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`National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke,
`National Institutes of Health, Bethesda,
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`Preface
`
`the reason
`Why another book on multiple sclerosis? To us,
`was obvious — the terrain of multiple sclerosis (MS)
`is vast
`and ever-changing. So much is happening that concepts forged
`just 2 years ago are already passé. Whether viewed from the
`platform of the health professional responsible for the day-to-
`day care of the patient or the scientist working to unravel what
`makes this a unique disease, MS has overthe last decade evolved
`into a condition necessitating multidisciplinary approaches to
`both its management and understanding. One needs only to
`peruse the profiles of the personnel associated with an MScare
`center (particularly one located in an academicsetting} to appre-
`ciate the enormousarray of skills and treatments now available
`to the patient. For the scientific investigator,
`the rapidity of
`developments in recent years has been quite intimidating as
`genetics,
`immunology and molecular biology have assumed
`center stage, a fact reflected daily in our language, tools and
`techniques. In short, MS is a moving target and, as a conse-
`quence, we need to kccp adjusting our sights. This book is the
`latest adjustment.
`Why a ‘comprehensive’ textbook? In the past, authors of
`texts on MShave shied away frombroad-fronted coverage, with
`the preface of one renowned 1985 tome announcing ‘it is no
`longer possible even to attempt a comprehensive work on mul-
`
`tiple sclerosis’. If that were the case 20-plus years ago when
`the number of treatments for the MS patient was virtually
`zero and the diagnostic tools and research options were limited
`(to say the least), imagine the scope of the endeavor today! We
`have for certain come a long way since the 1980s — just look
`how muchis out there now for the patient! With more than
`balf-a-dozen approved andeffective drugs specifically designed
`for MS, and dozens in advancedstagesof clinical trials and/or
`awaiting approval,
`there is a wealth of new information to
`report. Thus, because the horizonis brighter than ever before
`for those affected with or involved in the condition, we think
`the timeis ripe for a fresh look at the status of MSasa clinical
`problem,for the latest coverage on expanding prospects for the
`patient, and for a state-of-the-art re-evaluation of changes occur-
`ring within the nervous system. Since any approach to MS,
`scientific or care-related,
`is almost guaranteed to embrace the
`combined skills of several disciplines,
`for an individual
`to
`embark single-handed upon the preparation of a text on the
`subject might understandably be deemed over-ambitious. There-
`fore, fully cognizantof the challenge and somewhatintimidated
`by recently published excellent works on the subject, the present
`Anglo-American-Germaneditorial alliance was assembled, each
`editor having one foot firmly planted in MS and the otherin a
`
`
`
`
`
`Cedric S. Raine,
`New York City, NY, USA
`
`Henry F. McFarland,
`Washington, DC, USA
`
`Reinhard Hohlifeld,
`Munich, Germany
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`PREFACE
`
`field different from the other two. Our principal task was to
`compile a comprehensive Table of Contents replete with out-
`standing contributors, with long track records in both basic and
`clinical research. We have invested heavily in the project and
`are highly satisfied with the result, which is not a dogmatic,
`subjective treatise reflecting personal viewpoints but rather a
`series of succinct and interlocking contributions {actually 31
`chapters) from a unique team of clinicians and investigators
`never before assembled whosecollective skills traverse the entire
`landscape of MS.
`Whatwill the book achieve? Considering that MScanstill
`be difficult to define both clinically and pathologically, and
`that not too long ago (to someof us, at least), diagnosis was
`regarded as proven only after autopsy or biopsy (McDonald &
`Halliday 1977), we feel that the present coverage more than
`does justice to the field since it portrays MS as a definable
`entity and sets what we hope is a new gold-standard for its
`characterization. Parenthetically, after a long dormancy, it
`took a lay person (Sylvia Lawry}, not a neurologist or a scien-
`tist, to bring MS into the limelight and to give it the promi-
`nence it deserves. Sylvia was seeking guidance in 1945 to help
`her brother afflicted with MS when she ran a short announce-
`ment in the New York Times asking people with MSto contact
`her, a venture that culminated with the recognition of this as
`an important disease and the establishment of Multiple
`Sclerosis Societies around the world. Her efforts were also
`pivotal in the formation in the USA of what is now known as
`
`the National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke.It
`is largely as a result of her energy and insight that we are
`where we are today and for this we owe her a debt of gratitude.
