Monitoring of radiologic disease activity by serum neurofilaments in MS
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- Received December 17, 2019
- Accepted in final form February 27, 2020
- First Published April 9, 2020.
Author Disclosures
- Tomas Uher, MD, PhD,
- Sabine Schaedelin, MSc,
- Barbora Srpova, MD,
- Christian Barro, MD, PhD,
- Niels Bergsland, MS, PhD,
- Michael Dwyer, MS, PhD,
- Michaela Tyblova, MD, PhD,
- Karolina Vodehnalova, MD,
- Pascal Benkert, PhD,
- Johanna Oechtering, MD,
- David Leppert, MD,
- Yvonne Naegelin, MD,
- Jan Krasensky, MS,
- Manuela Vaneckova, MD, PhD,
- Eva Kubala Havrdova, MD, PhD,
- Ludwig Kappos, MD, PhD,
- Robert Zivadinov, MD, PhD,
- Dana Horakova, MD, PhD,
- Jens Kuhle, MD, PhD* and
- Tomas Kalincik, MD, PhD*
- Tomas Uher, MD, PhD,
Sanofi - advisory board 1/2020
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Financial support for conference travel and speaker honoraria from Biogen Idec, Novartis, Roche, Sanofi and Merck Serono
Activitas Nervosa Superior, Associate Editor, 2018 Journal of Neuroimaging, Editorial Board, will be from 3- 4/2020
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Biogen Sanofi (GZ-2017-11718)
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Charles University Grant Agency (GAUK) Czech Ministry of Education project Progres Czech Ministry of Health project
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- Sabine Schaedelin, MSc,
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- Barbora Srpova, MD,
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(1) Biogen Idec, funding for travel, (2) Merc, funding for travel, (3) Roche, funding for travel, (4) Novartis, funding for travel
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(1) Charles University Grant Agency (GAUK), 230217, 2017- 2020
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- Christian Barro, MD, PhD,
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- Niels Bergsland, MS, PhD,
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1) Journal of Neuroimaging, Section editor for multiple sclerosis, 2018-present 2) PLOS ONE, Academic Editor, 2018-present 3) Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Associate Editor, 2018-present
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- Michael Dwyer, MS, PhD,
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Assistant Editor, Journal of Neuroimaging
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(1) Protembis GmbH (2) EMD Serono
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(1) Novartis (2) Celgene (3) Protembis (4) Keystone Heart
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- Michaela Tyblova, MD, PhD,
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Compensation for travel and honoraria from Biogen Idec, Sanofi, Teva and Merck Serono.
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- Karolina Vodehnalova, MD,
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Received compensation for traveling and conference fees from Merck, Sanofi Genzyme, Biogen Idec, Novartis, Roche.
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- Pascal Benkert, PhD,
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- Johanna Oechtering, MD,
(1) Roche
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(1) Bayer, travel compensation (2) Biogen, travel compensation (3) Novartis, travel compensation
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- David Leppert, MD,
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Travel cost reimbursement and speaker honoraria from Sanofi, GeNeuro, Roche, Novartis and Orion
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David Leppert has been a Novartis employee until January 2019.
DL is a consultant for GeNeuro.
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David leppert has been a Novartis employee until January 2019. Stock/Stock Options, Medical Equipment & Materials: Novartis granted 2019 blocked until 2022
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- Yvonne Naegelin, MD,
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her employer, the University Hospital Basel received payments for lecturing from Celgene GmbH and Teva Pharma AG that were exclusively used for research support, not related to this study
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- Jan Krasensky, MS,
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Biogen
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- Manuela Vaneckova, MD, PhD,
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Biogen Idec, Novartis,Teva, Roche, Genzyme
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Biogen Idec
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Biogen Idec
Czech Ministries of Health - RVO-VFN64165
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- Eva Kubala Havrdova, MD, PhD,
1. Biogen 2. Novartis 3. Genzyme 4. Actelion 5. Celgene
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1. Biogen 2. Novartis 3. Celgene 4. Genzyme 5. Actelion 6. Roche 7. Merck Serono
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1. Biogen 2. Novartis 3. Celgene 4. Genzyme 5. Actelion 6. Roche 7. Merck Serono
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1. European Commission Grant: ABIRISK - IMI (2012-2016), investigator2. Czech Ministry of Education: PROGRES Q27/LF1 (2017-2022), investigator
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- Ludwig Kappos, MD, PhD,
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(1)Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders (2)Journal of Neurology member of the Editorial Board
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(1)Actelion, (2)Allmirall, (3)Bayer, (4) Baxalta, (5)Biogen, (6) CSL Behring,(7)Excemed, (8)Desitin, (9)GeNeuro SA, (10) Genzyme, (11)Merck, (12) Minoryx, (13)Novartis, (14)Celgene,(15)Receptos/Celgene,(16)Roche,(17)sanofi-aventis,(18)Santhera,(19)Teva,
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(1)the Swiss MS Society, (2)the Swiss National Research Foundation, (3)the European Union, (4)Roche Research Foundations, (5) Innosuisse
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(1) license fees for Neurostatus products paid directly to University Hospital Basel
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- Robert Zivadinov, MD, PhD,
R Zivadinov received personal compensation from Genzyme-Sanofi, Celgene and Novartis for serving on scientific advisory board.
