TY - JOUR
T1 - Natalizumab treatment for multiple sclerosis: updated recommendations for patient selection and monitoring
AU - Kappos, Ludwig
AU - Bates, David
AU - Edan, Gilles
AU - Eraksoy, Mefkûre
AU - Garcia-Merino, Antonio
AU - Grigoriadis, Nikolaos
AU - Hartung, Hans-Peter
AU - Havrdová, Eva
AU - Hillert, Jan
AU - Hohlfeld, Reinhard
AU - Kremenchutzky, Marcelo
AU - Lyon-Caen, Olivier
AU - Miller, Ariel
AU - Pozzilli, Carlo
AU - Ravnborg, Mads
AU - Saida, Takahiko
AU - Sindic, Christian
AU - Vass, Karl
AU - Clifford, David B
AU - Hauser, Stephen
AU - Major, Eugene O
AU - O'Connor, Paul W
AU - Weiner, Howard L
AU - Clanet, Michel
AU - Gold, Ralf
AU - Hirsch, Hans H
AU - Radü, Ernst-Wilhelm
AU - Sørensen, Per Soelberg
AU - King, John
N1 - Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
PY - 2011/8
Y1 - 2011/8
N2 - Natalizumab, a highly specific α4-integrin antagonist, is approved for treatment of patients with active relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS). It is generally recommended for individuals who have not responded to a currently available first-line disease-modifying therapy or who have very active disease. The expected benefits of natalizumab treatment have to be weighed against risks, especially the rare but serious adverse event of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy. In this Review, we revisit and update previous recommendations on natalizumab for treatment of patients with RRMS, based on additional long-term follow-up of clinical studies and post-marketing observations, including appropriate patient selection and management recommendations.
AB - Natalizumab, a highly specific α4-integrin antagonist, is approved for treatment of patients with active relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS). It is generally recommended for individuals who have not responded to a currently available first-line disease-modifying therapy or who have very active disease. The expected benefits of natalizumab treatment have to be weighed against risks, especially the rare but serious adverse event of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy. In this Review, we revisit and update previous recommendations on natalizumab for treatment of patients with RRMS, based on additional long-term follow-up of clinical studies and post-marketing observations, including appropriate patient selection and management recommendations.
U2 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1474-4422(11)70149-1
DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1474-4422(11)70149-1
M3 - Journal article
SN - 1474-4422
VL - 10
SP - 745
EP - 758
JO - The Lancet Neurology
JF - The Lancet Neurology
IS - 8
ER -