No Evidence of Disease Activity: Indirect Comparisons of Oral Therapies for the Treatment of Relapsing–Remitting Multiple Sclerosis

Advances in Therapy

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1134-1154

  Nixon, Richard ^a   Bergvall, Niklas ^a   Tomic, Davorka ^a   Sfikas, Nikolaos ^a   Cutter, Gary ^b   Giovannoni, Gavin ^c  

^a NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disease modifying therapies; Fingolimod; Indirect comparison; Multiple sclerosis; Neurology; Oral therapies

Indexed keywords

FINGOLIMOD; FUMARIC ACID DIMETHYL ESTER; GADOLINIUM; NATALIZUMAB; PLACEBO; TERIFLUNOMIDE; CROTONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; TOLUIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT CODING; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; DISABILITY; DISEASE COURSE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, RELAPSING-REMITTING; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT ACUITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECURRENT DISEASE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; CROTONATES; DIMETHYL FUMARATE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FINGOLIMOD HYDROCHLORIDE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, RELAPSING-REMITTING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ACUITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RECURRENCE; TOLUIDINES;

EID: 84914173724     PISSN: 0741238X     EISSN: 18658652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12325-014-0167-z     Document Type: Article

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