Disease-modifying treatments for multiple sclerosis have not affected the incidence of neoplasms in clinical trials over 3 decades: a meta-analysis with meta-regression.
Dimitrios PapadopoulosPanagiotis GklinosGiorgos PsarrosKonstantina DrelliaEumorphia Maria DelichaTim FriedeDimos D MitsikostasRichard S NicholasPublished in: Journal of neurology (2022)
Our study indicates that treatment with DMTs has not modified the risk of neoplasms in MS clinical trials from 1991 to 2020, which may reflect a low carcinogenic potential of DMTs and/or that the neoplasia latencies far exceed the typical MS trial observation periods.