Relapse after First Lemtrada Course No Indication of Poor Long-Term Outcome, Study Finds
Some MS patients being treated with Lemtrada report new exacerbation after they complete round one of the drug, and they wonder if this means the drug isn’t working. reports on a new study that should be encouraging for those who, like me, are being treated with this drug.
Multiple sclerosis (MS) patients who experienced a relapse between their first and second rounds of Lemtrada (alemtuzumab) had good treatment outcomes over the long run, according to a Phase 3 clinical trial.
Those who relapsed after their first round ended up with annual relapse rates similar to those who didn’t after two years, researchers said at the Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers Annual Meeting. This suggested that an early relapse did not indicate a poor long-term response to Lemtrada.
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Single Session of Ball-Throwing Exercise Improves Balance Control in MS, Study Shows
Balance is one of the problems that I’ve been dealing with for years. So, I was excited to read this story, written by
about a small study that reports that just a little work with a medicine ball can improve your balance. I’m going to have to try this.Patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) regain part of their balance control after a single training session of ball-throwing exercises, finds a study supported by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.
Researchers presented their study, “A Single-Session Training of Ball Throwing Exercise Improves Balance Control in Individuals with Multiple Sclerosis,” at the 2017 Annual Meeting of the Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers (CMSC), May 24-27 in New Orleans.
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PML Found in Ocrevus-Treated Patient Who Had Used Tysabri for 3 Previous Years
It’s uncertain whether it was treatment with Tysabri or Ocrevus that triggered this case of the PML brain infection. The patient’s doctor attributes it to Tysabri, but the manufacturer of Ocrevus is carefully studying this case. provides the details, which many other MS patients and medical professionals will be watching carefully.
A multiple sclerosis (MS) patient treated in Germany with Ocrevus (ocrelizumab) has developed the dreaded brain infection progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML). But it is not clear whether the recently approved Genentech/Roche-developed treatment is the cause.