`Thanks in part
`to work supported by agencies like those
`Sylvia created, we no longer doubt that the quality of life for
`the MS patient can be improved, that the clinical course can
`be beneficially modified, that the immunological assault on
`the nervous system can be assuaged,
`that axonal damage
`can be reduced, and that myelin repair is feasible - the
`challenge is to correct these anomalies simultaneously in the
`MSpatient. True, many issues still need to be resolved (like
`whether MSis a single disease or a collection of variants}, and
`we recognize that no book on MS will ever be really complete
`since, like the canvas of the master painter, details can always
`be added.
`For helping us bring the most recent advances in MS together
`in one volume, we thank the contributors, each of whomhas
`striven to provide a didactic narrative that is both comprehen-
`sive and current. Wefeel that any reader entering into a dialogue
`with this book will emerge refreshed, fulfilled and brimming
`with anticipation about issues such as what the next clinical
`trial will bring, what triggers this devastating disease and
`whether more able symptomatic treatments will be uncovered.
`Weare not unaware thatthis will not be the last word on MS
`and that it will be the latest for a brief-window of time only,
`but we are confident that it will remain a major source of
`knowledge for many years to come.
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`N
`
`Halima El-Moslimany mo
`Post-doctoral Fellow in Multiple Sclerosis,
`The Corinne Goldsmith Dickinson Center for Multiple
`Sclerosis, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, USA
`
`Contributors
`
`Oluf Andersen mp PhD
`Professor of Neurology, Institute of Neuroscience and
`Physiology, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg,
`Sweden
`
`Brenda L. Banwell mp FRcec
`Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Neurology) and Associate
`Scientist, Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children,
`University of Toronto, Canada
`
`Clare J. Fowler racr
`Professor, Institute of Neurology; Consultant in Uro-
`Neurology, National Hospital for Neurology and
`Neurosurgery, University College London Hospitals, London,
`UK
`
`Ralph H. B. Benedict Pho
`Associate Professor of Neurology, Erie County Medical
`Center, Buffalo, USA
`
`Jeffrey L. Bennett mp Php
`Associate Professor of Neurology and Ophthalmology,
`Departments of Neurology and Ophthalmology, University of
`Colorado, Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado, USA
`
`Monika Bradl Php
`Head of Cellular Neuroimmunology Group, Medical
`University Vienna, Center for Brain Research, Division of
`Neuroimmunology, Vienna, Austria
`
`Mark P. Burgoon Php
`Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, University of
`Colorado, Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado, USA
`
`Fredric K. Cantor mp
`Adjunct Investigator, Neuroimmunology Branch, NINDS,
`NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
`
`Stacey S. Cofield pho
`Assistant Professor of Biostatistics, Department of
`Biostatistics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Alabama,
`USA
`
`Gary R. Cutter pho
`Professor of Biostatistics, Departmentof Biostatistics,
`University of Alabama at Birmingham, Alabama, USA
`
`Klaus Dornmair PHD
`Head of Research Group, Ludwig-Maximilians University,
`Klinikum Grosshadern, Institute for Clinical
`Neuroimmunology, Munich, Germany
`
`Claude Genain uo
`Associate Professor, California Pacific Medical Center
`Research Institute (Neurosciences), San Francisco, California,
`USA
`
`Donald H. Gilden up
`Louise Baum Professor and Chairman, Departments of
`Neurology and Microbiology, University of Colorado, Health
`Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado, USA
`
`Gavin Giovannoni me chB PhD FCP FRCP FCPath
`Professor of Neurology, Institute of Cell and Molecular
`Science, Barts and The London Queen Mary’s School of
`Medicine and Dentistry, London, UK
`
`Ralf Gold up
`Professor and Chair, Department of Neurology, St Josef-
`Hospital, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany
`
`Douglas S. Goodin up
`Director of the Multiple Sclerosis Center, Department of
`Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, California,
`USA
`
`Stephen L. Hauser mp PHD
`Chair and Robert A. Fishman Distinguished Professor,
`Department of Neurology, University of California, San
`Francisco, California, USA
`
`Reinhard Hohifeld uo
`Professor and Director of the Institute for Clinical
`Neuroimmunology, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Klinikum
`Grosshadern, Institute for Clinical Neuroimmunology,
`Munich, Germany
`
`Monique Dubois-Daleq uo
`Honorary Professor, Pasteur Institute, Paris, France; Guest at
`National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Porter
