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Newly diagnosed NMOSD patients
From 2011 to 2022, newly diagnosed NMOSD patients who had not previously claimed NMOSD. Exclusion criteria were history of cancer or had used ISTs (excluding steroids) prior to the NMOSD diagnosis.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| IST group | patients who initiated any ISTs | ||
| non-IST group | patients who did not initiate any ISTs |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Relapse | Relapses were identified when patients were treated with one of the following interventions: intravenous steroids, immunoglobulin therapy, or plasma exchange. | 1 year |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Safety outcomes | Incidence of serious infection, fracture, cancer, myocardial infarction, stroke, depression, anxiety, dementia, and Parkinson's disease which defined as presence of ICD-10 codes. | 6 months after start of ISTs |
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Once diagnosed, patients were eligible to enter weekly emulated trials starting from the diagnosis date. At the beginning of each week (baseline of each emulated trial), eligibility was reassessed: patients who developed cancer or had previously initiated ISTs been excluded from the trial. Eligible patients were then assigned to the IST group if they initiated ISTs within the following 7 days, and to the non-IST group otherwise. Importantly, patients were allowed to contribute to multiple trials over time but could only be assigned to the IST group once-at the time they first initiated ISTs. The first day of follow-up (day zero) for each emulated trial was defined as the final day of that trial's enrollment week, and patients were followed until death or the end of the study period (December 31, 2022)
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| ID | Term |
|---|---|
| D009471 | Neuromyelitis Optica |
| ID | Term |
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| D009188 | Myelitis, Transverse |
| D020278 | Demyelinating Autoimmune Diseases, CNS |
| D020274 | Autoimmune Diseases of the Nervous System |
| D009422 | Nervous System Diseases |
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| D009902 | Optic Neuritis |
| D009901 | Optic Nerve Diseases |
| D003389 | Cranial Nerve Diseases |
| D003711 | Demyelinating Diseases |
| D005128 | Eye Diseases |
| D001327 | Autoimmune Diseases |
| D007154 | Immune System Diseases |