Prognostic factors for disease activity in newly diagnosed teriflunomide-treated patients with multiple sclerosis: a nationwide Danish study.

Mie Reith Mahler Melinda MagyariLuigi PontieriFrederik ElberlingRolf Pringler HolmArkadiusz WeglewskiMai Bang PoulsenLars Kristian StorrPlamen Anzhelov BekyarovZsolt IllesMatthias KantTobias SejbaekMorten Leif StilundPeter V RasmussenMaria BraskInga UrbonaviciuteFinn Sellebjerg

Published in: Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry (2024)

A high number of pretreatment relapses was only associated with an increased risk of disease activity in females, while age had a differential impact on the risk of disease activity according to sex. Clinicians may consider age, sex and relapses when deciding on TFL treatment.

Keyphrases

disease activity
prognostic factors
systemic lupus erythematosus
rheumatoid arthritis
newly diagnosed
rheumatoid arthritis patients
ankylosing spondylitis
juvenile idiopathic arthritis
palliative care
cross sectional
combination therapy
smoking cessation