Abstract Details

Title Dynamic Patterns of Gray and White Matter Atrophy in Patients with Clinically Isolated Syndrome Suggestive of Multiple Sclerosis after 1 Year from the First Clinical Episode

Topic MS and Related Diseases

Presentation(s) P06 - (-)

Poster/Presentation
Number 116

Objective

Background BACKGROUND: Irreversible tissue damage occurs from the earliest phases of MS.

Design/Methods DESIGN/METHODS: Clinical evaluation and brain dual-echo and post-gadolinium T1-weighted sequences were obtained from 41 CIS patients within 2 months from the clinical onset, and after 3 (M3) and 12 months (M12). Fourteen matched healthy controls were also studied. T2-hyperintense, T1-hypointense and gadolinium-enhancing lesions were measured. Longitudinal changes of GM and WM volumes were assessed using Tensor-Based Morphometry.

Results RESULTS: At M12, according to 2010 diagnostic criteria, 36/41 (88%) patients had definite MS. At baseline, T2 lesions were mainly located in the periventricular WM. Normalized brain, GM and WM volumes did not change over time. At baseline, compared to controls, patients had increased GM volume in several regions of the temporal lobes and the right (R) paracentral lobule, which further increased at M3 and M12. The volume of a few GM cerebellar regions increased at M3 and normalized at M12. WM volume of several regions of the temporal lobes, paracentral lobules, pons and frontal lobes decreased at M12. Compared to M3, at M12 patients had a decreased volume of the R thalamus, R caudate nucleus, bilateral cerebellum and temporal cortex, and decreased volume of the corpus callosum, posterior cingulum, R internal capsule and bilateral corona radiata.

Conclusions CONCLUSIONS: After an acute inflammatory event, dynamic modifications of the regional distribution of GM and WM volume occur in CIS who will evolve to MS. While WM loss seems to follow a linear evolution from disease onset, a transient increase of GM volume in a few regions is detectable early in the disease course, which might reflect structural plasticity to damage.

Authors/Disclosures
Paolo Preziosa (Ospedale San Raffaele) PRESENTER	Mr. Preziosa has received personal compensation in the range of $500-$4,999 for serving on a Speakers Bureau for Bristol Myers Squibb . Mr. Preziosa has received personal compensation in the range of $500-$4,999 for serving on a Speakers Bureau for Sanofi Genzyme. Mr. Preziosa has received personal compensation in the range of $500-$4,999 for serving on a Speakers Bureau for Novartis. Mr. Preziosa has received personal compensation in the range of $500-$4,999 for serving on a Speakers Bureau for Roche. Mr. Preziosa has received personal compensation in the range of $500-$4,999 for serving on a Speakers Bureau for Merck.
Maria A. Rocca (Neuroimaging Research Unit)	Maria Assunta Rocca has received personal compensation in the range of $500-$4,999 for serving as a Consultant for Biogen, Bristol Myers Squibb, Eli Lilly, Janssen, Roche. Maria Assunta Rocca has received personal compensation in the range of $500-$4,999 for serving on a Speakers Bureau for AstraZaneca, Biogen, Bristol Myers Squibb, Bromatech, Celgene, Genzyme, Horizon Therapeutics Italy, Merck Serono SpA, Novartis, Roche, Sanofi and Teva. The institution of Maria Assunta Rocca has received research support from MS Society of Canada, the Italian Ministry of Health, the Italian Ministry of University and Research, and Fondazione Italiana Sclerosi Multipla.
Douglas L. Arnold, MD, FAAN (Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill Univ)	Dr. Arnold has received personal compensation in the range of $5,000-$9,999 for serving as a Consultant for Biogen. Dr. Arnold has received personal compensation in the range of $5,000-$9,999 for serving as a Consultant for BMS. Dr. Arnold has received personal compensation in the range of $500-$4,999 for serving as a Consultant for Frequency Therapeutics. Dr. Arnold has received personal compensation in the range of $5,000-$9,999 for serving as a Consultant for Merck. Dr. Arnold has received personal compensation in the range of $10,000-$49,999 for serving as a Consultant for Novartis. Dr. Arnold has received personal compensation in the range of $10,000-$49,999 for serving as a Consultant for Roche. Dr. Arnold has received personal compensation in the range of $5,000-$9,999 for serving as a Consultant for Sanofi. Dr. Arnold has received personal compensation in the range of $500-$4,999 for serving as a Consultant for Shionogi. Dr. Arnold has received personal compensation in the range of $500-$4,999 for serving as a Consultant for Xfacto communications. Dr. Arnold has received personal compensation in the range of $500-$4,999 for serving as a Consultant for Eli Lilly. Dr. Arnold has received personal compensation in the range of $500-$4,999 for serving as a Consultant for EMD Serono. Dr. Arnold has received personal compensation in the range of $500-$4,999 for serving as a Consultant for Biohaven. Dr. Arnold has received personal compensation in the range of $500-$4,999 for serving as a Consultant for Find therapeutics. Dr. Arnold has received personal compensation in the range of $500-$4,999 for serving as a Consultant for GSK. Dr. Arnold has received personal compensation in the range of $500-$4,999 for serving as a Consultant for Idorsia. Dr. Arnold has received personal compensation in the range of $500-$4,999 for serving as a Consultant for Kiniksa. Dr. Arnold has received personal compensation in the range of $100,000-$499,999 for serving as a Consultant for Clario.
Sarlota Mesaros	Sarlota Mesaros has received personal compensation in the range of $500-$4,999 for serving on a Scientific Advisory or Data Safety Monitoring board for Roche. Sarlota Mesaros has received personal compensation in the range of $0-$499 for serving on a Scientific Advisory or Data Safety Monitoring board for Astra Zeneca. Sarlota Mesaros has received personal compensation in the range of $0-$499 for serving on a Speakers Bureau for Novartis. Sarlota Mesaros has received personal compensation in the range of $0-$499 for serving on a Speakers Bureau for Hemofarm. Sarlota Mesaros has received personal compensation in the range of $500-$4,999 for serving on a Speakers Bureau for Merck.
Elisabetta Pagani	Elisabetta Pagani has nothing to disclose.
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Edythe Boitnott	No disclosure on file
Massimo Filippi, MD, FAAN (Ospedale San Raffaele, Neuroimaging Research Unit)	Dr. Filippi has received personal compensation in the range of $5,000-$9,999 for serving as a Consultant for Alexion, Almirall, Biogen, Merck, Novartis, Roche, Sanofi. Dr. Filippi has received personal compensation in the range of $500-$4,999 for serving on a Scientific Advisory or Data Safety Monitoring board for Alexion, Biogen, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Merck, Novartis, Roche, Sanofi, Sanofi-Aventis, Sanofi-Genzyme, Takeda. Dr. Filippi has received personal compensation in the range of $500-$4,999 for serving on a Speakers Bureau for Bayer, Biogen, Celgene, Chiesi Italia SpA, Eli Lilly, Genzyme, Janssen, Merck-Serono, Neopharmed Gentili, Novartis, Novo Nordisk, Roche, Sanofi, Takeda, and TEVA. Dr. Filippi has received personal compensation in the range of $10,000-$49,999 for serving as an Editor, Associate Editor, or Editorial Advisory Board Member for Springer Nature. The institution of Dr. Filippi has received research support from Biogen Idec, Merck-Serono, Novartis, Roche, the Italian Ministry of Health, the Italian Ministry of University and Research, and Fondazione Italiana Sclerosi Multipla.

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