The purpose of this study is to evaluate the proportion of patients who demonstrate no medical need to discontinue therapy among DMT-naïve patients with relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis after 1 year of treatment with Rebif 44 mcg tiw or with Tecfidera 240 mg bid based on real-world data.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
479
Alabama Neurology Associates
Birmingham, Alabama, United States
NEDA-2
Number of patients who had no need to discontinue therapy within the first 12months after index date. Unit of measure is number of patients. No medical need to discontinue therapy is reached if there are no relapses and no new lesions, and no enlarging lesions and the patient did not stop the index medication due to tolerability, adverse events or disease activity. If any of the above occurs, NEDA-2 is not reached.
Time frame: 12 months
Clinical differences between the two treatment groups
Comparison of number of relapses between the two treatment groups.
Time frame: 12 months
Neurological differences between two treatment groups
Comparison of number of new lesions and number of enlarging lesions between the two treatment groups. Unit of measurement is number of each lesion type.
Time frame: 12 months
Proportion of individuals within each treatment group who discontinued, stratified by reason
Proportion of individuals within each treatment group who discontinued treatment due * to tolerability * to adverse events * to disease activity Unit of measurement is the share of patients who discontinued compared to total patients stratified by reason of discontinuation.
Time frame: 12 months
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