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ArticleAnnals of clinical and translational neurology2024

Repeated iv anti-CD20 treatment in multiple sclerosis: Long-term effects on peripheral immune cell subsets.

Julia Feige, Tobias Moser, Katja Akgün, Kerstin Schwenker, Wolfgang Hitzl, Elisabeth Haschke-Becher, Tjalf Ziemssen, Johann Sellner

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Article in Annals of clinical and translational neurology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Julia FeigeDepartment of Neurology, Christian Doppler University Hospital, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria.
Tobias MoserDepartment of Neurology, Christian Doppler University Hospital, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-5397-5595
Katja AkgünDepartment of Neurology, Multiple Sclerosis Center, Center of Clinical Neuroscience, Carl Gustav Carus University Hospital, Technical University Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
Kerstin SchwenkerDepartment of Neurology, Christian Doppler University Hospital, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria.
Wolfgang HitzlResearch Management (RM): Biostatistics and Publication of Clinical Studies Team, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria.
Elisabeth Haschke-BecherDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria.
Tjalf ZiemssenDepartment of Neurology, Multiple Sclerosis Center, Center of Clinical Neuroscience, Carl Gustav Carus University Hospital, Technical University Dresden, Dresden, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-8799-8202
Johann SellnerDepartment of Neurology, Christian Doppler University Hospital, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria.ORCID 0000-0001-8749-5533
Paracelsus Medical University · ATUniversity Hospital Carl Gustav Carus · DE

Funding

Roche
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveRepeated intravenous administration of anti-CD20 depleting monoclonal antibodies 6 months apart is among the highly effective treatment options in multiple sclerosis (MS). Here, we aimed to investigate peripheral immune cell subset depletion kinetics following either rituximab (RTX) or ocrelizumab (OCR) infusions in people with MS (pwMS).

methodsWe studied pwMS treated de-novo with either RTX (n = 7) or OCR (n = 8). The examinations were scheduled before the initiation of anti-CD20 therapy and every 12 weeks for up to 15 months. Immunophenotyping of immune cell subsets in peripheral blood was performed by multiparametric fluorescence cytometry.

resultsA significant, persistent decrease of CD19

interpretationPeripheral immune cell profiling revealed more differentiated insights into the prompt and delayed immunological effects of repeated intravenous anti-CD20 treatment. The observation of proportional changes of some pathogenetically relevant immune cell subsets only after two infusion cycles deserves further attention.

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Multiple SclerosisAntibodies, MonoclonalAntigens, CD19B-LymphocytesHumansRituximabAntibodies, MonoclonalAntigens, CD19Rituximab

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PMID38204286
PMCPMC10863910
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