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| Originalsprog | Engelsk |
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| Vol/bind | 14 |
| Sider (fra-til) | 837-42 |
| Antal sider | 5 |
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| Status | Udgivet - 2008 |
| Udgivet eksternt | Ja |
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Is the treatment effect of IFN-beta restored after the disappearance of neutralizing antibodies?
AU - Sørensen, P S
AU - Koch-Henriksen, N
AU - Flachs, E M
AU - Bendtzen, K
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - OBJECTIVE: To establish whether multiple sclerosis (MS) patients, who have lost the therapeutic effect of interferon-beta (IFN-beta) owing to neutralizing antibodies (NAbs) and subsequently revert from a NAb-positive to a NAb-negative state under continued IFN-beta-1b therapy, regain clinical effect after reversion. BACKGROUND: Several studies have shown that a significant proportion of patients treated with IFN-beta develop NAbs that hamper or abolish the therapeutic effect of IFN-beta. However, some patients, who become NAb-positive under treatment with IFN-beta-1b, may revert to a NAb-negative state under continuous treatment. METHODS: We identified 40 patients from the Danish IFN protocol, who fulfilled the criteria: NAb-positive status for at least 12 months followed by reversion to NAb-negative state for at least 12 months. For comparison, we included 64 matching cases that had remained NAb-negative during an observation time of at least 36 months. The two groups were clinically and demographically alike. We measured NAb-neutralizing capacity using a clinically validated cytopathic effect assay. A blood sample with a neutralizing capacity of 20% or more was considered as NAb-positive. A patient was defined as NAb-positive after two consecutive blood tests separated by at least 6 months. Reversion to a NAb-negative state required at least two consecutive negative tests. To allow for the confounding effect of time we employed a mixed Poisson model. RESULTS: Patients who had been NAb-positive and reverted to a NAb-negative state regained treatment effect with the relapse rate as before the NAb-positive period adjusting for the effect of time, and the relapse rate was the same as in the permanently NAb-negative patients in corresponding time periods. The relapse rate ratio comparing the NAb-positive with the NAb-negative periods was 1.98 (95% confidence interval: 1.32-2.97). CONCLUSION: Under NAb-positive periods, the clinical effect of IFN-beta was abolished. When NAbs disappeared spontaneously under continued treatment, patients regained the full effect of INF-beta-1b therapy with no negative carry-over effect from the previous NAb-positive period.
AB - OBJECTIVE: To establish whether multiple sclerosis (MS) patients, who have lost the therapeutic effect of interferon-beta (IFN-beta) owing to neutralizing antibodies (NAbs) and subsequently revert from a NAb-positive to a NAb-negative state under continued IFN-beta-1b therapy, regain clinical effect after reversion. BACKGROUND: Several studies have shown that a significant proportion of patients treated with IFN-beta develop NAbs that hamper or abolish the therapeutic effect of IFN-beta. However, some patients, who become NAb-positive under treatment with IFN-beta-1b, may revert to a NAb-negative state under continuous treatment. METHODS: We identified 40 patients from the Danish IFN protocol, who fulfilled the criteria: NAb-positive status for at least 12 months followed by reversion to NAb-negative state for at least 12 months. For comparison, we included 64 matching cases that had remained NAb-negative during an observation time of at least 36 months. The two groups were clinically and demographically alike. We measured NAb-neutralizing capacity using a clinically validated cytopathic effect assay. A blood sample with a neutralizing capacity of 20% or more was considered as NAb-positive. A patient was defined as NAb-positive after two consecutive blood tests separated by at least 6 months. Reversion to a NAb-negative state required at least two consecutive negative tests. To allow for the confounding effect of time we employed a mixed Poisson model. RESULTS: Patients who had been NAb-positive and reverted to a NAb-negative state regained treatment effect with the relapse rate as before the NAb-positive period adjusting for the effect of time, and the relapse rate was the same as in the permanently NAb-negative patients in corresponding time periods. The relapse rate ratio comparing the NAb-positive with the NAb-negative periods was 1.98 (95% confidence interval: 1.32-2.97). CONCLUSION: Under NAb-positive periods, the clinical effect of IFN-beta was abolished. When NAbs disappeared spontaneously under continued treatment, patients regained the full effect of INF-beta-1b therapy with no negative carry-over effect from the previous NAb-positive period.
KW - Adjuvants, Immunologic
KW - Adolescent
KW - Adult
KW - Antibodies
KW - Female
KW - Humans
KW - Interferon-beta
KW - Male
KW - Middle Aged
KW - Multiple Sclerosis
KW - Neutralization Tests
KW - Poisson Distribution
KW - Recurrence
KW - Treatment Outcome
U2 - 10.1177/1352458508088942
DO - 10.1177/1352458508088942
M3 - Journal article
VL - 14
SP - 837
EP - 842
ER -