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Serum neurofilament light chain for individual prognostication of disease activity in people with multiple sclerosis: a retrospective modelling and validation study.

Journal Paper/Review - Mar 1, 2022

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Benkert P, Meier S, Schaedelin S, Manouchehrinia A, Yaldizli O, Maceski A, Oechtering J, Achtnichts L, Conen D, Derfuss T, Lalive P, Mueller C, Müller S, Naegelin Y, Oksenberg J, Pot C, Salmen A, Willemse E, Kockum I, Blennow K, Zetterberg H, Gobbi C, Kappos L, Wiendl H, Berger K, Sormani M, Granziera C, Piehl F, Leppert D, Kuhle J, ĀăąĆĉČĎ Ā. Serum neurofilament light chain for individual prognostication of disease activity in people with multiple sclerosis: a retrospective modelling and validation study. Lancet Neurol 2022; 21:246-257.
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Journal Paper/Review (English)
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Lancet Neurol 2022; 21
Publication Date
Mar 1, 2022
Issn Electronic
1474-4465
Pages
246-257
Brief description/objective

Serum neurofilament light chain (sNfL) is a biomarker of neuronal damage that is used not only to monitor disease activity and response to drugs and to prognosticate disease course in people with multiple sclerosis on the group level. The absence of representative reference values to correct for physiological age-dependent increases in sNfL has limited the diagnostic use of this biomarker at an individual level. We aimed to assess the applicability of sNfL for identification of people at risk for future disease activity by establishing a reference database to derive reference values corrected for age and body-mass index (BMI). Furthermore, we used the reference database to test the suitability of sNfL as an endpoint for group-level comparison of effectiveness across disease-modifying therapies.