• Should We Discontinue Medications in Older Patients With Multiple Sclerosis?

  • Nov 3 2022
  • Length: 26 mins
  • Podcast

Should We Discontinue Medications in Older Patients With Multiple Sclerosis?

  • Summary

  • As patients with MS in the United States get older, questions about therapies shift from treatment to discontinuation. Drs Cross and Corboy discuss the DISCOMS trial to address these questions.

    Relevant disclosures can be found with the episode show notes on Medscape (https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/977033). The topics and discussions are planned, produced, and reviewed independently of advertiser. This podcast is intended only for US healthcare professionals.

    Resources

    The Prevalence of MS in the United States https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6442006/pdf/NEUROLOGY2018886077.pdf

    Discontinuation of Disease Modifying Therapies (DMTs) in Multiple Sclerosis (MS) (DISCOMS) https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03073603

    Stopping Disease-Modifying Therapy in Relapsing and Progressive Multiple Sclerosis https://journals.lww.com/co-neurology/Abstract/2021/08000/Stopping_disease_modifying_therapy_in_relapsing.18.aspx

    Discontinuation of Disease-Modifying Therapies (DMTs) in Multiple Sclerosis (MS): Extension of the DISCOMS Study https://www.ninds.nih.gov/health-information/clinical-trials/discontinuation-disease-modifying-therapies-dmts-multiple-sclerosis-ms-extension-discoms-study

    North American Registry for Care and Research in Multiple Sclerosis (NARCRMS) https://www.narcrms.org/

    How MS Disability Is Measured https://www.webmd.com/multiple-sclerosis/disability-measured

    Treatment Switching and Discontinuation Over 20 Years in the Big Multiple Sclerosis Data Network https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8010264/pdf/fneur-12-647811.pdf

    Natalizumab Discontinuation in a Dutch Real-world Cohort https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2211034821002418

    Factors Associated With Fingolimod Rebound: A Single Center Real-life Experience https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2211034821005459

    Serious Safety Events in Rituximab-Treated Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7480911/

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