Fingolimod for the treatment of multiple sclerosis in French West Indies, a real-world study in patients from African ancestry.
Journal of the Neurological Sciences(2019)
Abstract
Affecting 2.5 million people worldwide, multiple sclerosis (MS) is one of the main causes of acquired disability among young adults. In French West Indies (FWI), where MS has arisen from the end of the 80's, a low therapeutic response to interferons beta1 (IFN beta1) in patients of African descent, restrains the therapeutic options. Fingolimod is a Sphingosine-1-Phosphate receptor modulator whose efficacy in the treatment of MS has recently been shown in three phase III studies. Nevertheless, data are currently lacking concerning the use of Fingolimod among populations of African descent, particularly in a real-world setting.
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Key words
Relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis,Afro-Caribbean,Fingolimod,Efficacy,NEDA-3,Real-world
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