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    Immune Reconstitution Therapy or Continuous Immunosuppression for the Management of Active Relapsing–Remitting Multiple Sclerosis Patients?

    A Narrative Review

    Isa Ahmed AlSharoqi . Mohamed Aljumah . Saeed Bohlega . Cavit Boz . Abdelkader Daif .
    Salam El-Koussa . Jihad Inshasi . Murat Kurtuncu . Thomas Mu¨ller . Chris Retief .
    Mohammad Ali Sahraian . Vahid Shaygannejad . Ilham Slassi . Karim Taha . Magd Zakaria .
    Per Soelberg Sørensen

    Received: March 17, 2020


    ABSTRACT
    The majority of disease-modifying drugs (DMDs) available for the management of active relapsing–remitting multiple sclerosis (RMS) depend on continuous drug intake for maintained efficacy, with escalation to a more active drug when an unacceptable level of disease activity returns. Among continuously applied regimens, interferons and glatiramer acetate act as immunomodulators, while dimethyl fumarate, fingolimod, ocrelizumab, natalizumab and teriflunomide are associated with continuous immunosuppression.

    By contrast, immune reconstitution therapy (IRT) provides efficacy that outlasts a short course of treatment. Autologous hemopoietic stem cell transplantation is perhaps the classic example of IRT, but this invasive and intensive therapy has challenging side-effects. A short treatment course of a pharmacologic agent hypothesized to act as an IRT, such as Cladribine Tablets 3.5 mg/kg or alemtuzumab, can provide long-term suppression of MS disease activity, without need for continuous treatment (the anti-CD20 mechanism of ocrelizumab has the potential to act as an IRT, but is administered continuously, at 6-monthly intervals). Cladribine Tablets 3.5 mg/kg shows some selectivity in targeting adaptive immunity with a lesser effect on innate immunity.

    The introduction of IRT-like diseasemodifying drugs (DMDs) challenges the traditional maintenance/escalation mode of treatment and raises new questions about how disease activity is measured. In this review, we consider a modern classification of DMDs for MS and its implications for the care of patients in the IRT era.
    Dave Bexfield
    ActiveMSers

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    The full article can be read here (PDF) for free:
    https://link.springer.com/content/pd...20-00187-3.pdf
    Dave Bexfield
    ActiveMSers

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