A multi-centre longitudinal study analysing multiple sclerosis disease-modifying therapy prescribing patterns during the COVID-19 pandemic


Por: Lal, AP, Foong, YC, Sanfilippo, PG, Spelman, T, Rath, L, Levitz, D, Fabis-Pedrini, M, Foschi, M, Habek, M, Kalincik, T, Roos, I, Lechner-Scott, J, John, N, Soysal, A, D'Amico, E, Gouider, R, Mrabet, S, Gross-Paju, K, Cardenas-Robledo, S, Moghadasi, AN, Sa, MJ, Gray, O, Oh, J, Reddel, S, Ramanathan, S, Al-Harbi, T, Altintas, A, Hardy, TA, Ozakbas, S, Alroughani, R, Kermode, AG, Surcinelli, A, Laureys, G, Eichau, S, Prat, A, Girard, M, Duquette, P, Hodgkinson, S, Ramo-Tello, C, Maimone, D, Mccombe, P, Spitaleri, D, Sanchez-Menoyo, JL, Yetkin, MF, Baghbanian, SM, Karabudak, R, Al-Asmi, A, Jakob, GB, Khoury, SJ, Etemadifar, M, van Pesch, V, Buzzard, K, Taylor, B, Butzkueven, H and Van der Walt, A

Publicada: 27 jun 2024 Ahead of Print: 1 jun 2024
Resumen:
BackgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic raised concern amongst clinicians that disease-modifying therapies (DMT), particularly anti-CD20 monoclonal antibodies (mAb) and fingolimod, could worsen COVID-19 in people with multiple sclerosis (pwMS). This study aimed to examine DMT prescribing trends pre- and post-pandemic onset.MethodsA multi-centre longitudinal study with 8,771 participants from MSBase was conducted. Two time periods were defined: pre-pandemic (March 11 2018-March 10 2020) and post-pandemic onset (March 11 2020-11 March 2022). The association between time and prescribing trends was analysed using multivariable mixed-effects logistic regression. DMT initiation refers to first initiation of any DMT, whilst DMT switches indicate changing regimen within 6 months of last use.ResultsPost-pandemic onset, there was a significant increase in DMT initiation/switching to natalizumab and cladribine [(Natalizumab-initiation: OR 1.72, 95% CI 1.39-2.13; switching: OR 1.66, 95% CI 1.40-1.98), (Cladribine-initiation: OR 1.43, 95% CI 1.09-1.87; switching: OR 1.67, 95% CI 1.41-1.98)]. Anti-CD20mAb initiation/switching decreased in the year of the pandemic, but recovered in the second year, such that overall odds increased slightly post-pandemic (initiation: OR 1.26, 95% CI 1.06-1.49; Switching: OR 1.15, 95% CI 1.02-1.29. Initiation/switching of fingolimod, interferon-beta, and alemtuzumab significantly decreased [(Fingolimod-initiation: OR 0.55, 95% CI 0.41-0.73; switching: OR 0.49, 95% CI 0.41-0.58), (Interferon-gamma-initiation: OR 0.48, 95% CI 0.41-0.57; switching: OR 0.78, 95% CI 0.62-0.99), (Alemtuzumab-initiation: OR 0.27, 95% CI 0.15-0.48; switching: OR 0.27, 95% CI 0.17-0.44)].ConclusionsPost-pandemic onset, clinicians preferentially prescribed natalizumab and cladribine over anti-CD20 mAbs and fingolimod, likely to preserve efficacy but reduce perceived immunosuppressive risks. This could have implications for disease progression in pwMS. Our findings highlight the significance of equitable DMT access globally, and the importance of evidence-based decision-making in global health challenges.

