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Baseline MRI characteristics of patients at high risk for multiple sclerosis: results from the CHAMPS trial. Controlled High-Risk Subjects Avonex Multiple Sclerosis Prevention Study.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  12166504     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The baseline MRI studies from the Controlled High-Risk Subjects Avonex Multiple Sclerosis Prevention Study (CHAMPS) trial, a randomized, longitudinal, double-blind trial of 383 patients with a first acute clinical demyelinating event and evidence of prior subclinical demyelination on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain, provides a large MRI database for patients likely in the earliest stages of multiple sclerosis (MS). High-resolution baseline MRIs revealed a median of 13 T2 lesions (maximum = 103 lesions) and 2.05 cm3 of T2 lesion volume (maximum 35.04 cm3), with 30% of patients having one or more enhancing lesions despite receiving a standardized high-dose course of intravenous corticosteroids. Periventricular, discrete, and juxtacortical T2 lesions were present in 99%, 92% and 67% of the patients, respectively. Large (> 6 mm), T1-hypointense, infratentorial, and corpus callosum lesions were present in 69%, 50%, 55% and 58%, respectively. Clinical presentation groups showed differences in T2 lesion volume, and enhancing lesion number and volume. At baseline, 97%, 81% and 72% of the patients met 'Paty', 'Fazekas', and 'Barkhof' research criteria for MS, respectively, with the percentages similar according to clinical presentation group. These results support and extend those of smaller and/or retrospective series, which have shown substantial subclinical injury, based on brain MRI, at the earliest identifiable stages of disease.
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Clinical Trial; Journal Article; Randomized Controlled Trial; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Multiple sclerosis (Houndmills, Basingstoke, England)     Volume:  8     ISSN:  1352-4585     ISO Abbreviation:  Mult. Scler.     Publication Date:  2002 Aug 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2002-08-08     Completed Date:  2003-02-10     Revised Date:  2006-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9509185     Medline TA:  Mult Scler     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  330-8     Citation Subset:  IM    
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adult
Databases, Factual
Double-Blind Method
Female
Humans
Longitudinal Studies
Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
Male
Multiple Sclerosis / epidemiology,  pathology*
Optic Neuritis / epidemiology,  pathology
Risk Factors

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