Evidence map›Paper›PMID 24942634›Full record

ReviewCNS drugs2014

Natalizumab: risk stratification of individual patients with multiple sclerosis.

Carmen Tur, Xavier Montalban

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Review in CNS drugs, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed
3.1field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy and Monoclonal Antibodies: A Review.Cancer control : journal of the Moffitt Cancer Center
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Carmen TurMultiple Sclerosis Centre of Catalonia (Cemcat), Department of Neurology-Neuroimmunology, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain, ctur@cem-cat.org.
Xavier Montalban
Hebron University · PS

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

At present, three risk factors for the development of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) in natalizumab-treated patients have been identified: the presence of antibodies against JC virus (JCV); the duration of natalizumab treatment, especially if longer than 2 years; and the use of immunosuppressants prior to receiving natalizumab. The most commonly used strategy to assess the individual PML risk includes serum anti-JCV antibody testing. Based on the knowledge on all known risk factors, an algorithm for PML risk stratification has been proposed, where patients with the highest PML risk are those with positive anti-JCV antibodies, treatment duration longer than 2 years, with or without prior history of immunosuppression. These patients would have an approximate incidence of PML of 11.1 (with prior immunosuppression) or 4.6 (without prior immunosuppression) cases per 1,000 patients treated with natalizumab (and treatment duration longer than 2 years). In this review, new data on PML risk factors and possible new strategies for PML risk stratification are discussed.

Indexed as

AlgorithmsAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedHumansImmunosuppressive AgentsIncidenceJC VirusLeukoencephalopathy, Progressive MultifocalMultiple SclerosisNatalizumabRisk AssessmentRisk FactorsAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedImmunosuppressive AgentsNatalizumab

Identifiers

PMID24942634
OpenAlexW2046264438

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