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Tutuncu M, Altintas A, Dogan BV, Uygunoglu U, Kale Icen N, Deniz Elmalı A, Coban E, Alpaslan BG, Soysal A. The use of Modified Rio score for determining treatment failure in patients with multiple sclerosis: retrospective descriptive case series study. Acta Neurol Belg 2021; 121:1693-1698. [PMID: 32865702 DOI: 10.1007/s13760-020-01476-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2020] [Accepted: 08/17/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Predicting treatment failure and switching effective treatment immediately in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) is important. We aimed to evaluate the usefulness of Modified Rio score (MRS) in predicting treatment failure in MS patients. This is a retrospective study, which was conducted in two University Hospital. 129 MS patients treated with İnterferon or glatiramer-acetate from 2 clinical sites, were retrospectively selected. MRS was calculated after the first year of therapy. Treatment failure was defined as the presence of a 1 point increase in EDSS, 2 clinical attacks, 1 clinical attack and progression, 1 clinical attack and new lesion on MRI except associated with an attack, or new lesion in 2 different MRI taken at least 3 months apart. The sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values of the MRS in predicting treatment failure were determined. 71 (55%) patients with score '0', 41 (31.8%) patients with score '1', 11 (8.5%) patients with score '2', 6 (4.7%) patients with score '3' were detected. 14 patients needed treatment switching during the first three years of the treatment. Sensitivity was 57%, specificity was 92%, positive predictive value was 95%, negative predictive value was 47% and accuracy was 89%. Modified Rio score (MRS) was found to be effective in determining the treatment failure as mentioned before. This study will be useful for clinicians who evaluate the treatment failure like us, and this study revealed that the MRS may also help predict treatment failure.
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- Mesude Tutuncu
- Bakirkoy Prof. Dr. Mazhar Osman Training and Research Hospital for Psychiatry and Neurological Disorders, Zuhuratbaba Mah. Bakirkoy Ruh Sağlığı Ve Sinir Hastalıkları Hastanesi, bitam binasıi 3, Noroloji kliniği Bakirkoy, 34147, Istanbul, Turkey.
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- Koc University Medical School, Topkapı, Koç Üniversitesi Hastanesi, Davutpaşa Cd. No:4, 34010 Zeytinburnu/İstanbul, 34200, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Bakirkoy Prof. Dr. Mazhar Osman Training and Research Hospital for Psychiatry and Neurological Disorders, Zuhuratbaba Mah. Bakirkoy Ruh Sağlığı Ve Sinir Hastalıkları Hastanesi, bitam binasıi 3, Noroloji kliniği Bakirkoy, 34147, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Cerrahpasa School of Medicine, Cerrahpasa mahallesi, Kocamustafapasa cad. No: 34/E Noroloji Klinigi Fatih, 34200, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Bagcilar Research and Tarining Hospital, Merkezmah. Dr. Sadık Ahmet Cad. Bagcılar, 34100, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Neurology Department, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Bakirkoy Prof. Dr. Mazhar Osman Training and Research Hospital for Psychiatry and Neurological Disorders, Zuhuratbaba Mah. Bakirkoy Ruh Sağlığı Ve Sinir Hastalıkları Hastanesi, bitam binasıi 3, Noroloji kliniği Bakirkoy, 34147, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Cerrahpasa School of Medicine, Cerrahpasa mahallesi, Kocamustafapasa cad. No: 34/E Noroloji Klinigi Fatih, 34200, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Bakirkoy Prof. Dr. Mazhar Osman Training and Research Hospital for Psychiatry and Neurological Disorders, Zuhuratbaba Mah. Bakirkoy Ruh Sağlığı Ve Sinir Hastalıkları Hastanesi, bitam binasıi 3, Noroloji kliniği Bakirkoy, 34147, Istanbul, Turkey
- Neurology Department, Bakirkoy Prof. Dr. Mazhar Osman Training and Research Hospital for Psychiatry and Neurological Disorders, Zuhuratbaba mah. Bitam Binası, doktor odası. Bakirkoy, Istanbul, Turkey
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Souissi A, Mrabet S, Nasri A, Ben Djebara M, Gargouri A, Kacem I, Gouider R. Clinical predictors of disease progression in a cohort of Tunisian progressive Multiple Sclerosis. Mult Scler Relat Disord 2021; 56:103232. [PMID: 34619488 DOI: 10.1016/j.msard.2021.103232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2021] [Revised: 08/11/2021] [Accepted: 08/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND Knowledge about progressive Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is mainly based on Caucasian studies. In our North-African context, MS exhibits particular characteristics that are mainly related to a more severe phenotype. Given the limited data available, there is an imminent need to characterize progressive MS in our latitudes. OBJECTIVE To describe the specificities of progressive MS and identify the inherent clinical predictors of disability accrual with a Tunisian cohort. METHODS A retrospective, hospital-based study was conducted in the department of neurology of Razi hospital. Patients, who had been diagnosed with MS, were divided into relapsing MS (RRMS), secondary progressive MS (SPMS) and primary progressive MS (PPMS). Epidemiological, clinical and paraclinical data were compared among the three groups. RESULTS Of the 504 patients, a progressive MS was described among 115 patients. This percentage of (22.8%) is divided into 13.9% SPMS and 8.9% PPMS. During the first clinical attack, motor symptoms have revealed to be predominant during PPMS (91.1%). For SPMS onset, the median time was 10 years, and was significantly delayed for patients with visual onset or full recovery from the first relapse. Patients with progressive MS exhibited a more rapid disability accumulation. CONCLUSION Compared to Caucasians, Tunisians exhibited a faster rate of conversion to SPMS. According to our natural progressive MS history, early clinical features are predictors of MS disability accrual.