`Neuroscience Research Center, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
`
`Vinay Kalsi macs
`Registrar in Uro-Neurology, National Hospital for Neurology
`and Neurosurgery, University College London Hospitals,
`London, UK
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`CONTRIBUTORS
`
`Ludwig Kappos up
`Professor of Neurology, Department of Neurology,
`Universitatsspital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
`
`Jirg Kesselring up
`Professor of Neurology and Neurorehabilitation, Universities
`of Bern and Zurich, Switzerland; Chair of Neurorehabilitation,
`Universita Vita e Salute, San Raffaele, Milano, Italy
`
`Jeffery D. Kocsis Php
`Professor of Neurology, Department of Neurology, Yale
`University School of Medicine; Associate Director, Center for
`Neuroscience and Regeneration Research, VA Medical Center,
`West Haven Connecticut, USA
`
`Tanya J. Lehky mp
`Director, Clinical EMG Laboratory, EMG Branch, NINDS,
`NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
`
`Catherine Lubetzki up Dsci
`Professor of Neurology, Université Pierre et Marie Curie,
`Faculté de Médecine, Paris; Assistance Publique-H6pitaux de
`Paris, Hépital de la Salpétriére, Paris, France
`
`Fred D. Lublin up
`Saunders Family Professor of Neurology; Director, The
`Corinne Goldsmith Dickinson Center for Multiple Sclerosis,
`Mount Sinai Medical Center, Mount Sinai School of
`Medicine, New York, USA
`
`Samuel K. Ludwin ms chp FRcP(c)
`Professor of Pathology, Department of Pathology and
`Molecular Medicine, Queens University and Kingston General
`Hospital, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
`
`Henry F. McFarland vo
`Chief, NeuroimmunologyBranch, and Clinical Director,
`National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke,
`National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
`
`Roland Martin up
`Research Professor, Institute for Neuroimmunology and
`Clinical MS Research, Center for Molecular Neurobiology
`Hamburg (ZMNH), University Medical Center Eppendorf,
`Hamburg, Germany
`
`Trevor Owens PhD
`Professor, Medical Biotechnology Centre, Center for Medical
`Biotechnology, Syddansk Universitet, Odense, Denmark
`
`Chris H. Polman mp Php
`Professor of Neurology, VU Medical Center, Amsterdam, The
`Netherlands
`
`Maura Pugliatti uo
`Research Assistant in Neurology, Institute of Clinical
`Neurology, Medical Faculty, University of Sassari, Sassari,
`Italy
`
`Michael K. Racke mp
`Professor of Neurology, Department of Neurology,
`Department of Molecular Virology, Immunology and Medical
`Genetics, The Ohio State University Medical Center,
`Columbus, Ohio, USA
`
`Cedric S. Raine PhD Dsc FRCPath
`Departments of Pathology (Neuropathology), Neurology and
`Neuroscience, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York,
`USA
`
`Stephen M. Rao Php
`Professor of Neurology, Department of Neurology, Cell
`Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy, Medical College of
`Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
`
`Stephen C. Reingold Php
`Research Counsellor, National Multiple Sclerosis Society,
`New York City, New York; President Scientific and Clinical
`Review Associates LLC, Salisbury, Connecticut and New York
`City, USA
`
`Giulio Rosati uo
`Professor of Neurology and HeadofInstitute of Clinical
`Neurology; Dean of Medical Faculty, University of Sassari,
`Sassari, Italy
`
`Randall T. Schapiro mp
`Director, The Schapiro Center for Multiple Sclerosis,
`Minneapolis Clinic of Neurology, Minneapolis; Clinical
`Professor of Neurology, University of Minnesota,
`Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
`
`Aaron E.Miller mo
`Medical Director, Corinne Goldsmith Dickinson Centerfor
`Multiple Sclerosis; Professor of Neurology, Mount Sinai
`School of Medicine, New York, USA
`
`Neil J. Scolding FRCP PhD
`Burden Professor of Clinical Neurosciences, Departmentof
`Neurology, University of Bristol, Institute of Clinical
`Neurosciences, Frenchay Hospital, Bristol, UK
`
`David H. Miller we chs mp FRACP FRCP
`Professor of Clinical Neurology, Department of
`Neuroinflammation, Institute of Neurology, University
`College London, London, UK
`
`John H. Noseworthy mp FRcPc
`Professor and Chair, Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic
`College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
`
`Jorge R. Oksenberg Php
`Professor, Department of Neurology, School of Medicine,
`University of California at San Francisco, California, USA
`
`Gregory P. Owens Php
`Associate Professor, Department of Neurology, University of
`Colorado, Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado, USA
`
`Mireia Sospedra mp
`Research Associate Institute for Neuroimmunology and
`Clinical MS Research, Center for Molecular Neurobiology
`Hamburg (ZMNH}, University Medical Center Eppendorf,
`Hamburg, Germany
`
`Alan J. Thompson mp FRcP FRCP!
