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    Background and Objectives Some patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) receiving ocrelizumab (OCR) report worsening symptoms toward the end of the 6-month infusion cycle (‘wearing off’). The objective of our study was to comprehensively assess changes in symptom burden across 2 consecutive OCR infusion cycles. Methods SYMptom Burden on Ocrelizumab, a Longitudinal Study (SymBOLS; [NCT04855617][1]) was an investigator-initiated, 2-center study of patients with MS starting or receiving OCR. Patients’ symptoms were assessed with NeuroQoL short forms, SymptoMScreen, and Work Productivity and Activity Impairment Questionnaire at the start-cycle, mid-cycle, and end-cycle time points in each of the 2 infusion cycles. Symptom scores at the 3 time points within each cycle were compared with repeated-measures ANOVA or the Friedman rank-sum test for non-normal variables. The proportions of patients with a meaningful symptomatic change from the start to the end of each infusion cycle were calculated,

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    WEDNESDAY, Sept. 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) — A newer understanding of multiple sclerosis (MS) suggests that psychiatric conditions like anxiety and depression may emerge long before classic MS symptoms.“For a long time, it was thought that MS only really began clinically when a person experienced t…

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