How do you approach the "wearing off" phenomenon for patients with multiple sclerosis on B-cell-depleting therapies?
Does this ever prompt you to change DMTs?
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Do you switch DMTs in patients on ocrelizumab who complain about "wearing off" or a "crap gap"?
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Neurology · Albert Einstein College of Medicine
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This is a fairly common, but not universal, phenomenon, and more frequent for patients on ocrelizumab compared to rituximab, ublituximab, and even ofatumumab. I try to make action plans for symptomatic treatment during these periods, e.g., addressing fatigue, pain, and cognitive fog. We can increase...
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