`Garfield Weston Professor of Clinical Neurology and
`Neurorehabilitation, Department of Brain Repair and
`Rehabilitation, Institute of Neurology, University College
`London, London, UK
`
`Edward J. Thompson PhD MD DSc FRCPath FRCP
`Emeritus Professor of Neurochemistry and Honorary
`Consultant at the National Hospital for Neurology and
`Neurosurgery, The Institute of Neurology, London, UK
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`Contributors
`
`Bob W. van Oosten mpPhD
`Neurologist, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The
`Netherlands
`
`Heather A. Wishart Php
`Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Dartmouth Medical School,
`Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA
`
`Stephen G. Waxman mp PhD
`Professor and Chairman, Department of Neurology, Yale
`University Medical School, New Haven, USA; Director,
`Center for Neuroscience and Regeneration Research, VA
`Medical Center, West Haven, CT, USA
`
`Brian G. Weinshenker mo Frcp(c)
`Consultant in Neurology, Mayo Clinic; Professor of
`Neurology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, USA
`
`Xiaoli Yu Pho
`Instructor, Department of Neurology, University of Colorado,
`Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado, USA
`
`Bernard Zale mp psci
`Directeur de Recherche, Institut National de la Santé
`et de la Recherche Médicale, and Université Pierre et
`Marie Curie Unit 711, Hépital de la Salpétriére, Paris,
`France
`
`Dean M. Wingerchuk mp Frep(c)
`Consultant in Neurology, Mayo Clinic; Assistant Professor
`of Neurology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Scottsdale,
`USA
`
`Simone P. Zehntner PHD
`Director, Small Animal Imaging Laboratory, Brain Imaging
`Center, Montreal Neurological Institute, Montreal, Quebec,
`Canada
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`Contents
`
`SECTION1
`Multiple sclerosis:
`history and clinical manifestations
`214
`14. Genetics of multiple sclerosis
`Section editor: H. F. McFarland
`
`J. R. Oksenberg, S. L. HauserSgei ————
`—_
`1. History of multiple sclerosis
`Infectious agents and multiple sclerosis
`J. Kesselring
`J. L. Bennett, X. Yu, D. H. Gilden, M. P. Burgoon,
`G. P. Owensaa:
`2. Clinical features in multiple sclerosis
`10
`H. El-Moslimany, F. D. Lublin
`
`192
`Immunology of multiple sclerosis
`13.
`M. Sospedra, R. Martin———
`
`=
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`15.
