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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Saidenberg, Lucia
• Arbini, Arnaldo A.
• Silverman, Gregg J.
• Lotan, Itay
• Cutter, Gary
• Kister, Ilya

Titel

Faster B-cell repletion after anti-CD20 infusion in Black patients compared to white patients with neurologic diseases

Ist Teil von

• Multiple sclerosis and related disorders, 2022-07, Vol.63, p.103830-103830, Article 103830

Ort / Verlag

Netherlands: Elsevier B.V

Erscheinungsjahr

2022

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• This retrospective, single-center study aimed to characterize and compare the kinetics of B-cell reemergence following anti-CD20 infusion (anti-CD20i) in African American (AA) and white patients with MS or NMOSD. In a logistic regression model that included race, time since anti-CD20i, body mass index, and diagnosis, only AA race (p=0.01) and time since anti-CD20i (p=0.0003) were significant predictors of B-cell repletion. However, B-cell subset composition was similar between AA and white patients with detectable CD19+ B-cell counts. These findings highlight the importance of including a diverse study population in future studies of anti-CD20 therapies.