NEDA treatment target? No evident disease activity as an actionable outcome in practice

Natalie E. Parks, Eoin P. Flanagan, Claudia F. Lucchinetti, Dean M. Wingerchuk

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“No evident disease activity” (NEDA) is a proposed measure of disease activity-free status in multiple sclerosis (MS) that is typically defined as absence of relapses, disability progression, and MRI activity over a defined time period. NEDA is increasingly reported in randomized controlled trials of MS disease modifying therapies where it has some perceived advantages over outcomes such as annualized relapse rate. NEDA has also been proposed as a treatment goal in clinical care. At this point, the long-term implications of early NEDA remain largely unknown. We review current NEDA definitions, use in clinical trials, and its prospects for routine use as an actionable treatment target in clinical practice.

Idioma originalEnglish
Páginas (desde-hasta)31-34
Número de páginas4
PublicaciónJournal of the Neurological Sciences
Volumen383
DOI
EstadoPublished - dic. 15 2017

Nota bibliográfica

Funding Information:
Natalie E. Parks has provided consulting services for Biogen and Roche. Eoin P. Flanagan reports no disclosures. Claudia F. Lucchinetti shares in royalties from marketing of kits for detecting AQP4 autoantibody, reports research grants from Sanofi, Novartis, and Biogen Pharmaceuticals, and receives research support from the National Multiple Sclerosis Foundation. Dean M. Wingerchuk receives research support paid to Mayo Clinic from Alexion and TerumoBCT and serves as a consultant to MedImmune.

Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Elsevier B.V.

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • Neurology
  • Clinical Neurology

PubMed: MeSH publication types

  • Journal Article
  • Review

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