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Rituximab before and during pregnancy

A systematic review, and a case series in MS and NMOSD

Gitanjali Das, Vincent Damotte, Jeffrey M. Gelfand, Carolyn Bevan, Bruce A.C. Cree, Lynn Do, Ari J. Green, Stephen L. Hauser, Riley Bove
First published March 19, 2018, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1212/NXI.0000000000000453
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vol. 5 no. 3 e453
DOI: 
https://doi.org/10.1212/NXI.0000000000000453
PubMed: 
29564373
Published By: 
Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of the American Academy of Neurology
Online ISSN: 
2332-7812
History: 
  • Received November 29, 2017
  • Accepted in final form February 9, 2018
  • First Published March 19, 2018.
Copyright & Usage: 
Copyright © 2018 The Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of the American Academy of Neurology This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License 4.0 (CC BY-NC-ND), which permits downloading and sharing the work provided it is properly cited. The work cannot be changed in any way or used commercially without permission from the journal.

Author Disclosures

    1. Gitanjali Das, BS,
    2. Vincent Damotte, PhD,
    3. Jeffrey M. Gelfand, MD, MAS,
    4. Carolyn Bevan, MD,
    5. Bruce A.C. Cree, MD,
    6. Lynn Do, PharmD,
    7. Ari J. Green, MD, MAS,
    8. Stephen L. Hauser, MD and
    9. Riley Bove, MD, MMSc
  1. Gitanjali Das, BS,
    2. Scientific Advisory Boards:

    1. NONE

    Gifts:

    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:

    1. NONE

    Editorial Boards:

    1. NONE

    Patents:

    1. NONE

    Publishing Royalties:

    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:

    1. NONE

    Consultancies:

    1. NONE

    Speakers' Bureaus:

    1. NONE

    Other Activities:

    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Government Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Academic Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options/Board of Directors Compensation:

    1. NONE

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

    Royalty Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Research Sponsor:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Medical Equipment & Materials:

    1. NONE

    Legal Proceedings:

    1. NONE

  2. Vincent Damotte, PhD,
    3. Scientific Advisory Boards:

    1. NONE

    Gifts:

    1. NONE

    Funding for travel or speaker honoraria:

    1. ECTRIMS committee, Travel grant

    Editorial Boards:

    1. NONE

    Patents:

    1. NONE

    Publishing Royalties:

    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:

    1. NONE

    Consultancies:

    1. NONE

    Speakers' Bureaus:

    1. NONE

    Other Activities:

    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Government Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Academic Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:

    1. ARSEP Foundation, France

    Stock/Stock Options/Board of Directors Compensation:

    1. NONE

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

    Royalty Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Research Sponsor:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Medical Equipment & Materials:

    1. NONE

    Legal Proceedings:

    1. NONE

  3. Jeffrey M. Gelfand, MD, MAS,
    4. Scientific Advisory Boards:

    1. Scientific Advisory board for Genentech. Dr. Gelfand's wife has served on a scientific advisory board for Eli Lilly.

    Gifts:

    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:

    1. NONE

    Editorial Boards:

    1. Dr. Gelfand's wife is Viewpoints editor for JAMA Neurology.

    Patents:

    1. NONE

    Publishing Royalties:

    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:

    1. NONE

    Consultancies:

    1. Dr. Gelfand's wife received compensation for consulting for Zosano, Biohaven and Eli Lilly.

    Speakers' Bureaus:

    1. NONE

    Other Activities:

    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:

    1. Dr. Gelfand has received research support to UCSF from Genentech, Quest Diagnostics and MedDay. His spouse has received research support to UCSF from eNeura and Allergan.

    Research Support, Government Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Academic Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options/Board of Directors Compensation:

    1. NONE

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

    Royalty Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Research Sponsor:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Medical Equipment & Materials:

    1. NONE

    Legal Proceedings:

    1. Dr. Gelfand has received compensation for medical-legal consulting.

  4. Carolyn Bevan, MD,
    5. Scientific Advisory Boards:

    1. NONE

    Gifts:

    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:

    1. NONE

    Editorial Boards:

    1. NONE

    Patents:

    1. NONE

    Publishing Royalties:

    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:

    1. NONE

    Consultancies:

    1. NONE

    Speakers' Bureaus:

    1. NONE

    Other Activities:

    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Government Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Academic Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options/Board of Directors Compensation:

    1. NONE

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

    Royalty Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Research Sponsor:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Medical Equipment & Materials:

    1. NONE

    Legal Proceedings:

    1. NONE

  5. Bruce A.C. Cree, MD,
    6. Scientific Advisory Boards:

    1. NONE

    Gifts:

    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:

    1. NONE

    Editorial Boards:

    1. Annals of Neurology, editor, service concluded in 2016.

    Patents:

    1. NONE

    Publishing Royalties:

    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:

    1. NONE

    Consultancies:

    1. Abbvie, Biogen, EMD Serono, GeNeuro, Novartis, Sanofi Genzyme.

    Speakers' Bureaus:

