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Erschienen in: Neurological Sciences 7/2021

17.11.2020 | Original Article

The impact of lymphocytosis and CD4/CD8 ratio on the anti-JCV antibody index and clinical data in patients treated with natalizumab

verfasst von: Jan Kolcava, Monika Hulova, Lucie Rihova, Josef Bednarik, Pavel Stourac

Erschienen in: Neurological Sciences | Ausgabe 7/2021

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Abstract

Background

Natalizumab is an effective therapy in the treatment of relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis; it induces lymphocytosis (NIL, natalizumab-induced lymphocytosis) and changes the peripheral lymphocyte pattern.

Methods

This study aims to evaluate NIL, peripheral blood lymphocyte subsets, CD4/CD8 ratio, and their impacts on JCV index and clinical data—No Evidence of Disease Activity (NEDA-3) and annualized relapse rate (ARR) in patients treated with natalizumab.

Results

Forty-one patients (33 women) were included in the study. The mean duration of follow-up on natalizumab treatment was 6.7 ± 3.2 years. Significant increases in relative lymphocytosis after 1 month, with a median of 40.4% (− 34.1 to + 145.5%) (p < 0.001), and after 1 year (49.0% (− 9.3 to + 127.6%)) (p < 0.001) were found. Significant differences were found after 1 month when comparing NIL between patients JCV-seroconverting (20.6% (− 17.7 to 72.7%)) and stable JCV-seronegative ones (43.5% (− 6.3 to +96.3%)) (p = 0.04). No significant difference NIL level was found between the patients exhibiting NEDA-3 status and those without it. ARR on natalizumab treatment correlated with CD4/CD8 ratio (r = 0.356; p = 0.021); patients who maintained NEDA-3 status over the whole treatment period exhibited a lower CD4/CD8 ratio (1.89 ± 1.08 vs. 2.5 ± 0.73; p < 0.04).

Conclusion

This contribution reports the CD4/CD8 ratio as a possible biomarker for better clinical efficacy of natalizumab in patients exhibiting a lower CD4/CD8 ratio. NIL did not correlate with long-term therapeutic efficacy in patients treated with natalizumab, but was demonstrated as lower in patients JCV-seroconverting in the course of follow-up.
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Metadaten
Titel
The impact of lymphocytosis and CD4/CD8 ratio on the anti-JCV antibody index and clinical data in patients treated with natalizumab
verfasst von
Jan Kolcava
Monika Hulova
Lucie Rihova
Josef Bednarik
Pavel Stourac
Publikationsdatum
17.11.2020
Verlag
Springer International Publishing
Erschienen in
Neurological Sciences / Ausgabe 7/2021
Print ISSN: 1590-1874
Elektronische ISSN: 1590-3478
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-020-04897-2

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