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- A Souissi
- Department of Neurology, LR 18SP03, Clinical Investigation Centre Neurosciences and Mental Health, Razi Universitary Hospital, Manouba, Tunis, Tunisia
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- Department of Neurology, LR 18SP03, Clinical Investigation Centre Neurosciences and Mental Health, Razi Universitary Hospital, Manouba, Tunis, Tunisia; Faculty of medicine, University Tunis El Manar, 1007, Tunis, Tunisia
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- Department of Neurology, LR 18SP03, Clinical Investigation Centre Neurosciences and Mental Health, Razi Universitary Hospital, Manouba, Tunis, Tunisia; Faculty of medicine, University Tunis El Manar, 1007, Tunis, Tunisia
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- Department of Neurology, LR 18SP03, Clinical Investigation Centre Neurosciences and Mental Health, Razi Universitary Hospital, Manouba, Tunis, Tunisia; Faculty of medicine, University Tunis El Manar, 1007, Tunis, Tunisia
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- Department of Neurology, LR 18SP03, Clinical Investigation Centre Neurosciences and Mental Health, Razi Universitary Hospital, Manouba, Tunis, Tunisia; Faculty of medicine, University Tunis El Manar, 1007, Tunis, Tunisia
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- Department of Neurology, LR 18SP03, Clinical Investigation Centre Neurosciences and Mental Health, Razi Universitary Hospital, Manouba, Tunis, Tunisia; Faculty of medicine, University Tunis El Manar, 1007, Tunis, Tunisia
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- Department of Neurology, LR 18SP03, Clinical Investigation Centre Neurosciences and Mental Health, Razi Universitary Hospital, Manouba, Tunis, Tunisia; Faculty of medicine, University Tunis El Manar, 1007, Tunis, Tunisia.
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Kara F, Göl MF, Boz C. Determinants of disability development in patients with multiple sclerosis. ARQUIVOS DE NEURO-PSIQUIATRIA 2021; 79:489-496. [PMID: 34320054 DOI: 10.1590/0004-282x-anp-2020-0338] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2020] [Accepted: 09/07/2020] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND Multiple sclerosis (MS) is one of the most common chronic neurological diseases affecting the central nervous system in young adults. OBJECTIVE To investigate demographic and clinical factors that are effective in the development of irreversible disability from the onset of MS, and to identify factors that affect the transformation from the relapse-remitting MS (RRMS) phase to the progressive MS (PMS) phase. METHODS Retrospective study on 741 patients who were diagnosed with RRMS and PMS according to the McDonald criteria, and were enrolled into the Turkish MS database of the Department of Neurology MS Polyclinic, at the Faculty of Medicine, Karadeniz Technical University, in Trabzon, Turkey. Kaplan-Meier analysis was used to evaluate the time taken to reach EDSS 4 and EDSS 6 from the onset of disease, and the time taken between EDSS 4 and EDSS 6. RESULTS Age of onset >40 years; having polysymptomatic-type onset, pyramidal or bladder-intestinal system-related first episode; ≥7 episodes in the first 5 years; and <2 years between the first two episodes were found to be effective for MS patients to reach EDSS 4 and EDSS 6. The demographic and clinical parameters that were effective for progression from EDSS 4 to EDSS 6 were: pyramidal or bladder-intestinal system-related first episode; 4‒6 episodes in the first 5 years; >2 years until start of first treatment; and smoking. CONCLUSIONS Our findings reveal important characteristics of MS patients in our region. However, the associations between these parameters and MS pathophysiology remain to be elucidated.
