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ArticleAnnals of clinical and translational neurology2025

Inflammatory disease in people with multiple sclerosis treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors.

Saira Afzal, Yadi Li, Brittany Lapin, Le H Hua, Lucy Boyce Kennedy, Wen Wee Ma, Marisa McGinley, Jeffrey A Cohen, Amy Kunchok

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Article in Annals of clinical and translational neurology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Saira AfzalDepartment of Neurology, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, Florida, USA.ORCID 0009-0003-1245-0690
Yadi LiDepartment of Quantitative Health Sciences, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4930-2168
Brittany LapinDepartment of Quantitative Health Sciences, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
Le H HuaLou Ruvo Center for Brain Health, Neurological Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Lucy Boyce KennedyDepartment of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Cancer Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
Wen Wee MaDepartment of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Cancer Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
Marisa McGinleyMellen Center for Multiple Sclerosis, Neurological Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
Jeffrey A CohenMellen Center for Multiple Sclerosis, Neurological Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
Amy KunchokMellen Center for Multiple Sclerosis, Neurological Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8387-6491

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study evaluated disease activity in people with Multiple Sclerosis (PwMS) who received immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) compared to PwMS not treated with ICIs. There were 108 PwMS included (27 PwMS+ICIs and 81 PwMS controls), matched on age, sex, disease duration, DMTs, and MS disease course. Of 27 PwMS+ICIs, one (4%) had a relapse and four (15%) developed new MRI lesions without clinical symptoms. Time to relapse and MRI activity were compared using Kaplan-Meier curves and Cox regression models. There was no significant difference for either time to relapse (p = 0.34) or MRI activity (p = 0.15) in PwMS+ICIs compared to controls.

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Immune Checkpoint InhibitorsMultiple SclerosisNeuroinflammatory DiseasesAdultFemaleHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleMiddle AgedImmune Checkpoint Inhibitors

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PMID39737530
PMCPMC11920721

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