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`226
`
`3. Unusual presentations and variants of idiopathic
`central nervous system demyelinating diseases
`D. M. Wingerchuk, B. G. Weinshenker
`
`4. Pediatric multiple sclerosis
`B. L. Banwell
`
`24
`
`43
`
`16. Models of chronic relapsing experimental
`237
`autoimmune encephalomyelitis
`C. S. Raine, C. P. Genainat
`
`17. Genetic manipulations of experimental autoimmune
`261
`encephalomyelitis in the mouse
`S. P. Zehntner, T. Owenseg
`
`274
`18. Biology of myelin
`55
`5. Diagnosis of multiple sclerosis
`B. Zalc, C. Lubetzkieaeismaro
`C. H. Polman, B. W. van Oosten
`
`6. Neuroimaging in multiple sclerosis
`D. H. Miller
`
`7. Cerebrospinal fluid analysis in multiple sclerosis
`G. Giovannoni, E. J. Thompson
`
`8. Natural history of multiple sclerosis
`O. Andersen
`
`9. Epidemiology of multiple sclerosis
`M. Pugliatti, G. Rosati
`
`10. Neurophysiological studies in multiple sclerosis
`F. K. Cantor, T. J. Lehky
`
`SECTION 2
`Multiple sclerosis:
`pathophysiology and biology
`Section editor: C. S. Raine
`
`11. The neuropathology of multiple sclerosis
`S. K. Ludwin, C. S. Raine
`
`12. Neurophysiology of demyelination
`J. D. Kocsis, S. G. Waxman
`
`69
`
`88
`
`100
`
`121
`
`144
`
`151
`
`151
`
`178
`
`19. New toolsfor investigating the immunopathogenesis
`of multiple sclerosis: principles and applications
`M. Bradl, K. Dornmair, R. Hohifeld
`
`286
`
`SECTION 3
`Multiple sclerosis:
`treatment and prospects
`Section editor: R. Hohifeld
`
`303
`
`20.
`
`Immunomodulatory therapy: critical appraisaloftrial
`303
`results and marketing claims
`J. H. Noseworthypr
`
`21. Treatment of multiple sclerosis with disease-modifying
`therapies
`315
`D. S. Goodin, L. Kappos
`
`22. Escape therapies and managementof multiple
`333
`sclerosis
`H. El-Moslimany, A. E. Miller
`
`23. Novel and promising therapeutic strategies in
`353
`multiple sclerosis
`M. K. Racke, R. Gold
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`30. The role of data monitoring committees in multiple
`sclerosis clinical trials
`S. C. Reingold
`
`31, Outcome measures in multiple sclerosis
`S. S. Cofield, G. R. Cutter
`
`Index
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`383
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`391
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`401
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`413
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`425
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`438
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`449
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`459
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`CONTENTS
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`29. Design and analysis of clinicaltrials in
`multiple sclerosis
`H. F. McFarland
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`366
`
`24. Moving towards remyelinating and neuroprotective
`therapies in multiple sclerosis
`N. J. Scolding, M. Dubois-Dalcq
`25. Symptomatic therapies for multiple sclerosis
`R. T. Schapiro
`26. Bladder and sexual dysfunction in multiple sclerosis
`V. Kalsi, C. J. Fowler
`27. Neuropsychological aspects of multiple sclerosis
`H. A. Wishart, R. H. B. Benedict, S. M. Rao
`
`28. Rehabilitation of multiple sclerosis
`A. J. Thompson
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`
`
`Escape therapies and management of
`multiple sclerosis
`
`H. El-Moslimany and A. E. Miller
`
`
`Introduction
`333
`Plasma exchange
`343
`
`Treatmentfailure
`333
`Tacrolimus
`343
`
`Mitoxantrone
`335
`Ciclosporin
`343
`
`Azathioprine
`337
`Sulfasalazine
`344
`
`Cyclophosphamide
`337
`Alemtuzumab
`344
`
`Mycophenolate mofetil
`339
` Rituximab
`345
`
`
`
`Methotrexate 340=Daclizumab 345
`
`Cladribine
`341
`Bone marrow transplantation
`346
`
`Steroids
`341 What to doif the patient does not respond to
`
`
`
`
`Intravenous immunoglobulin 342~~standard therapy: a systematic approach 346
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`
`
`INTRODUCTION Controversy exists over whether inflammation or neurodegen-
`eration is the primary pathological process in MS’ but most
`investigators agree that inflammation plays an important role
`in the eventual developmentof neurological disability. Trapp et
`al found that axon destruction occurs in active lesions.’ IFNB
`treatment has decreased clinical disease activity and, more
`strikingly,
`lesions that are evident on magnetic resonance
`imaging (MRI}.17°'* Hence, reduction of inflammation may
`potentially limit subsequent disability, as has been demon-
`strated, for example, in someof the trials of IFN6.!°
`The clinical trials of various immunomodulatory drugs for
`the treatment of MS have demonstrated a modest reduction in
`the relapse rate and limited effects on disability. Relatively few
`patients were completely free of disease activity in each study
`ranging in duration from 24 weeks to 6 years. Thus, for most
`patients the treatment was only partially effective in controlling
`the clinical expressions of disease.