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- Fatma Kara
- Karadeniz Technical University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Trabzon, Turkey
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- Karadeniz Technical University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Trabzon, Turkey
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- Karadeniz Technical University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Trabzon, Turkey
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Bonomi S, Jin S, Culpepper WJ, Wallin MT. MS and Disability Progression in Latin America, Africa, Asia and the Middle East: A Systematic Review. Mult Scler Relat Disord 2021; 51:102885. [PMID: 33773273 DOI: 10.1016/j.msard.2021.102885] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2021] [Revised: 02/22/2021] [Accepted: 03/04/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND There is evidence of an increased prevalence and disease burden of Multiple Sclerosis (MS) in parts of the world where the risk was once considered low, such as Latin America (LA), Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia and the Middle East-North Africa (MENA). Despite the growing number of clinical reports, the phenotype and course of MS in these regions remains understudied compared with Europe and North America. We aimed to investigate MS phenotypes and long-term clinical outcomes across these regions. METHOD A Boolean search of the medical literature was conducted between January 1980 and April 30, 2020. PubMed, SCOPUS, Global Health, and the Cochrane databases, were used to identify all relevant citations. Articles were collated and managed on Covidence® software. We independently appraised the articles for meeting study criteria and for quality using the Critical Appraisal Skills Program (CASP) and the Specialist Unit for Review Evidence (SURE) system. RESULTS A total of 1,639 studies were imported for screening. After removing 545 duplicates, two authors assessed 1,094 abstracts and selected 515 for full-text screening. 72 articles met study criteria, including 19 studies from LA, 4 from sub-Saharan Africa, 24 from Asia and 25 from MENA. The overall sex ratio was 2.5:1 (female: male). Disability was assessed using the Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS). Longitudinal disability progression and time to standard endpoints was compared by region and with relevant Western reports. Patients with MS living in the MENA region appear to reach disability milestones faster than those in the Western world, although this finding is not uniform. South Asia shows distinct disability features compared with East Asia, more closely resembling those of the West. Disease morbidity in East Asia appears more benign than in the West after careful exclusion of neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder cases. Populations in LA tend to have similar MS features to the Western world, but some exceptions exist, including African descendants that reach disability milestones earlier. Using all studies with appropriate survival analysis, the mean time to EDSS 6.0 was 16.97 years with a heterogeneity index of 24.59. CONCLUSION The clinical phenotypes and disability progression of MS in LA, Africa, Asia and the MENA region have similarities to Western MS. In some regions and subpopulations there is evidence of a more aggressive course, possibly due to a combination of genetic and environmental factors. More population-based longitudinal data are needed, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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- Department of Veterans Affairs Multiple Sclerosis Center of Excellence-East, Baltimore, MD, United States
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- Department of Veterans Affairs Multiple Sclerosis Center of Excellence-East, Baltimore, MD, United States; University of Maryland School of Medicine, Neurology Department, Baltimore, MD, United States
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- Department of Veterans Affairs Multiple Sclerosis Center of Excellence-East, Baltimore, MD, United States; George Washington University School of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Washington, DC, United States; University of Maryland School of Medicine, Neurology Department, Baltimore, MD, United States.
