Cardiovascular profile improvement during Natalizumab treatment
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Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Cardiovascular comorbidities are associated with the risk of MS progression. Thus, we aim to measure variations of cardiovascular risk factors during Natalizumab treatment and their possible clinical associations. Seventy-one relapsing-remitting MS patients treated with Natalizumab were followed-up during a 12.9 ± 6.2 months. Cardiovascular risk factors were recorded on first and last study visits: systolic blood pressure, uric acid, total cholesterol, LDL, HDL, and triglycerides. EDSS progression and relapse occurrence were recorded. At multilevel mixed-effects linear regression models, the population presented with a significant reduction of total cholesterol (Coeff = -7.340; 95%CI = -13.152--1.527; p = 0.013), and of HDL cholesterol (Coeff = -3.473; 95%CI = -6.333--0.613; p = 0.017), and a non-significant reduction of LDL cholesterol (Coeff = -1.872; 95%CI = -8.481-0.736; p = 0.053), and of triglycerides (Coeff = -8.815; 95%CI = -34.011-5.380; p = 0.094). Uric acid levels increased during the study period (Coeff = 0.159; 95%CI = 0.212-0.340; p = 0.038). No significant associations were found with clinical outcomes. Serum lipids decreased and anti-oxidant uric acid increased during Natalizumab treatment. These biomarkers need to be further explored in relation to clinical outcomes on larger cohorts with longer follow-ups.
Date Issued
2018-06-01
Date Acceptance
2017-12-11
Citation
Metabolic Brain Disease, 2018, 33 (3), pp.981-986
ISSN
0885-7490
Publisher
Springer Verlag
Start Page
981
End Page
986
Journal / Book Title
Metabolic Brain Disease
Volume
33
Issue
3
Copyright Statement
© Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2017. The final publication is available at Springer via http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11011-017-0169-z
Identifier
PII: 10.1007/s11011-017-0169-z
Subjects
Cardiovascular
Cholesterol
Multiple sclerosis
Natalizumab
Uric
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2017-12-18