Switching DMDs and new
pipeline therapies
Dr Eli Silber
Consultant neurologist
Kings College Hospital
Outline
• Where are we now
– Therapies
• Uncertainties
– Induction v.s escalation v.s. rescue
– Modelling outcomes
– What is progressive disease, SP &PP
– Risk reduction
• Why is there a need for new therapies?
• When is there a need to switch?
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A double edged sword
Safety
First line B
Interferon
Copaxone
Nil
Natalizumab JCV Pos
Alemtuzumab
Fingolimod
DMF
Natalizumab
JCV -ve
Teriflunomide
0% 30% 50% 70%
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Efficacy: Reduction in relapse rate
Choice of therapy
Disease
Severity; Relapses
MRI Disability
Patient
Attitude to risk
Work/ lifestyle
Pregnancy
Funding/ Guidance
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Induction v.s. escalation v.s. rescue
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How we decide who is going to do
badly?
At onset
• Gender/ age / race
• Relapses
– Number
– Site
– Recovery?
• MRI
– Lesion load/ T1
During therapy
• Rio scores
– Clinical
– MRI
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Early attacks predict long term
disability
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Rio & modified Rio scores
help to predict long term prognosis
after DMTs have been started
Imperial study day September 2016
How useful and achievable is NEDA?
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How you you define treatment failure?
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What do we mean by progressive disease?
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1996 Classification of MS
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2013 Classification: Relapsing disease
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2013 Classification: Progressive
disease
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Progressive MS is dirty and complicated
• Some SP patients relapse when DMTs are
withdrawn
• A minority of PP patients have a high lesion
load and may respond to DMTs
• Progression is like middle age….obvious after
some time but the transition is variable
• Many of my patients in a “grey area”
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What to do with high JCV antibody positive
natalizumab patients?
Close monitoring
“step down” or “step
aside”
• What drugs?
• Fingolimod
• What about DMF?
• ? New agents such as
dacluzimab
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Adding to the spectrum
Safety
First line B
Interferon
Copaxone
Nil
Natalizumab JCV Pos
Alemtuzumab
HSCT
Fingolimod
DMF
Natalizumab
JCV -ve
Teriflunomide
0%
30%
50% 70%
Ocreluzimab
Daclizumab
Cladribine
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Ocrelizumab in RR MS
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Disease progression
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Ocrelizumab in PP MS
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Dacluzimab: Mechanism of action
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? Copy cat or improved
• Ponesimod
– Selective SIP1 inhibitor
– Shorter half life thus more rapid immune
reconstitution
– More selective- Fewer cardiac effects
• Ofatunimab
– Fully human monoclonal v.s. CD20
– Licensed in CLL
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Opicunimab: Anti-LINGO
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EDSS
T25F Walk
9RPT
PASAT
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Going back to the drawing board:
Cladribine
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Oracle MS: Cladribine reduces the risks of converting to CDMS
Cladribine vs. placebo in RR MS
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HSCT: Magic bullet or snake oil
• Three types of stem cells
– Regeneration- experimental (Mesenchymal)
– Reconstitution post immune ablation (HSCT)
– The charlatans
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HSCT at King’s College Hospital
• 30 transplants completed at KCH (with further 8 awaiting)
• Detailed audit ongoing of transplant process with short/long
term outcomes
Year Number of
transplants
2012 4
2013 3
2014 3
2015 9
2016 11
Gender N (%)
Female 16 (53.3)
Male 14 (46.7)
MS type N (%)
RRMS 18 (60)
SPMS 10 (33.3)
PPMS 2 (6.7)
Average age at
transplant (range)
Overall 41.2 (22-60)
Female 38.3 (29-60)
Male 43.8 (22-49)
The bastards
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Thank you: LEJOG 2016
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Switching DMDs and new pipeline therapies - Dr Eli Silber

Editor's Notes

  • #51 The further 8 will be transplanted late 2016/early 2017 No mortalities Following up a further 2 patients transplanted in 2009 and 2011 at GSTT (both male with SPMS) Audit looking at aspects such as time since first symptom/diagnosis, disability scores/MRI results before and after transplant, number of DMT’s tried before transplant etc.