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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 Nicholas
Published 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.
Keyphrases
  • multiple sclerosis
  • clinical trial
  • phase ii
  • mass spectrometry
  • phase iii
  • ms ms
  • study protocol
  • white matter
  • open label
  • risk factors
  • double blind
  • randomized controlled trial