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A Swedish nationwide pharmaco-epidemiological and genetic study of the long-term safety and effectiveness of dimethyl fumarate (IMSE 5)
Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
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2018 (English)In: Multiple Sclerosis Journal, ISSN 1352-4585, E-ISSN 1477-0970, Vol. 24, no Suppl. 2, p. 701-702Article in journal, Meeting abstract (Other academic) Published
Abstract [en]

Background: Dimethyl fumarate (DMF) is an oral therapy for relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS), which has been included in the Swedish post-market surveillance study “Immunomodulation and Multiple Sclerosis Epidemiology 5” (IMSE 5) in order to monitor and determine the long-term safety and effectiveness in a real-world setting.

Objectives: To follow-up the long-term safety and effectiveness of DMF in a real-world setting.

Methods: MS patients are registered into the nationwide Swedish Neuro Registry (NeuroReg) in Sweden. The IMSE 5 study obtains descriptive data of adverse events (AEs), Extended Disability Status Scale (EDSS), Multiple Sclerosis Severity Scale (MSSS), Symbol Digit Modalities Test (SDMT), Multiple Sclerosis Impact Scale (MSIS-29), European Quality of Life - Five Dimensions Test (EQ-5D) and Visual Analog Scale (VAS) from NeuroReg. Drug survival was measured using the Kaplan-Meier curve and effectiveness measures were assessed using the Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test.

Results: 2010 DMF-treated patients have been included in the IMSE 5 study between March 2014 and April 2018. 73 % were female and the mean age at treatment start was 40.6 years. The mean treatment duration was 22.3 months. 92 % of the patients had RRMS with 2 % missing data on MS phenotype. Most patients switched from interferon and glaimer acetat (41 %) and 24 % of the patients were treatment naïve (13 % were missing data on prior treatment). The overall one year drug survival was 74 % and 889 patients terminated their treatment at some point. Most patients (39 %) switched to rituximab (15 % have no new treatment registered). The most common reason for discontinuation was AEs (53 %) and lack of effect (29 %). 227 (11 %) patients have continued treatment for ≥36 months. In patients treated with DMF continuously for ≥24 months (n=918), significant improvements in mean values at 24 months of treatment compared to mean baseline values have been noted for EDSS (1.9 ± 1.6 to 1.6 ± 1.6, n=196); MSSS (2.5 ± 2.4 to 2.0 ± 2.0, n=145); SDMT (52.6 ± 11.0 to 53.8 ± 11.7, n=315); MSIS-29 Psychological Subscale (26.3 ± 22.8 to 21.8 ± 20.6, n=337); and EQ-5D (0.76 ± 0.23 to 0.81 ± 0.20, n=284).

Conclusions: NeuroReg proves to function well as a post-marketing drug surveillance platform, providing data regarding drug effectiveness and AEs. A longer follow-up period is needed to assess the real-world effectiveness and safety of DMF.

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Sage Publications, 2018. Vol. 24, no Suppl. 2, p. 701-702
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Neurology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-70216ISI: 000446861401580OAI: oai:DiVA.org:oru-70216DiVA, id: diva2:1264543
Conference
34th Congress of the European-Committee-for-Treatment-and-Research-in-Multiple-Sclerosis (ECTRIMS), Berlin, Germany, October 10-12, 2018
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Swedish Research CouncilThe Swedish Brain Foundation
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Novartis  

Merck Serono  

Teva  

Sanofi Genzyme  

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