https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Index ${session.getAttribute("locale")} 5 Early non-disabling relapses are important predictors of disability accumulation in people with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:51272 Tue 29 Aug 2023 15:42:42 AEST ]]> Clinical and therapeutic predictors of disease outcomes in AQP4-IgG + neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:37732 p = 0.001), brainstem onset (HR = 0.45, p = 0.009), azathioprine (HR = 0.46, p <0.001) and mycophenolate mofetil (HR = 0.09, p = 0.012) were associated with a reduced risk of relapse. A greater EDSS was associated with age (β = 0.45 (per decade), p<0.001) and disease duration (β = 0.07 per year, p <0.001). A slower increase in EDSS was associated with azathioprine (β = -0.48, p <0.001), mycophenolate mofetil (β = -0.69, p = 0.04) and rituximab (β = -0.35, p = 0.024). Interpretation: This study has demonstrated that azathioprine and mycophenolate mofetil reduce the risk of relapses and disability progression is modified by azathioprine, mycophenolate mofetil and rituximab. Age and disease duration were the only patient characteristics that modified the risk of relapse and disability in our cohort.]]> Mon 29 Mar 2021 13:09:59 AEDT ]]>