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ArticleTherapeutic advances in neurological disorders2021

Matching comparisons of therapeutic efficacy suggest better clinical outcomes for patients treated with peginterferon beta-1a than with glatiramer acetate.

Thomas F Scott, Ray Su, Kuangnan Xiong, Arman Altincatal, Carmen Castrillo-Viguera, Maria L Naylor

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Article in Therapeutic advances in neurological disorders, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Thomas F ScottNeurology and Neuroscience Institute, Allegheny General Hospital, Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA 15212, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5701-7554
Ray SuBiogen, Cambridge, MA, USA, at the time of this analysis.
Kuangnan XiongBiogen, Cambridge, MA, USA, at the time of this analysis.
Arman AltincatalBiogen, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Carmen Castrillo-VigueraBiogen, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Maria L NaylorBiogen, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Biogen (United States) · USAllegheny Health Network · US

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Abstract

backgroundPeginterferon beta-1a and glatiramer acetate (GA) are approved first-line therapies for the treatment of relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis, but their therapeutic efficacy has not been compared directly.

methodsClinical outcomes at 2 years, including no evidence of disease activity (NEDA), for patients receiving peginterferon beta-1a 125 mcg every 2 weeks (Q2W) or GA 20 mg/ml once daily (QD) were compared by propensity score matching analysis using individual patient data from ADVANCE and CONFIRM phase III clinical trials. In addition, clinical outcomes at 1-3 years for patients receiving peginterferon beta-1a Q2W or GA 40 mg/ml three times a week (TIW) were evaluated using a matching-adjusted comparison analysis of individual patient data from ADVANCE and the ADVANCE extension study, ATTAIN, and aggregate patient data from the phase III GALA and the GALA extension studies.

resultsPropensity-score-matched peginterferon beta-1a patients (

conclusionResults from separate matching comparisons of phase III clinical trials and extension studies suggest that peginterferon beta-1a 125 mcg Q2W may provide better clinical outcomes than GA (20 mg/ml QD or 40 mg/ml TIW).

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comparative efficacyglatiramer acetatemultiple sclerosispeginterferon beta-1a

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