Giacomo Boffa, Alessio Signori, Luca Massacesi, Alice Mariottini, Elvira Sbragia, Salvatore Cottone, Maria Pia Amato, Claudio Gasperini, Lucia Moiola, Stefano Meletti, Anna Maria Repice, Vincenzo Brescia Morra, Giuseppe Salemi, Francesco Patti, Massimo Filippi, Giovanna De Luca, Giacomo Lus, Mauro Zaffaroni, Patrizia Sola, Antonella Conte, Riccardo Nistri, Umberto Aguglia, Franco Granella, Simonetta Galgani, Luisa Maria Caniatti, Alessandra Lugaresi, Silvia Romano, Pietro Iaffaldano, Eleonora Cocco, Riccardo Saccardi, Emanuele Angelucci, Maria Trojano, Giovanni Luigi Mancardi, Maria Pia Sormani, Matilde Inglese
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Uncontrolled evidence suggests that autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (AHSCT) can be effective in people with active secondary progressive multiple sclerosis (SPMS). In this study we compared the effect of AHSCT with that of other anti-inflammatory disease modifying therapies (DMT) on long-term disability worsening in active SPMS. METHODS: We collected data from the Italian-Bone-Marrow-Transplantation-Study-Group and the Italian-Multiple-Sclerosis-Register...
December 21, 2022: Neurology