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| Title: | Increased serum neurofilament light and thin ganglion cell-inner plexiform layer are additive risk factors for disease activity in early multiple sclerosis |
| Creators Name: | Lin, T.Y., Vitkova, V., Asseyer, S., Martorell Serra, I., Motamedi, S., Chien, C., Ditzhaus, M., Papadopoulou, A., Benkert, P., Kuhle, J., Bellmann-Strobl, J., Ruprecht, K., Paul, F., Brandt, A.U. and Zimmermann, H.G. |
| Abstract: | OBJECTIVE: To investigate the association of combined serum neurofilament light chain (sNfL) and retinal optical coherence tomography (OCT) measurements with future disease activity in patients with early multiple sclerosis (MS). METHODS: We analyzed sNfL by single molecule array technology and performed OCT measurements in a prospective cohort of 78 patients with clinically isolated syndrome and early relapsing-remitting MS with a median (interquartile range) follow-up of 23.9 (23.3–24.7) months. Patients were grouped into those with abnormal or normal sNfL levels, defined as sNfL ≥/<80th percentile of age-corrected reference values. Likewise, patients were grouped by a median split into those with thin or thick ganglion cell and inner plexiform layer (GCIP), peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer, and inner nuclear layer in nonoptic neuritis eyes. Outcome parameters were violation of no evidence of disease activity (NEDA-3) criteria or its components. RESULTS: Patients with abnormal baseline sNfL had a higher risk of violating NEDA-3 (hazard ratio [HR] 2.28, 95% CI 1.27–4.09, p = 0.006) and developing a new brain lesion (HR 2.47, 95% CI 1.30(–4).69, p = 0.006), but not for a new relapse (HR 2.21, 95% CI 0.97–5.03, p = 0.058). Patients with both abnormal sNfL and thin GCIP had an even higher risk for NEDA-3 violation (HR 3.61, 95% CI 1.77–7.36, p = 4.2e−4), new brain lesion (HR 3.19, 95% CI 1.51–6.76, p = 0.002), and new relapse (HR 5.38, 95% CI 1.61–17.98, p = 0.006) than patients with abnormal sNfL alone. CONCLUSIONS: In patients with early MS, the presence of both abnormal sNfL and thin GCIP is a stronger risk factor for future disease activity than the presence of each parameter alone. |
| Keywords: | Multiple Sclerosis, Neurofilament Proteins, Optical Coherence Tomography, Retinal Ganglion Cells, Risk Factors |
| Source: | Neurology Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation |
| ISSN: | 2332-7812 |
| Publisher: | American Academy of Neurology |
| Volume: | 8 |
| Number: | 5 |
| Page Range: | e1051 |
| Date: | September 2021 |
| Official Publication: | https://doi.org/10.1212/NXI.0000000000001051 |
| PubMed: | View item in PubMed |
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