Warnke Clemens, Wiendl Heinz, Hartung Hans-Peter, Stüve Olaf, Kieseier Bernd C
Department of Neurology, Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany.
Drug Des Devel Ther. 2010 Jul 21;4:117-26. doi: 10.2147/dddt.s6627.
Orally available disease-modifying drugs for relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (MS) represent an unmet need for this chronic and debilitating disease. Among 5 currently investigated drugs at phase 3 clinical stage, promising efficacy data for fingolimod and oral cladribine have recently been published. However, benefits need to be weighed against the risks to define the role of these compounds within current treatment regimens. In this review, data on the efficacy of a promising compound, oral cladribine, are discussed and balanced with known and anticipated risks in a postmarketing era, and finally gives an outlook on the potential place of this drug in treatment algorithms for MS in the future.
用于复发缓解型多发性硬化症(MS)的口服疾病修正药物是这种慢性致残性疾病尚未满足的需求。在目前处于3期临床阶段的5种正在研究的药物中,芬戈莫德和口服克拉屈滨最近公布了有前景的疗效数据。然而,需要权衡益处与风险,以确定这些化合物在当前治疗方案中的作用。在本综述中,讨论了一种有前景的化合物——口服克拉屈滨的疗效数据,并在上市后时代将其与已知和预期的风险进行权衡,最后展望了该药物未来在MS治疗算法中的潜在地位。