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(47,953 posts) Fri Jan 9, 2015, 04:34 AM Jan 2015

Most MS Patients Who Received Stem Cell Transplants Still in Remission Years Later

Most of the multiple sclerosis (MS) patients who took part in the cutting-edge stem cell study HALT-MS are still in remission years later. The phase 2 study has demonstrated impressive results by rebuilding the immune system using a patient’s own stem cells.

Studying 24 study volunteers who underwent stem cell transplants between 2006 and 2010, Dr. Richard A. Nash of the Colorado Blood Cancer Institute in Denver and his colleagues recently published their findings in JAMA Neurology.

Researchers found that more than 86 percent of the patients remained relapse free after three years, and nearly 91 percent showed no sign of disease progression.

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Fri Jan 9, 2015, 05:58 AM

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Sadly, this costly treatment ($198,000) is of no use for people with PPMS and SPMS (people dx'd over 15 years ago like myself) to be useless it states:

>>Unlike earlier studies of progressive MS patients, which showed no improvement in neurological function, HALT-MS looked at people who had only been diagnosed for 15 years or less and who were still experiencing relapses.

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