Progression independent of relapsing biology in multiple sclerosis: a real-word study

Progression independent of relapse activity (PIRA) implies disability progression in people with relapsing–remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) secondary to neurodegeneration. Mechanistically and biologically PIRA could impact the traditional distinction between progressive and relapsing-MS. Herein,...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Heather Y. F. Yong, Carlos Camara-Lemarroy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2025-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Neurology
Subjects:
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fneur.2025.1595929/full
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
_version_ 1849717038996520960
author Heather Y. F. Yong
Heather Y. F. Yong
Carlos Camara-Lemarroy
Carlos Camara-Lemarroy
author_facet Heather Y. F. Yong
Heather Y. F. Yong
Carlos Camara-Lemarroy
Carlos Camara-Lemarroy
author_sort Heather Y. F. Yong
collection DOAJ
description Progression independent of relapse activity (PIRA) implies disability progression in people with relapsing–remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) secondary to neurodegeneration. Mechanistically and biologically PIRA could impact the traditional distinction between progressive and relapsing-MS. Herein, we estimated progression independent of relapsing biology (PIRB) in a cohort of 823 participants with clinically-isolated syndrome/RRMS in Calgary, Canada using a modified criterion [excluding relapses, inflammatory MRI activity, interim disability worsening/improvement over the observation period, and progression secondary to alternative causes including formal conversion to secondary-progressive MS]. PIRB was rare and rates remained consistent across disease-modifying therapies (3.75% dimethyl fumarate, 3.67% fingolimod, 3.72% ocrelizumab, 3.52% minocycline) despite varied rates of disability progression. PIRB may offer a practical alternative to the concept of PIRA.
format Article
id doaj-art-c9e30d8adc4f4e72839ec7ba326fbd74
institution DOAJ
issn 1664-2295
language English
publishDate 2025-05-01
publisher Frontiers Media S.A.
record_format Article
series Frontiers in Neurology
spelling doaj-art-c9e30d8adc4f4e72839ec7ba326fbd742025-08-20T03:12:47ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Neurology1664-22952025-05-011610.3389/fneur.2025.15959291595929Progression independent of relapsing biology in multiple sclerosis: a real-word studyHeather Y. F. Yong0Heather Y. F. Yong1Carlos Camara-Lemarroy2Carlos Camara-Lemarroy3Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, CanadaCumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, CanadaDepartment of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, CanadaCumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, CanadaProgression independent of relapse activity (PIRA) implies disability progression in people with relapsing–remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) secondary to neurodegeneration. Mechanistically and biologically PIRA could impact the traditional distinction between progressive and relapsing-MS. Herein, we estimated progression independent of relapsing biology (PIRB) in a cohort of 823 participants with clinically-isolated syndrome/RRMS in Calgary, Canada using a modified criterion [excluding relapses, inflammatory MRI activity, interim disability worsening/improvement over the observation period, and progression secondary to alternative causes including formal conversion to secondary-progressive MS]. PIRB was rare and rates remained consistent across disease-modifying therapies (3.75% dimethyl fumarate, 3.67% fingolimod, 3.72% ocrelizumab, 3.52% minocycline) despite varied rates of disability progression. PIRB may offer a practical alternative to the concept of PIRA.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fneur.2025.1595929/fullprogression independent of relapse biologyprogression independent of relapse activityPIRAmultiple sclerosisMSrelapsing remitting multiple sclerosis
spellingShingle Heather Y. F. Yong
Heather Y. F. Yong
Carlos Camara-Lemarroy
Carlos Camara-Lemarroy
Progression independent of relapsing biology in multiple sclerosis: a real-word study
Frontiers in Neurology
progression independent of relapse biology
progression independent of relapse activity
PIRA
multiple sclerosis
MS
relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis
title Progression independent of relapsing biology in multiple sclerosis: a real-word study
title_full Progression independent of relapsing biology in multiple sclerosis: a real-word study
title_fullStr Progression independent of relapsing biology in multiple sclerosis: a real-word study
title_full_unstemmed Progression independent of relapsing biology in multiple sclerosis: a real-word study
title_short Progression independent of relapsing biology in multiple sclerosis: a real-word study
title_sort progression independent of relapsing biology in multiple sclerosis a real word study
topic progression independent of relapse biology
progression independent of relapse activity
PIRA
multiple sclerosis
MS
relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis
url https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fneur.2025.1595929/full
work_keys_str_mv AT heatheryfyong progressionindependentofrelapsingbiologyinmultiplesclerosisarealwordstudy
AT heatheryfyong progressionindependentofrelapsingbiologyinmultiplesclerosisarealwordstudy
AT carloscamaralemarroy progressionindependentofrelapsingbiologyinmultiplesclerosisarealwordstudy
AT carloscamaralemarroy progressionindependentofrelapsingbiologyinmultiplesclerosisarealwordstudy