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Title: The natural history of primary progressive multiple sclerosis: insights from the German NeuroTransData registry

Contributor: Braune, Stefan ; Bluemich, Sandra ; Bruns, Carola ; Dirks, Petra ; Hoffmann, Jeanette ; Heer, Yanic ; Rouzic, Erwan Muros-Le ; Bergmann, Arnfin ; Albrecht, Walter ; Bischof, Felix ; Bittkau, Foroogh ; Bittkau, Simon ; Bohr, Kin-Arno ; Borries, Bettina ; Brockmeier, Bernd ; Brummer, Dagmar ; Bühler, Bernhard ; Butz, Wolfgang ; Cepek, Lukas ; Claassen, Lars ; Dee, Jürgen ; Dieterle, Lienhard ; Drees, Eckehard ; Engelmann, Christoph ; Ernst, Michael ; Fasold, Oliver ; Fischer, Johannes ; Flach, Michael ; Fleischer, Robert ; Friedrich, Lea ; Friedrich, Anke ; Fritzinger, Michael ; Gehring, Klaus ; Gierer, Stephanie ; Gierer, Stephan ; Gößling, Jens ; Grips, Eva ; Haldenwanger, Andreas Hans-Joachim ; Harth, Andreas ; Hartmann, Rolf ; Helm, Roland ; Herbst, Heinz-Peter ; Hofer, Christian ; Hofmann, Werner Erwin ; Hoge, Alexander ; Hummel, Sibylla ; Ikenberg, Benno ; Israel-Willner, Heike ; Jankovits, Ralf ; Kallmann, Boris-Alexander ; Kausch, Ulrich ; Keppler, Marc ; Kessler, Kirn ; Kirchhöfer, Ulrike ; Kirchmeier, Jürgen ; Knoblich, Rupert ; Knoll, Thomas ; Knorn, Philipp ; Köchling, Monika ; Kornhuber, Anselm Wolfgang ; Kramer, Bernd ; Krause, Michaela ; Krauß, Martin ; Kubalek, Ralf ; Kunz, Jürgen ; Landefeld, Harald ; Lange, Thomas ; Lehmann-Horn, Klaus ; Lippert, Esther ; Lippmann, Karla ; Maier-Janson, Walter ; Märkl, Martin ; Masri, Said ; Moser, Christof ; Neusch, Clemens ; Niemann, Julius ; Paschke, Tilmann ; Peikert, Anna Sybilla ; Peikert, Andreas ; Peters, Henning ; Pfister, Robert ; Reifschneider, Gerd ; Ries, Stefan ; Rieth, Christoph ; Roick, Holger ; Roth, Gerhard Dieter ; Roth, Roland ; Safavi, Ali ; Saur, Joachim ; Schmitt-Roth, Brigitte ; Scholz, Erich Franz ; Schreiber, Herbert ; Schreiber, Klaus ; Schrey, Christoph ; Schumann, Carsten ; Seiler, Martin ; Sigel, Karl-Otto ; Sikora, Viola ; Sotiriadis, Nikolaos ; Spiegel, Stefanie ; Städt, Detlef ; Sühnel, Torsten ; Tiel-Wilck, Klaus ; Ulzheimer, Jochen Christoph ; Unsorg, Barbara Sofie ; Voith, Silvia ; Wannenmacher, Achim Stephan ; Weber, Hildegund ; Weih, Markus ; Wendtland, Bernd ; Wiborg, Andreas ; Wimmer, Martin ; Winker, Thomas ; Wontroba, Isaak ; Wüstenhagen, Monika

Published: Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2023

Language: English

DOI: 10.1186/s12883-023-03273-9

ISSN: 1471-2377

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Description: Abstract Background Primary progressive multiple sclerosis (PPMS) is characterised by gradual worsening of disability from symptom onset. Knowledge about the natural course of PPMS remains limited. Methods PPMS patients from the German NeuroTransData (NTD) MS registry with data from 56 outpatient practices were employed for retrospective cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses. The cross-sectional analysis included a contemporary PPMS cohort with a documented visit within the last 2 years before index date (1 Jan 2021). The longitudinal analysis included a disease modifying therapy (DMT)-naïve population and focused on the evolution of expanded disability status scale (EDSS) from the first available assessment at or after diagnosis within the NTD registry to index date. Outcome measures were estimated median time from first EDSS assessment to first 24-week confirmed EDSS ≥ 4 and ≥ 7. Besides EDSS change, the proportion of patients on disability pension were described over time. Results The cross-sectional analysis included 481 PPMS patients (59.9% female, mean [standard deviation, SD] age 60.5 [11.5] years, mean [SD] EDSS 4.9 [2.1]). Estimated median time from first EDSS assessment after diagnosis to reach 24-week confirmed EDSS ≥ 4 for DMT-naïve patients was 6.9 years. Median time to EDSS ≥ 7 was 9.7 years for 25% of the population. Over a decade mean (SD) EDSS scores increased from 4.6 (2.1) to 5.7 (2.0); the proportion of patients on disability pension increased from 18.9% to 33.3%. Conclusions This study provides first insights into the German NTD real-world cohort of PPMS patients. Findings confirm the steadily deteriorating course of PPMS accompanied by increasingly limited quality of life.

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