    1. NONE

    Other Activities:

    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:

    1. Contracted research support (clinical trials) from Acorda, Celgene, Hoffman La Roche, MedImmune, Novartis and Teva

    Research Support, Government Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Academic Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options/Board of Directors Compensation:

    1. NONE

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

    Royalty Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Research Sponsor:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Medical Equipment & Materials:

    1. NONE

    Legal Proceedings:

    1. NONE

  6. Lynn Do, PharmD,
    7. Scientific Advisory Boards:

    1. NONE

    Gifts:

    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:

    1. NONE

    Editorial Boards:

    1. NONE

    Patents:

    1. NONE

    Publishing Royalties:

    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:

    1. NONE

    Consultancies:

    1. NONE

    Speakers' Bureaus:

    1. NONE

    Other Activities:

    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Government Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Academic Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options/Board of Directors Compensation:

    1. NONE

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

    Royalty Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Research Sponsor:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Medical Equipment & Materials:

    1. NONE

    Legal Proceedings:

    1. NONE

  7. Ari J. Green, MD, MAS,
    8. Scientific Advisory Boards:

    1. Medimmune End Point adjudication committee, Novartis Pharmaceuticals OCTIMS sterring committee, Inception 5 Biosciences Founder and Steering Committee, Bionure Scientfic Advisory Board

    Gifts:

    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:

    1. NONE

    Editorial Boards:

    1. JAMA Neurology Associate Editor Neurology Editorial Board December 2010-2015

    Patents:

    1. Remyelination molecules and pathways

    Publishing Royalties:

    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:

    1. NONE

    Consultancies:

    1. Inception 5 Sciences

    Speakers' Bureaus:

    1. NONE

    Other Activities:

    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:

    1. Novartis Pharma OCTIMs, Inception Sciences SRA

    Research Support, Government Entities:

    1. NINDS R01 NS088155-01 NIA 2R01AG038791-06A1

    Research Support, Academic Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:

    1. National MS Society Sherak Foundation Hilton Foundation

    Stock/Stock Options/Board of Directors Compensation:

    1. Inception 5

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

    Royalty Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Research Sponsor:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Medical Equipment & Materials:

    1. NONE

    Legal Proceedings:

    1. Mylan Pharmaceuticals v Teva Pharmaceuticals Expert Witness

  8. Stephen L. Hauser, MD and
    9. Scientific Advisory Boards:

    1. Serves on scientific advisory board for (1) Symbiotix, (2) Annexon, (3) Bionure, and (4) Molecular Stethoscope; serves on Board of Trustees for (5) Neurona.

    Gifts:

    1. NONE

    Funding for travel or speaker honoraria:

    1. (1) F. Hoffmann La Roche; travel reimbursement for anti-CD20 related meetings and presentations.

    Editorial Boards:

    1. NONE

    Patents:

    1. NONE

    Publishing Royalties:

    1. (1) Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, McGraw-Hill Education, 2016

    Employment, Commercial Entity:

    1. NONE

    Consultancies:

    1. NONE

    Speakers' Bureaus:

    1. NONE

    Other activities:

    1. (1) F. Hoffmann La Roche; writing support for anti-CD20 related presentations.

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Government Entities:

    1. (1) NIH, RO1NS026799, PI; RO1NS092835, PI;

    Research Support, Academic Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:

    1. (1) National Multiple Sclerosis Society, RG 2899; (2) Conrad N. Hilton Foundation

    Stock/Stock Options/Board of Directors Compensation:

    1. NONE

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

    Royalty Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Research Sponsor:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Medical Equipment & Materials:

    1. NONE

    Legal Proceedings:

    1. NONE

  9. Riley Bove, MD, MMSc
    10. Scientific Advisory Boards:

    1. (1) Roche-Genentech (2) Sanofi Genzyme (3) Novartis

    Gifts:

    1. (1) Gift from Sherak Foundation (2) Gift from Akili

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:

    1. NONE

    Editorial Boards:

    1. NONE

    Patents:

    1. (1) Patent pending - selective estrogen receptor modulators and remyelination.

    Publishing Royalties:

    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:

    1. NONE

    Consultancies:

    1. NONE

    Speakers' Bureaus:

    1. NONE

    Other Activities:

    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:

    1. NONE

    Research Support, Government Entities:

    1. (1) California Initiative to Advance Precision Medicine - Demonstration Grant.

    Research Support, Academic Entities:

    1. (1) UCSF Medical staff (10/2015-current)

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:

    1. (1) National MS Society Career Transition Award (2) Hilton Foundation Research Grant

    Stock/Stock Options/Board of Directors Compensation:

    1. NONE

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

    Royalty Payments, Technology or Inventions:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Research Sponsor:

    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Medical Equipment & Materials:

    1. NONE

    Legal Proceedings:

    1. NONE

  1. From the Department of Neurology, Weill Institute for the Neurosciences, University of California, San Francisco.
  1. Correspondence
    Dr. Bove riley.bove{at}ucsf.edu
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