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Bortezomib for anti-NMDAR encephalitis following daclizumab treatment in a patient with multiple sclerosis.

Karunaratne, K; Ahrabian, D; Monoghan, B; Campion, T; Yousry, T; Lunn, MP; Zandi, MS; ... Chataway, J; + view all (2021) Bortezomib for anti-NMDAR encephalitis following daclizumab treatment in a patient with multiple sclerosis. BMJ Open Neurology , 3 (1) , Article e000096. 10.1136/bmjno-2020-000096. Green open access

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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Daclizumab is an anti-CD25 monoclonal antibody developed for the treatment of relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis, which was withdrawn worldwide in March 2018, due to emerging serious immune-mediated systemic andcentral nervous system adverse events. We report a case of anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) encephalitis occurring 14 weeks after stopping daclizumab, which responded to the proteasome inhibitor bortezomib. METHODS: Following lack of effective clinical response to first line (corticosteroid, plasma exchange, intravenous immunoglobulin) and second line (rituximab) treatments, bortezomib therapy was commenced. The patient received six cycles of bortezomib treatment. RESULTS: Clinical improvement was noted 4 weeks after the first of six cycles of bortezomib and the patient experienced sustained clinical improvement. CONCLUSIONS: Our case provides further class IV evidence of the use of bortezomib therapy for treatment refractory anti-NMDAR encephalitis.

Type: Article
Title: Bortezomib for anti-NMDAR encephalitis following daclizumab treatment in a patient with multiple sclerosis.
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1136/bmjno-2020-000096
Publisher version: http://doi.org/10.1136/bmjno-2020-000096
Language: English
Additional information: This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited, appropriate credit is given, any changes made indicated, and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.
Keywords: NMDA, multiple sclerosis
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology > Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology > Department of Neuromuscular Diseases
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10129184
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