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ArticleNature reviews. Neurology2025

Advancing multiple sclerosis management in older adults.

Anneke van der Walt, Eva M M Strijbis, Francesca Bridge, Timothy Coetzee, Jennifer Graves, Wallace J Brownlee, Helmut Butzkueven, Ruth Ann Marrie, Le H Hua, Anna Lampe and 5 more

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Article in Nature reviews. Neurology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors.

Anneke van der WaltSchool for Translational Medicine, Department of Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. anneke.vanderwalt@monash.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-4278-7003
Eva M M StrijbisDepartment of Neurology, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-6705-5864
Francesca BridgeSchool for Translational Medicine, Department of Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Timothy CoetzeeNational Multiple Sclerosis Society (USA), New York, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3031-7549
Jennifer GravesDepartment of Neurosciences at UC San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Wallace J BrownleeQueen Square Multiple Sclerosis Centre, Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, UK.
Helmut ButzkuevenSchool for Translational Medicine, Department of Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-3940-8727
Ruth Ann MarrieMax Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
Le H HuaLou Ruvo Center for Brain Health, Cleveland Clinic, Las Vegas, NV, USA.
Anna LampeNational Multiple Sclerosis Society (USA), New York, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5799-6457
Mar TintoreMultiple Sclerosis Centre of Catalonia, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Universitat de Vic - Universitat Central de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-9999-5359
Xavier MontalbanMultiple Sclerosis Centre of Catalonia, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Universitat de Vic - Universitat Central de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain.
Peter A CalabresiDepartment of Neurology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Frederik BarkhofDepartment of Neurosciences at UC San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3543-3706
International Advisory Committee Clinical Trials in MS Workshop on Ageing and MS members

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Multiple sclerosis (MS) typically presents in early to middle adulthood, but owing to advancements in health care, many individuals with MS now live a normal lifespan, and approximately half of the people currently living with MS are ≥50 years of age. As people living with MS age, their diagnosis, treatment and disease management become more complex owing to the effects of ageing, immunosenescence and comorbidities. Furthermore, diagnosis of late-onset MS (onset above 50 years of age) often requires additional tests, such as spinal cord imaging and cerebrospinal fluid analysis, to differentiate the disease from age-associated conditions such as cerebrovascular disease. Monitoring disease progression also becomes more complicated with increasing age, as physiological age-related changes can confound MRI findings and measurements of disability and cognition. Treatment decisions in older people with MS are also challenging, as high-efficacy treatments carry increased risks with ageing and their benefits can be reduced, yet little evidence is available to guide treatment in older adults. In this Consensus statement, we present the outcomes of an International Advisory Committee on Clinical Trials (IACCT) in MS workshop on ageing and MS; we review the current status of the field and identify knowledge gaps, and provide recommendations to advance the areas of unmet need.

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AgingDisease ManagementMultiple SclerosisAgedDisease ProgressionHumans

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