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The use of Modified Rio score for determining treatment failure in patients with multiple sclerosis: retrospective descriptive case series study

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Predicting treatment failure and switching effective treatment immediately in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) is important. We aimed to evaluate the usefulness of Modified Rio score (MRS) in predicting treatment failure in MS patients. This is a retrospective study, which was conducted in two University Hospital. 129 MS patients treated with İnterferon or glatiramer-acetate from 2 clinical sites, were retrospectively selected. MRS was calculated after the first year of therapy. Treatment failure was defined as the presence of a 1 point increase in EDSS, 2 clinical attacks, 1 clinical attack and progression, 1 clinical attack and new lesion on MRI except associated with an attack, or new lesion in 2 different MRI taken at least 3 months apart. The sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values of the MRS in predicting treatment failure were determined. 71 (55%) patients with score ‘0’, 41 (31.8%) patients with score ‘1’, 11 (8.5%) patients with score ‘2’, 6 (4.7%) patients with score ‘3’ were detected. 14 patients needed treatment switching during the first three years of the treatment. Sensitivity was 57%, specificity was 92%, positive predictive value was 95%, negative predictive value was 47% and accuracy was 89%. Modified Rio score (MRS) was found to be effective in determining the treatment failure as mentioned before. This study will be useful for clinicians who evaluate the treatment failure like us, and this study revealed that the MRS may also help predict treatment failure.

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  1. Bakirkoy Prof. Dr. Mazhar Osman Training and Research Hospital for Psychiatry and Neurological Disorders, Zuhuratbaba Mah. Bakirkoy Ruh Sağlığı Ve Sinir Hastalıkları Hastanesi, bitam binasıi 3, Noroloji kliniği Bakirkoy, 34147, Istanbul, Turkey

    Mesude Tutuncu, Burcu V. Dogan, Eda Coban & Aysun Soysal

  2. Koc University Medical School, Topkapı, Koç Üniversitesi Hastanesi, Davutpaşa Cd. No:4, 34010 Zeytinburnu/İstanbul, 34200, Istanbul, Turkey

    Ayse Altintas

  3. Cerrahpasa School of Medicine, Cerrahpasa mahallesi, Kocamustafapasa cad. No: 34/E Noroloji Klinigi Fatih, 34200, Istanbul, Turkey

    Ugur Uygunoglu & Bengi G. Alpaslan

  4. Bagcilar Research and Tarining Hospital, Merkezmah. Dr. Sadık Ahmet Cad. Bagcılar, 34100, Istanbul, Turkey

    Nilufer Kale Icen

  5. Neurology Department, Bakirkoy Prof. Dr. Mazhar Osman Training and Research Hospital for Psychiatry and Neurological Disorders, Zuhuratbaba mah. Bitam Binası, doktor odası. Bakirkoy, Istanbul, Turkey

    Aysun Soysal

  6. Neurology Department, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey

    Ayse Deniz Elmalı

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Tutuncu, M., Altintas, A., Dogan, B.V. et al. The use of Modified Rio score for determining treatment failure in patients with multiple sclerosis: retrospective descriptive case series study. Acta Neurol Belg 121, 1693–1698 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13760-020-01476-2

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