Jenny Link, Ryan Ramanujam, Michael Auer, Malin Ryner, Signe Hässler, Delphine Bachelet, Cyprien Mbogning, Clemens Warnke, Dorothea Buck, Poul Erik Hyldgaard Jensen, Claudia Sievers, Kathleen Ingenhoven, Nicolas Fissolo, Raija Lindberg, Verena Grummel, Naoimh Donnellan, Manuel Comabella, Xavier Montalban, Bernd Kieseier, Per Soelberg Sørensen, Hans-Peter Hartung, Tobias Derfuss, Andy Lawton, Dan Sikkema, Marc Pallardy, Bernhard Hemmer, Florian Deisenhammer, Philippe Broët, Pierre Dönnes, Julie Davidson, Anna Fogdell-Hahn
Antibodies against biopharmaceuticals (anti-drug antibodies, ADA) have been a well-integrated part of the clinical care of multiple sclerosis (MS) in several European countries. ADA data generated in Europe during the more than 10 years of ADA monitoring in MS patients treated with interferon beta (IFNβ) and natalizumab have been pooled and characterized through collaboration within a European consortium. The aim of this study was to report on the clinical practice of ADA testing in Europe, considering the number of ADA tests performed and type of ADA assays used, and to determine the frequency of ADA testing against the different drug preparations in different countries...
2017: PloS One