Abstract:
:Daily 20-mg doses of Copolymer 1 have been shown to significantly decrease the relapse rate in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). In the present open-label study, patients with relapsing MS were treated with the same dose of Copolymer 1 administered on alternate days. Sixty-eight patients were recruited: fifty-one and forty-one patients completed 1 and 2 years of treatment respectively. The relapse rate during the 2 years of treatment decreased by 80.8% compared with the 2 years before treatment (means, 0.56 +/- 1.02 versus 2.91 +/- 1.10, respectively; p < 0.0001). This lower rate is comparable with that obtained with daily open-label administration previously reported by the authors. The score on the Expanded Disability Status Scale did not differ from that at baseline after the first year of treatment, although it increased somewhat at the end of the second year (baseline = 2.72 +/- 1.55, 1 year = 2.71 +/- 1.59, 2 years = 2.97 +/- 1.80; p < 0.008). The drug was very well tolerated. This preliminary open-label study suggests that alternate-day therapy has beneficial effects and is well tolerated, comparing favorably with the effects of daily injections of Copolymer 1 in patients with relapsing MS. These results should be confirmed by randomized double-blind examinations.
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Clin Neuropharmacoljournal_title
Clinical neuropharmacologyauthors
Flechter S,Kott E,Steiner-Birmanns B,Nisipeanu P,Korczyn ADdoi
10.1097/00002826-200201000-00002keywords:
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2002-01-01 00:00:00pages
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25pub_type
临床试验,杂志文章,多中心研究abstract:OBJECTIVE:Use of antipsychotic agents in the management of various psychopathologies in Child and Adolescent Psychiatric practice is gradually increasing. This study aimed to evaluate the sociodemographic and clinical features of children and adolescents who applied to an outpatient clinic of child and adolescent psych...
journal_title:Clinical neuropharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/WNF.0000000000000263
更新日期:2018-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Clinical neuropharmacology
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
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journal_title:Clinical neuropharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/00002826-199013003-00009
更新日期:1990-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Clinical neuropharmacology
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doi:10.1097/00002826-199304000-00007
更新日期:1993-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Clinical neuropharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00002826-198604000-00005
更新日期:1986-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Clinical neuropharmacology
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00002826-200111000-00006
更新日期:2001-11-01 00:00:00
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doi:10.1097/00002826-199001001-00008
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journal_title:Clinical neuropharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/WNF.0000000000000076
更新日期:2015-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Clinical neuropharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00002826-200209000-00009
更新日期:2002-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Clinical neuropharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
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更新日期:2016-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Clinical neuropharmacology
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00002826-200401000-00005
更新日期:2004-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Clinical neuropharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:2010-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Clinical neuropharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00002826-198506000-00006
更新日期:1985-01-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/01.wnf.0000157066.50948.65
更新日期:2005-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Clinical neuropharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00002826-199704000-00009
更新日期:1997-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Clinical neuropharmacology
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:
更新日期:1991-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Clinical neuropharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/WNF.0b013e31820d6699
更新日期:2011-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Clinical neuropharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00002826-199106000-00012
更新日期:1991-06-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/WNF.0000000000000110
更新日期:2015-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Clinical neuropharmacology
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1986-01-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/00002826-200107000-00002
更新日期:2001-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::Sargramostim (GM-CSF) therapy was instituted in a 49-year-old woman with hepatitis C on chronic interferon alpha-2b therapy. Within two weeks, she developed progressive confusion, lethargy, and gait disturbance. At autopsy 4 months later, diffuse perivascular nonmonoclonal lymphoid infiltrates were demonstrated throug...
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doi:
更新日期:1999-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Clinical neuropharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/WNF.0000000000000058
更新日期:2015-01-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:1988-01-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:2007-05-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/WNF.0b013e31815cd960
更新日期:2008-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Clinical neuropharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/WNF.0000000000000411
更新日期:2020-11-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2011-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Heart rate variability (HRV) reflects the cardiac autonomic regulation, and reduced HRV is considered a pathophysiological link between depression and cardiovascular mortality. So far, there is only limited information on the effects of venlafaxine and mirtazapine on HRV.We studied 28 nondepressed controls and 41 mode...
journal_title:Clinical neuropharmacology
pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1097/WNF.0b013e3182a76fbb
更新日期:2013-11-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2006-09-01 00:00:00