`Establishingprecise definitions of treatmentfailureis difficult.
`Rio et al!* examined different criteria for treatmentfailure in a
`cohort of relapsing-remitting MS (RRMS|} patients treated with
`IFNB. They noted that determinations of progression that rely
`on a certain degree of deterioration on clinical rating scales sus-
`tained for 3 or 6 months mayincludea significant proportion of
`erroneously categorized treatment failures because of delayed
`improvementafter exacerbations. In an extension of their work,
`Rio et al’* concluded, after applying various criteria for nonre-
`sponsiveness after 2 years of IFN treatment, that the develop-
`mentof disability (confirmed after 6 months) was more sensitive,
`specific
`and
`accurate
`in
`predicting
`progression
`to
`considerable disability (median Expanded Disability Status Scale
`(EDSS} 6.5) after 6 years than measuresthatrelied totally or in
`part
`on
`relapses.'‘ The Multiple
`Sclerosis
`Therapy
`Consensus Group determined that no recommendations
`regarding the optimal total duration of treatment with any
`
`Based on the conviction that multiple sclerosis (MS) is an auto-
`immunedisease, primarily cell-mediated, nonspecific immuno-
`suppressants have long been used in an attemptto halt or slow
`disease progression. Because current disease-modifying agents
`are only moderately successful at preventing further exacerba-
`tions and persistent neurological deterioration, neurologists
`continue to resort to the use of nonspecific immunosuppres-
`sants while seeking newer more effective agents. Currently,
`class I evidence of benefit exists only for interferon (IFN}B,'*
`glatiramer acetate,’ natalizumab, and mitoxantrone.*® Although
`some other agents, particularly the nonspecific immunosup-
`pressants, have been the subject of extensive research, none has
`been clearly determined to provide benefit in double-blinded,
`randomized, placebo-controlled trials. The newer agents still
`require study for safety as well as efficacy, a concern intensified
`after the occurrenceof progressive multifocal leukoencephalopa-
`thy associated with natalizumab.° This chapter will review a
`variety of drugs or procedures that have been studied for the
`treatment of MS and suggest a context for their use. Before the
`agents are discussed individually, however, one must consider
`the circumstances that would prompttheir use.
`
`TREATMENTFAILURE
`
`
`Multiple sclerosis is a chronic inflammatory disease of the
`central nervous system (CNS)
`in which immune-mediated
`events result in demyelination and also probably lead to axon
`damage, ultimately causing neurological disability. Inflamma-
`tory events are recognized more frequently in the early stages
`both as clinical attacks and MRI disease activity. Often, over
`time, inflammatory events diminish in frequency. Progressive
`neurological disability may also result from neurodegeneration.
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`Os
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`immunomodulatory regimen in MScan be consideredto be evi-
`dence-based.'> Patients should be evaluated every 3-6 months
`using the EDSS and the Multiple Sclerosis Functional Composite
`score (MSFC}. If worsening is apparent on clinical examination,
`as determined by the EDSS and MSFC,
`the patient should
`undergo an MRI of the brain with gadolinium.If clinical worsen-
`ing is present, escalation of treatment with either a different
`disease-modifying agent or a nonspecific immunosuppressantfor
`the managementof disease may be consideredat this stage.
`Clearly, clinical relapses often produce a sustained effect on
`disability. Lublin et al found residual deficit months after the
`first in-study relapse among placebo-treated patients who par-
`ticipated in the trials of the disease-modifying agents.'° Also,
`evidence suggests that inflammation contributes to cumulative
`neurological impairment,!”!® e.g. the observation by Weinshen-
`ker et al that patients who have an increased frequency of
`relapses in the first years of MS have a higherrisk of later dis-
`ability.'? In the CHAMPStrial of patients who had a positive
`MRI at the time of their initial neurological event,
`the best
`predictors of the developmentofclinically definite MS over a
`short
`interval were the presence of gadolinium-enhancing
`lesions and satisfaction of the Barkhof MRI criteria!® for dis-
`semination in space.”