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Grubić Kezele T, Babić M, Kauzlarić-Živković T, Gulić T. Combined upper limb and breathing exercise programme for pain management in ambulatory and non-ambulatory multiple sclerosis individuals: part II analyses from feasibility study. Neurol Sci 2019; 41:65-74. [PMID: 31422507 DOI: 10.1007/s10072-019-04046-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2019] [Accepted: 08/13/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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PURPOSE The present small semi-controlled feasibility study investigated a possible efficacy of a combined upper limb and breathing exercise programme in managing pain in ambulatory and non-ambulatory patients with EDSS from 0.0-8.0. METHOD People with MS (N = 19) were enrolled in this single-blind randomized controlled study and divided into 2 groups: exercise group (5 ambulatory, 5 non-ambulatory; Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS), 1.0-8.0) and related control group that performed no exercise (4 ambulatory, 5 non-ambulatory; EDSS, 1.0-7.5). The exercise group performed combined upper limb and breathing exercises in a group led by a physiotherapist (2 days/week, 60 min/session) accompanied by independent home exercises (3 days/week, ≥ 20 min/session). Participants underwent measures of pain level (visual analogue scale) for physical pain, functional independence of daily activities (Barthel index) and handgrip strength (HGS) for dominant (D) and non-dominant (ND) hand evaluated by a dynamometer before and after the 4-week period by the blinded assessor. RESULTS The VAS for pain showed statistically significant group-by-time interaction only in non-ambulatory (p = .049) individuals, but with large intervention effects on both subgroups (ambulatory, p = .159; non-ambulatory, d = 0.97). Functional independence in daily activities (Barthel index) showed statistically non-significant group-by-time interaction in ambulatory (p = .195, d = 0.89) and non-ambulatory (p = .102, d = 1.64) individuals, but despite the absence of statistical significance, there were large intervention effects. Handgrip strength was significantly improved for both hands in ambulatory (D, p = .012; d = 2.07; ND, p = .025, d = 1.77) and only non-dominant hand in non-ambulatory individuals (D, p = .288, d = 0.83; ND, p = .012, d = 2.21). CONCLUSION This small pilot study provides preliminary proof-of-concept data supporting low-intensity upper limb and breathing exercise programme for potential reduction of pain and improvement of functional independence in both ambulatory and non-ambulatory individuals with MS in a larger sample and that strengthening the upper limbs might be an additional pain relief mechanism. TRIAL REGISTRATION NTC03222596.
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- Tanja Grubić Kezele
- Department of Physiology and Immunology, University of Rijeka, Faculty of Medicine, B. Branchetta 20, 51000, Rijeka, Croatia.
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- Department of Physiotherapy, University of Rijeka, Faculty of Health Studies, Rijeka, Croatia
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- Department of Physiology and Immunology, University of Rijeka, Faculty of Medicine, B. Branchetta 20, 51000, Rijeka, Croatia
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Exploring the feasibility of a mild and short 4-week combined upper limb and breathing exercise program as a possible home base program to decrease fatigue and improve quality of life in ambulatory and non-ambulatory multiple sclerosis individuals. Neurol Sci 2019; 40:733-743. [PMID: 30659416 DOI: 10.1007/s10072-019-3707-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2018] [Accepted: 01/05/2019] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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PURPOSE To evaluate the feasibility of a combined upper limb and breathing exercise for a home-based program and to explore its effect on primary fatigue and quality of life in ambulatory and non-ambulatory individuals with multiple sclerosis (MS) in a short time. METHOD Nineteen individuals with MS were assigned into semi-controlled pre-post feasibility study based on Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) status and divided into two groups: exercise (five ambulatory, five non-ambulatory; EDSS 1.0-8.0) and related control with no exercise (four ambulatory, five non-ambulatory; EDSS 1.0-7.5). Exercise group performed combined upper limb and breathing exercise in a controlled group (2 days/week, 60 min/session) accompanied by independent home exercise (3 days/week, ≥ 20 min/session). Participants underwent measures of fatigue impact (Modified Fatigue Impact Scale (MFIS) and quality of life (RAND Medical outcomes study 36-item short-form health survey (SF-36)) before and after a 4-week period. RESULTS The MFIS (physical, psychosocial, total) showed statistically significant group-by-time interaction in ambulatory (p = 0.033, d = 1.60; p = 0.039, d = 1.59; p = 0.033, d = 1.62) and non-ambulatory individuals (p = 0.009, d = 2.42; p = 0.018, d = 1.96; p = 0.0008, d = 3.92). Physical functioning (SF-36) showed statistically significant group-by-time interaction in ambulatory (p = 0.014, d = 2.14) but no significance in non-ambulatory (p = 0.368, d = 0.68) individuals. Despite the absent statistical significance, there were large intervention effects on MFIS cognitive scores for ambulatory (d = 1.28) and non-ambulatory (d = 1.47), and on other SF-36 scores for ambulatory (general health: d = 1.76 and pain: d = 1.02) and non-ambulatory (physical limitation: d = 1.03 and emotional well-being: d = 0.94) individuals. CONCLUSION Our 4-week program reduced some aspects of fatigue and improved some aspects of quality of life in a small group of ambulatory and non-ambulatory individuals with MS. Good feasibility and significant positive changes from baseline warrant further exploratory work. TRIAL REGISTRATION Name of the registry: The Impact of Exercise Training on Living Quality in Multiple Sclerosis. Registration: The study was registered at www.clinicaltrial.gov on July 14, 2017. First participant enrollment: August 28, 2017. URL: 602-01/17-01-147; Trial registration ID: NTC03222596.
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