Filiaciones:
Lal, AP:
 The Alfred, Cent Clin Sch, Dept Neurosci, Melbourne, Vic, Australia

 The Alfred Hosp, Dept Neurol, 55 Commercial Rd, Melbourne, Vic 3004, Australia

Foong, YC:
 The Alfred, Cent Clin Sch, Dept Neurosci, Melbourne, Vic, Australia

 The Alfred Hosp, Dept Neurol, 55 Commercial Rd, Melbourne, Vic 3004, Australia

 Royal Hobart Hosp, Hobart, Australia

Sanfilippo, PG:
 The Alfred, Cent Clin Sch, Dept Neurosci, Melbourne, Vic, Australia

Spelman, T:
 The Alfred, Cent Clin Sch, Dept Neurosci, Melbourne, Vic, Australia

Rath, L:
 The Alfred, Cent Clin Sch, Dept Neurosci, Melbourne, Vic, Australia

Levitz, D:
 The Alfred, Cent Clin Sch, Dept Neurosci, Melbourne, Vic, Australia

Fabis-Pedrini, M:
 Univ Western Australia, Perron Inst Neurol & Translat Sci, Perth, WA, Australia

 Murdoch Univ, Ctr Mol Med & Innovat Therapeut, Perth, WA, Australia

Foschi, M:
 S Maria Croci Hosp, Dept Neurosci, Neurol Unit, AUSL Romagna,MS Ctr, Ravenna, Italy

 Univ Aquila, Dept Biotechnol & Appl Clin Sci DISCAB, Laquila, Italy

Habek, M:
 Univ Hosp Ctr Zagreb, Dept Neurol, Zagreb, Croatia

 Univ Zagreb, Sch Med, Zagreb, Croatia

Kalincik, T:
 Royal Melbourne Hosp, Neuroimmunol Ctr, Dept Neurol, Melbourne, Vic, Australia

 Univ Melbourne, Dept Med, CORE, Melbourne, Australia

Roos, I:
 Royal Melbourne Hosp, Neuroimmunol Ctr, Dept Neurol, Melbourne, Vic, Australia

Lechner-Scott, J:
 Univ Newcastle, Hunter Med Res Inst, Newcastle, NSW, Australia

John, N:
 Monash Univ, Sch Clin Sci, Dept Med, Clayton, Vic, Australia

 Monash Hlth, Dept Neurol, Clayton, Australia

Soysal, A:
 Bakirkoy Educ & Res Hosp Psychiat & Neurol Dis, Istanbul, Turkiye

D'Amico, E:
 Univ Foggia, Med & Surg Sci, Foggia, Italy

Gouider, R:
 Razi Univ Hosp, Clin Invest Ctr Neurosci & Mental Hlth, Dept Neurol, LR 18SP03, Tunis, Tunisia

 Univ Tunis El Manar, Fac Med Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia

Mrabet, S:
 Razi Univ Hosp, Clin Invest Ctr Neurosci & Mental Hlth, Dept Neurol, LR 18SP03, Tunis, Tunisia

 Univ Tunis El Manar, Fac Med Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia

Gross-Paju, K:
 West Tallinn Cent Hosp, Multiple Sclerosis Ctr, Tallinn, Estonia

Cardenas-Robledo, S:
 Hosp Univ Nacl Colombia Bogota, Ctr Esclerosis Multiple CEMHUN, Dept Neurol, Bogota, Colombia

 Univ Nacl Colombia, Dept Med Interna, Fac Med, Bogota, Colombia

Moghadasi, AN:
 Univ Tehran Med Sci, Neurosci Inst, Multiple Res Ctr, Tehran, Iran

Sa, MJ:
 Ctr Hosp Univ Sao Joao, Dept Neurol, Porto, Portugal

Gray, O:
 South Eastern HSC Trust, Belfast, North Ireland

Oh, J:
 St Michaels Hosp, Toronto, ON, Canada

Reddel, S:
 Concord Repatriat Gen Hosp, Dept Neurol, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Ramanathan, S:
 Concord Hosp, Kids Neurosci Ctr, Translat Neuroimmunol Grp, Sydney, Australia

 Concord Hosp, Brain & Mind Ctr, Sydney, Australia

Al-Harbi, T:
 King Fahad Specialist Hosp Dammam, Neurol Dept, Dammam, Saudi Arabia

Altintas, A:
 Koc Univ Res Ctr Translat Med KUTTAM, Sch Med, Dept Neurol, Istanbul, Turkiye

Hardy, TA:
 Concord Repatriat Gen Hosp, Dept Neurol, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Ozakbas, S:
 Izmir Univ Econ, Med Point Hosp, Izmir, Turkiye

