparable to results observed in Phase 3 clinical studies....
The efficacy and safety results of this study were found to be comparable to those observed in Phase 3 clinical trials...
So, it basically performs the same as what the much larger Phase 3 clinical trial found, ie no news. I think the manufacturers "spin doctors" had a hand in this to keep Gylenya in the "news" and on the prescription pad.
Sure, its great that it is being monitored, but hardly news.