Humanized anti-CD25 (daclizumab) inhibits disease activity in multiple sclerosis patients failing to respond to interferon beta.

Bielekova, Bibiana; Richert, Nancy; Howard, Thomas; Blevins, Gregg; Markovic-Plese, Silva; McCartin, Jennifer; Frank, Joseph A; Würfel, Jens et al. · Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A · 2004

prospective_cohort · Level II

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Abstract

Identifying effective treatment combinations for MS patients failing standard therapy is an important goal. We report the results of a phase II open label baseline-to-treatment trial of a humanized monoclonal antibody against CD25 (daclizumab) in 10 multiple sclerosis patients with incomplete response to IFN-beta therapy and high brain inflammatory and clinical disease activity. Daclizumab was very well tolerated and led to a 78% reduction in new contrast-enhancing lesions and to a significant improvement in several clinical outcome measures.

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