 Multiple Sclerosis Res Assoc, Izmir, Turkiye

Alroughani, R:
 Amiri Hosp, Dept Med, Div Neurol, Sharq, Kuwait

Kermode, AG:
 Univ Western Australia, Perron Inst Neurol & Translat Sci, Perth, WA, Australia

 Murdoch Univ, Ctr Mol Med & Innovat Therapeut, Perth, WA, Australia

Surcinelli, A:
 S Maria Croci Hosp, Dept Neurosci, Neurol Unit, AUSL Romagna,MS Ctr, Ravenna, Italy

Laureys, G:
 Univ Hosp Ghent, Dept Neurol, Ghent, Belgium

Eichau, S:
 Hosp Univ Virgen Macarena, Dept Neurol, Seville, Spain

Prat, A:
 CHUM, Montreal, PQ, Canada

 Univ Montreal, Montreal, PQ, Canada

Girard, M:
 CHUM, Montreal, PQ, Canada

 Univ Montreal, Montreal, PQ, Canada

Duquette, P:
 CHUM, Montreal, PQ, Canada

 Univ Montreal, Montreal, PQ, Canada

Hodgkinson, S:
 UNSW, Ingham Inst, Immune Tolerance Lab, Sydney, Australia

 UNSW, Dept Med, Sydney, Australia

:
 Hosp Germans Trias i Pujol, Dept Neurosci, Badalona, Spain

Maimone, D:
 UOC Neurol, Ctr Sclerosi Multipla, Azienda Osped Emergenza Cannizzaro, Catania, Italy

Mccombe, P:
 Univ Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

 Royal Brisbane & Womens Hosp, Brisbane, Qld, Australia

Spitaleri, D:
 Azienda Osped Rilievo Nazl San Giuseppe Moscati Av, Avellino, Italy

Sanchez-Menoyo, JL:
 Galdakao Usansolo Univ Hosp, Dept Neurol, Osakidetza Basque Hlth Serv, Galdakao, Spain

Yetkin, MF:
 Erciyes Univ, Dept Neurol, Kayseri, Turkiye

Baghbanian, SM:
 Mazandaran Univ Med Sci, Booalisina Hosp, Dept Neurol, Sari, Iran

 Mazandaran Univ Med Sci, Fac Med, Sari, Iran

Karabudak, R:
 Yeditepe Univ, Fac Med, Dept Neurol Sci, Istanbul, Turkiye

 Kosuyolu Hosp, Neuroimmunol Unit, Istanbul, Turkiye

Al-Asmi, A:
 Sultan Qaboos Univ, Coll Med & Hlth Sci, Al Khoud, Oman

 Sultan Qaboos Univ, Sultan Qaboos Univ Hosp, Al Khoud, Oman

Jakob, GB:
 Univ Med Ctr Ljubljana, Dept Neurol, Ljubljana, Slovenia

 Univ Ljubljana, Fac Med, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Khoury, SJ:
 Amer Univ, Beirut Med Ctr, Nehme & Therese Tohme Multiple Sclerosis Ctr, Beirut, Lebanon

Etemadifar, M:
 Isfahan Univ Med Sci, Dr Etemadifar MS Inst, Neurol, Esfahan, Iran

van Pesch, V:
 Clin Univ St Luc, Dept Neurol, Brussels, Belgium

Buzzard, K:
 Box Hill Hosp, Dept Neurosci, Box Hill, Australia

Taylor, B:
 Royal Hobart Hosp, Hobart, Australia

Butzkueven, H:
 The Alfred, Cent Clin Sch, Dept Neurosci, Melbourne, Vic, Australia

 The Alfred Hosp, Dept Neurol, 55 Commercial Rd, Melbourne, Vic 3004, Australia

Van der Walt, A:
 The Alfred, Cent Clin Sch, Dept Neurosci, Melbourne, Vic, Australia

 The Alfred Hosp, Dept Neurol, 55 Commercial Rd, Melbourne, Vic 3004, Australia
ISSN: 03405354





Journal of Neurology
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Dr. Dietrich Steinkopff Verlag, TIERGARTENSTRASSE 17, D-69121 HEIDELBERG, GERMANY, Alemania
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ID de PubMed: 38935148
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