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Safety and Tolerability of Mitoxantrone for Worsening Multiple Sclerosis Appears Stable in Long Term: Presented at ECTRIMSMADRID, SPAIN -- October 2, 2006 -- Researchers report that the safety and tolerability of Novantrone (mitoxantrone) in long-term treatment of worsening multiple sclerosis appears to be consistent with its known safety profile.
The findings were presented here on September 29th at the 22nd Congress of the European Committee for Treatment and research in Multiple Sclerosis (ECTRIMS). "In a large sample of patients followed prospectively, we found that the risk/benefit ratio is in keeping with prior knowledge about this drug," said lead investigator Edward Fox, MD, PhD, clinical assistant professor, University of Texas Medical Branch, Austin, Texas. Mitoxantrone is currently being evaluated for long-term safety and tolerability in patients with worsening relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis, progressive relapsing multiple sclerosis and secondary progressive multiple sclerosis in the ongoing, multicenter, open-label Registry to Evaluate Novantrone Effects in Worsening MS (RENEW)..... |