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From JAMA Neurology (January 7, 2019)--this is a link to the entire article, entitled "Association of rituximab treatment with disability progression among patients with secondary progressive multiple sclerosis":


https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaneurology/fullarticle/2719699?guestAccessKey=17fb9684-d054-4bd4-a067-c9e3bb1b9462&utm_source=silverchair&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=article_alert-jamaneurology&utm_content=olf&utm_term=010719

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This small study found that patients treated with rituximab before switching to glatiramer acetate (Copaxone) were more likely to show NEDA (no evidence of disease activity) than patients who received placebo before the change to Copaxone. From PubMed, January 13, 2019:


https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30635477


Apparently the patients received 2 infusions of Rituxan before starting daily Copaxone injections (from ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01569451).

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Active Comparator: (Placebo and) Glatiramer Acetate
Subjects will receive an intravenous (IV) infusion of placebo (normal saline) on study days 1 (baseline visit) and 15 according to the infusion protocol. On study day 28, all subjects will initiate standard Glatiramer Acetate therapy, 20 mg injected subcutaneously daily.


Experimental: Rituximab and Glatiramer Acetate (R-GA)
Subjects will receive an intravenous (IV) infusion of 1000 mg of rituximab on study days 1 (baseline visit) and 15 according to the rituximab infusion protocol. On study day 28, subjects will initiate standard Glatiramer Acetate therapy, 20 mg injected subcutaneously daily.
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(Abst.) Rituximab treatment for MS
« Reply #3 on: June 27, 2019, 03:50:11 pm »
More in support of rituximab for treatment of both RRMS and "progressive MS phenotypes," from PubMed (June 27, 2018):


https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31237800
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From Multiple Sclerosis News Today (August 23, 2019)--"Aggressive MS in Child Dramatically Resolved with Rituximab Treatment, Case Study Reports":


http://bit.ly/2LdNgDM
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(Abst.) Rituximab in MS at general hospital level
« Reply #5 on: February 02, 2020, 05:00:56 pm »
From PubMed, February 2, 2020--abstract of a Swedish study, "Rituximab in multiple sclerosis at general hospital level":


https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31990978
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From PubMed (February 20, 2020), "Rituximab in the treatment of multiple sclerosis in the Hospital District of Southwest Finland":


https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32066031




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Rituximab biosimilar could be $4 billion blockbuster
« Reply #7 on: March 12, 2020, 04:32:49 pm »
ABP798, a rituximab biosimilar, is about to be marketed--and is expected to sell very well.


https://pharmaphorum.com/news/amgen-allergans-rituximab-biosimilar-could-be-4bn-blockbuster/
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From Multiple Sclerosis Journal (March 17, 2020)--"Comparison of rituximab originator (MabThera) to biosimilar (Truxima) in patients with multiple sclerosis":


https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1352458520912170
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Some of the authors of the article abstracted here are well known in MS research. From PubMed (August 10, 2020)--"Rituximab versus natalizumab, fingolimod, and dimethyl fumarate in multiple sclerosis treatment":


https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32767538/


Note that clicking on the DOI in the abstract will take you to the entire article.


There is also this--also indexed in PubMed (August 10) and with some of the same authors--"Serious safety events in rituximab-treated multiple sclerosis and related disorders":


https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32767538/
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More on this study, from Multiple Sclerosis News Today (August 11, 2020)--"Rituximab More Effective than Gilenya, Tecfidera and Comparable to Tysabri, Study Finds":


https://bit.ly/30ViwQX
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From Multiple Sclerosis News Today (September 14, 2020), "#MSVirtual2020: Low Rituximab Doses Are Safer [than], as Effective as Higher Ones"--reporting on a presentation at the recent ACTRIMS/ECTRIMS conference (September 11-13):


https://bit.ly/3bXzIcp
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From Multiple Sclerosis News Today (October 16, 2020)--"Treatment of multiple sclerosis with rituximab:  A multicentric Italian-Swiss experience":


https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1352458519872889
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From PubMed (April 26, 2021)--"Reactivation of SARS-CoV-2 after rituximab in a patient with multiple sclerosis":


https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33895693/
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This article singles out rituximab as an instance of an immunosuppressive drug that seems to be causing vulnerability to infection with chronic COVID-19 and virus variants.


From JAMA (May 5, 2021)--"Researchers tie severe immunosuppression to chronic COVID-19 and virus variants":


https://bit.ly/3oSKQxO
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