Silent lesions on MRI imaging - Shifting goal posts for treatment decisions in multiple sclerosis

• Published in: Multiple sclerosis Vol. 24; no. 12; p. 1569
• Main Authors: Min, Myintzu, Spelman, Tim, Lugaresi, Alessandra, Boz, Cavit, Spitaleri, Daniele LA, Pucci, Eugenio, Grand'Maison, Francois, Granella, Franco, Izquierdo, Guillermo, Butzkueven, Helmut, Sanchez-Menoyo, Jose Luis, Barnett, Michael, Girard, Marc, Trojano, Maria, Grammond, Pierre, Duquette, Pierre, Sola, Patrizia, Alroughani, Raed, Hupperts, Raymond, Vucic, Steve, Kalincik, Tomas, Van Pesch, Vincent, Lechner-Scott, Jeannette
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England 01.10.2018
• Subjects: Disease-modifying therapy; magnetic resonance imaging; subclinical lesions

The current best practice suggests yearly magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to monitor treatment response in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients. To evaluate the current practice of clinicians changing MS treatment based on subclinical new MRI lesions alone. Using MSBase, an international MS patient reg...