Multiple sclerosis : clinical and laboratory research
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Multicenter Study Clinical Trial
Intramuscular interferon beta-1a is effective in Japanese patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis: a pre-treatment versus treatment comparison study of gadolinium-enhanced MRI brain lesions.
Interferon beta (IFNβ) is standard therapy for multiple sclerosis (MS). The efficacy of intramuscular (IM) IFNβ-1a (AVONEX(®)) was assessed in 25 Japanese patients with relapsing-remitting MS (RRMS). ⋯ This first study of IM IFNβ-1a in Japanese patients with RRMS demonstrated a level of efficacy similar to that reported in Caucasian patients based on an assessment of pre-treatment and post-treatment gadolinium-enhanced lesions.