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Molécule	Indication / population	Phase	Objectif	Pays	Résultat
A Canadian Study Assessing the Utility of the Treatment Optimization Recommendations in Multiple SclerosisThe Canadian Multiple Sclerosis Working Group (CMSWG) has developed practical recommendations on how neurologists can assess the status of subjects on disease modifying drugs (DMDs) and decide when it may be necessary to modify treatment in order to optimize outcomes. These recommendations are based on relapses, disease progression as measured by the Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) or EDSS progression, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) outcomes. The CMSWG agreed to compare post-treatment relapse rates and severity to baseline rates and severity in each individual subject. The recommended minimum baseline reference time frame needed to assess relapse rate was 2 years prior to treatment initiation. The objective and prospective relapse data should be ideally collected during this reference period. The CMSWG recommended that the following should be taken into consideration when assessing relapse severity: the effect of the relapse on activities of daily living (ADL), the type and number of systems involved (i.e., relapses that are polysymptomatic or that affect the cerebellar/motor systems tend to be more severe), and whether or not a course of corticosteroids was required. The CMSWG also recommended that, prior to considering treatment modification on the basis of progression in disability, progression should be confirmed at 6 months. The CMSWG's Treatment Optimization Recommendations (TORs) have been retrospectively applied to the 4 year data set from the PRISMS study. Applying the model to subjects after their first year on therapy allowed for accurate prediction of continued disease activity in the form of relapses in the majority of subjects who actually experienced ongoing attacks. The model was less effective in predicting disability progression, but this may well have been due to the low numbers of subjects on treatment progressing over the study period. This observational study used the TOR model to identify subjects as either candidates for therapy optimization or as candidates to maintain current therapy. All subjects were then followed prospectively until re- assessment will be done with this model.	SEP	À vérifier	Ralentissement de la progression		À vérifier
A Canadian Study Assessing the Utility of the Treatment Optimization Recommendations in Multiple SclerosisThe Canadian Multiple Sclerosis Working Group (CMSWG) has developed practical recommendations on how neurologists can assess the status of subjects on disease modifying drugs (DMDs) and decide when it may be necessary to modify treatment in order to optimize outcomes. These recommendations are based on relapses, disease progression as measured by the Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) or EDSS progression, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) outcomes. The CMSWG agreed to compare post-treatment relapse rates and severity to baseline rates and severity in each individual subject. The recommended minimum baseline reference time frame needed to assess relapse rate was 2 years prior to treatment initiation. The objective and prospective relapse data should be ideally collected during this reference period. The CMSWG recommended that the following should be taken into consideration when assessing relapse severity: the effect of the relapse on activities of daily living (ADL), the type and number of systems involved (i.e., relapses that are polysymptomatic or that affect the cerebellar/motor systems tend to be more severe), and whether or not a course of corticosteroids was required. The CMSWG also recommended that, prior to considering treatment modification on the basis of progression in disability, progression should be confirmed at 6 months. The CMSWG's Treatment Optimization Recommendations (TORs) have been retrospectively applied to the 4 year data set from the PRISMS study. Applying the model to subjects after their first year on therapy allowed for accurate prediction of continued disease activity in the form of relapses in the majority of subjects who actually experienced ongoing attacks. The model was less effective in predicting disability progression, but this may well have been due to the low numbers of subjects on treatment progressing over the study period. This observational study used the TOR model to identify subjects as either candidates for therapy optimization or as candidates to maintain current therapy. All subjects were then followed prospectively until re- assessment will be done with this model.	SEP	À vérifier	Ralentissement de la progression		À vérifier

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Molécule	Indication / population	Phase	NCT	Titre	Statut
A Canadian Study Assessing the Utility of the Treatment Optimization Recommendations in Multiple Sclerosis	SEP	À vérifier	NCT01142583	A Canadian Study Assessing the Utility of the Treatment Optimization Recommendations in Multiple Sclerosis	COMPLETED

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Molécule	Indication / population	Titre	Journal	Date
A Canadian Study Assessing the Utility of the Treatment Optimization Recommendations in Multiple Sclerosis		Utility of the Canadian Treatment Optimization Recommendations (TOR) in MS care.	The Canadian journal of neurological sciences. Le journal canadien des sciences neurologiques