| Evaluation of patients treated with natalizumab for progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy. | |
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PMID: 16510746 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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BACKGROUND: Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) was reported to have developed in three patients treated with natalizumab. We conducted an evaluation to determine whether PML had developed in any other treated patients. METHODS: We invited patients who had participated in clinical trials in which they received recent or long-term treatment with natalizumab for multiple sclerosis, Crohn's disease, or rheumatoid arthritis to participate. The clinical history, physical examination, brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and testing of cerebrospinal fluid for JC virus DNA were used by an expert panel to evaluate patients for PML. We estimated the risk of PML in patients who completed at least a clinical examination for PML or had an MRI. RESULTS: Of 3417 patients who had recently received natalizumab while participating in clinical trials, 3116 (91 percent) who were exposed to a mean of 17.9 monthly doses underwent evaluation for PML. Of these, 44 patients were referred to the expert panel because of clinical findings of possible PML, abnormalities on MRI, or a high plasma viral load of JC virus. No patient had detectable JC virus DNA in the cerebrospinal fluid. PML was ruled out in 43 of the 44 patients, but it could not be ruled out in one patient who had multiple sclerosis and progression of neurologic disease because data on cerebrospinal fluid testing and follow-up MRI were not available. Only the three previously reported cases of PML were confirmed (1.0 per 1000 treated patients; 95 percent confidence interval, 0.2 to 2.8 per 1000). CONCLUSIONS: A detailed review of possible cases of PML in patients exposed to natalizumab found no new cases and suggested a risk of PML of roughly 1 in 1000 patients treated with natalizumab for a mean of 17.9 months. The risk associated with longer treatment is not known. |
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Authors:
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Tarek A Yousry; Eugene O Major; Caroline Ryschkewitsch; Gary Fahle; Steven Fischer; Jean Hou; Blanche Curfman; Katherine Miszkiel; Nicole Mueller-Lenke; Esther Sanchez; Frederik Barkhof; Ernst-Wilhelm Radue; Hans R Jäger; David B Clifford |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural |
Journal Detail:
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Title: The New England journal of medicine Volume: 354 ISSN: 1533-4406 ISO Abbreviation: N. Engl. J. Med. Publication Date: 2006 Mar |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2006-03-02 Completed Date: 2006-03-07 Revised Date: 2011-11-04 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 0255562 Medline TA: N Engl J Med Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 924-33 Citation Subset: AIM; IM |
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Copyright 2006 Massachusetts Medical Society. |
Affiliation:
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Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London. |
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| MeSH Terms | |
Descriptor/Qualifier:
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Antibodies, Monoclonal
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adverse effects*,
therapeutic use Arthritis, Rheumatoid / drug therapy Clinical Trials as Topic Crohn Disease / drug therapy DNA, Viral / cerebrospinal fluid Humans JC Virus / genetics, isolation & purification* Leukoencephalopathy, Progressive Multifocal / chemically induced*, diagnosis Magnetic Resonance Imaging Multiple Sclerosis, Relapsing-Remitting / drug therapy Risk |
| Grant Support | |
ID/Acronym/Agency:
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748//Multiple Sclerosis Society |
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Reg. No./Substance:
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0/Antibodies, Monoclonal; 0/DNA, Viral; 0/natalizumab |
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Comment In:
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N Engl J Med. 2006 Jun 1;354(22):2387-9; author reply 2387-9
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16742008
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N Engl J Med. 2006 Jun 1;354(22):2387-9; author reply 2387-9 [PMID: 16738278 ] N Engl J Med. 2006 Mar 2;354(9):965-7 [PMID: 16510751 ] N Engl J Med. 2006 Jun 1;354(22):2387-9; author reply 2387-9 [PMID: 16742009 ] |
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