ECTRIMS/EAN Guideline on the pharmacological treatment of people with multiple sclerosis.
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Montalban X
Department of Neurology-Neuroimmunology, Multiple Sclerosis Centre of Catalonia (Cemcat), Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain.
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Gold R
Department of Neurology, Ruhr University, St. Josef-Hospital, Bochum, Germany.
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Thompson AJ
Department of Brain Repair & Rehabilitation and Faculty of Brain Sciences, University College London Institute of Neurology, London, UK.
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Otero-Romero S
Department of Neurology-Neuroimmunology, Multiple Sclerosis Centre of Catalonia (Cemcat), Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain/Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology Department, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain.
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Amato MP
Department of Neurosciences, Psychology, Drugs and Child Health Area (NEUROFARBA), Section Neurosciences, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
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Chandraratna D
Multiple Sclerosis International Federation, London, UK.
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Clanet M
Department of Neurology, Toulouse University Hospital, Toulouse, France.
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Comi G
Neurological Department, Institute of Experimental Neurology (INSPE), Scientific Institute Hospital San Raffaele, Universita' Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy.
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Derfuss T
Departments of Neurology and Biomedicine, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
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Fazekas F
Department of Neurology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.
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Hartung HP
Multiple Sclerosis Center, Department of Neurology, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany.
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Havrdova E
Department of Neurology and Center of Clinical Neuroscience, First Faculty of Medicine and General University Hospital, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.
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Hemmer B
Department of Neurology, Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München and Munich Cluster for Systems Neurology (SyNergy), Munich, Germany.
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Kappos L
University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
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Liblau R
INSERM UMR U1043 - CNRS U5282, Université de Toulouse, UPS, Centre de Physiopathologie de Toulouse Purpan, Toulouse, France.
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Lubetzki C
Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, UMR_S 1127, ICM-GHU Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France.
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Marcus E
Centre for Outcomes Research and Effectiveness (CORE), Research Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, University College London, London, UK.
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Miller DH
NMR Research Unit and Queen Square Multiple Sclerosis Centre, University College London Institute of Neurology, London, UK.
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Olsson T
Neuroimmunology Unit, Center for Molecular Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital Solna, Stockholm, Sweden.
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Pilling S
Centre for Outcomes Research and Effectiveness (CORE), Research Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, University College London, London, UK.
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Selmaj K
Department of Neurology, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland.
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Siva A
Clinical Neuroimmunology Unit and MS Clinic, Department of Neurology, Cerrahpasa School of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey.
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Sorensen PS
Department of Neurology, Danish Multiple Sclerosis Center, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Denmark.
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Sormani MP
Biostatistics Unit, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.
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Thalheim C
European Multiple Sclerosis Platform (EMSP), Schaerbeek, Belgium.
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Wiendl H
Department of Neurology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany.
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Zipp F
Department of Neurology, Focus Program Translational Neuroscience (FTN) and Immunology (FZI), Rhine-Main Neuroscience Network (rmn2), University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany.
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- Multiple sclerosis (Houndmills, Basingstoke, England). - 2018
English
BACKGROUND
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a complex disease with new drugs becoming available in the past years. There is a need for a reference tool compiling current data to aid professionals in treatment decisions.
OBJECTIVES
To develop an evidence-based clinical practice guideline for the pharmacological treatment of people with MS.
METHODS
This guideline has been developed using the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) methodology and following the updated EAN recommendations. Clinical questions were formulated in Patients-Intervention-Comparator-Outcome (PICO) format and outcomes were prioritized. The quality of evidence was rated into four categories according to the risk of bias. The recommendations with assigned strength (strong and weak) were formulated based on the quality of evidence and the risk-benefit balance. Consensus between the panelists was reached by use of the modified nominal group technique.
RESULTS
A total of 10 questions were agreed, encompassing treatment efficacy, response criteria, strategies to address suboptimal response and safety concerns and treatment strategies in MS and pregnancy. The guideline takes into account all disease-modifying drugs approved by the European Medicine Agency (EMA) at the time of publication. A total of 21 recommendations were agreed by the guideline working group after three rounds of consensus.
CONCLUSION
The present guideline will enable homogeneity of treatment decisions across Europe.
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https://susi.usi.ch/global/documents/238108
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