subjective measures

Committee-based tests can reliably ID NMOSD attacks in Uplizna trial

Committee-based assessments are reliable for identifying disease attacks in people with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) in the N-MOmentum clinical trial, which tested the approved therapy Uplizna (inebilizumab-cdon), a new study shows. The study, “Attack adjudication in neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder: Substantiation of criteria by…

Relapses Can Obscure Quality-of-life Ratings in Trials

Experiencing disease relapses after receiving a placebo in a clinical trial may change the perception of health in participants with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) and lead to an underestimation of the disease’s impact on quality of life, a study shows. This effect — known as “response shift” —…