`Recent functional MRI studies have suggested that relapse
`recovery involves adaptive recruitment of networks of additional
`brain regions to restore function.”!*’ Therefore, multiple attacks
`may gradually erode the reserve available for recruitment and,
`consequently, some might consider that any attack is an indica-
`tion of suboptimal treatment response. Most neurologists would
`agree that patients who are still having frequent attacks on
`disease-moditying therapy are suboptimal responders, especially
`if serial examinations demonstrate progression of neurological
`impairment. Insidious progression also indicates a suboptimal
`treatment response but, in the absenceof signsofactive inflam-
`mation, has negative implications for a response to any immu-
`nosuppressive agent. An important issue is whether to use MRI
`findings alone to determine suboptimal response. New enhanc-
`ing lesions are associated with increased relapse rates and
`increased T2 lesion burden, and maybe associated with progres-
`sion of disability in the short term in patients with RRMS.**8
`Since the disease-modifying agents, particularly the IFNs, reduce
`the number of new T2 lesions, an increasing T2 lesion burden
`in a patient on therapy might be considered indicative of a
`suboptimal response.***° However, because existing US Food
`and Drug Administration (FDA]-approved disease-modifying
`therapies are only moderately effective in reducing MRI activity
`and because the correlation of T2 disease burden on brain MRI
`with clinical activity is weak, using change in MRI alone as a
`basis for changing treatment is problematic.
`A task force of MS specialists convened by the National
`Multiple Sclerosis Society of the USA recently recommended
`criteria for determining suboptimal response to therapy and
`changing treatment. Thetaskforce advised that patients remain
`on a medication for at least a year before a judgment of subop-
`timal response is made.*! Suboptimal responders would then be
`patients who had experienced more than one attack per year or
`had failed to show a reduction from the pretreatment relapse
`rate. The patient can also be considered a suboptimal responder
`if there has been an increase in the EDSS of 1 point from a
`baseline score of 3.0-5.5 or a 0.5 point increase from a baseline
`score of 6.0 or greater. The task force cautioned, however, about
`basing a decision to change treatmenton deterioration in EDSS
`score that was associated with an acute exacerbation, because
`of the potential for recovery.
`Although new activity on the MRIis a cause for concern, the
`task force opposed switching therapy on the basis of changes on
`regularly scheduled or periodic MRIs alone, in the absence of
`clinical activity. However, ongoing MRIactivity after an attack
`
`has occurred could supporta decision to change treatment. While
`a significant increase of T2 disease burdenis a cause for concern
`the extent of changethatis considered significant was notestab.
`lished. While current agents do not completely suppress new
`lesion activity, Cohen et al stated that brainstem andspinal cord
`lesions are more worrisomeandthat the presence of newlesions
`in those regions is sufficient reason to alter therapy.”
`The frequency at which the physician should obtain MRIs
`also remains controversial. The Multiple Sclerosis Treatment
`Consensus Group advises obtaining MRIscansonly if thereis
`any change in EDSS or MSFC.'* Cohen etal suggest that MRIs
`should be obtained when treatment is changed,
`in order to
`provide an updated baseline to determinethe effectiveness of
`the new therapy. If surveillance scans are to be done,
`the
`studies are helpful only in the first few years of disease and not
`after 5 years if there is little change clinically.” According to
`the NMSStaskforce, all patients should have a baseline brain
`MRI, and spinal cord MRI if the patient has myelopathic symp-
`toms.*’ The patients should report any suspected relapse, which
`would then require prompt neurological examination.*! MRI
`scans should be obtained in suspected suboptimal responders
`to support decisions to change therapy and should be obtained
`to establish a new baseline if change of therapy occurs.*! If
`patients are developing progressive impairment, with subtle
`relapse activity, a follow-up MRIis needed.
`Subtle symptomsaffecting activities of daily living, even in
`the absence of a change on examination, can also be indicative
`of a suboptimal responseto treatment if the symptom accumu-
`lation is stepwise.*” However, potential effects of medications,
`sedation, increased spasticity, sleep disturbances and comorbid
`medical conditions must be excluded before attributing changes
`to a suboptimal response. Cohen et al® also suggested that
`patients developing multifocal disease affecting multiple neuro-
`logical systems while on therapy could be considered subopti-
`mal responders. A patient who experiences progressive motor
`or cognitiv