Recent clinical trials and future therapies

J Neurol. 2008 Dec:255 Suppl 6:93-6. doi: 10.1007/s00415-008-6017-7.

Abstract

Immunotherapy for multiple sclerosis (MS) has developed extremely successfully during the past decade and a number of new strategies were developed for the treatment of the disease. Examples include therapeutic strategies targeting leukocyte differentiation molecules, costimulatory molecules, anti-adhesion molecules, chemotaxis, novel immunomodulators, autologous stem cell transplantation, anti-infectious therapies and strategies for neuroprotection, neurorepair and remyelination. Here we describe examples of monoclonal antibodies, a novel immunosuppressant and interesting neuroprotective strategies.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Clinical Trials as Topic / methods*
  • Clinical Trials as Topic / trends
  • Humans
  • Immunotherapy / methods*
  • Immunotherapy / trends
  • Multiple Sclerosis / immunology
  • Multiple Sclerosis / therapy*
  • Neuroprotective Agents / therapeutic use*

Substances

  • Neuroprotective Agents