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R Zivadinov received personal compensation from EMD Serono, Inc., Novartis, Sanofi-Genzyme,Celgene for speaking
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R Zivadinov received personal compensation from EMD Serono, Inc., Novartis, Sanofi-Genzyme for consulting fees.
R Zivadinov received personal compensation from EMD Serono, Inc., Novartis, Sanofi-Genzyme for speaking
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Dr. Zivadinov: financial support for research activities from EMD Serono, Inc., Novartis, Sanofi-Genzyme,Mapi Pharma, Celgene and Protembis.
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- Dana Horakova, MD, PhD,
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Dr. Horakova received compensation for travel, speaker honoraria and consultant fees from Biogen Idec, Novartis, Merck, Roche, and Sanofi.
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Support for research activities from Biogen Idec.
Supported by Czech Ministries of Education and Health [PRVOUK-P26/LF1/4].
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- Jens Kuhle, MD, PhD* and
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(1) Bayer AG (2) Biogen (3) Celgene (4) Genzyme (5) Merck (4) Novartis (5) Roche Pharma (Schweiz) AG
(1) Swiss National Research Foundation (320030_189140/1)
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(1) ECTRIMS Research Fellowship Programme (2) University of Basel (3) Swiss MS Society
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- Tomas Kalincik, MD, PhD*
(1) Novartis, (2) Merck, (3) Biogen, (4) Roche, (5) Genzyme-Sanofi, (6) Celgene
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(1) Novartis, compensation for travel and speaker honoraria (2) Biogen, compensation for travel and speaker honoraria (3) Genzyme-Sanofi, compensation for travel and speaker honoraria (4) Teva, speaker honoraria (5) Merck, compensation for travel and speaker honoraria (6) WebMD Global, speaker honoraria (7) Roche, speaker honoraria (8) BioCSL, speaker honoraria
(1) Multiple Sclerosis Journal, editorial board member, since 2018 (2) Neurology and Clinical Practice, editorial board member, since 2020 (3) BMC Neurology, associate editor 2017-2018 (4) Frontiers in Neurology, reviewer editor 2017-2018
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(1) Novartis, (2) Biogen, (3) Genzyme-Sanofi, (4) Teva, (5) Merck, (6) WebMD Global, (7) Roche, (8) BioCSL, (9) Roche
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(1) Biogen
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(1) University of Melbourne
(1) Multiple Sclerosis Research Australia, (2) National Medical and Health Research Committee, (3) Multiple Sclerosis Society, UK, (4) ARSEP, (5) Medical Research Future Fund
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- From the Department of Medicine (T.U., T.K.), CORe, The University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Department of Neurology and Center of Clinical Neuroscience (T.U., B.S., M.T., K.V., E.K.H., D.H.), Charles University in Prague, 1st Faculty of Medicine and General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic; Clinical Trial Unit (S.S., P.B.), Department of Clinical Research, University Hospital Basel, University of Basel; Departments of Medicine, Biomedicine and Clinical Research (C.B., J.O., D.L., Y.N., L.K., J. Kuhle), Neurologic Clinic and Policlinic, University Hospital Basel, University of Basel, Switzerland; Department of Neurology, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (N.B., M.D., R.Z.), Buffalo Neuroimaging Analysis Center, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo; IRCCS “S. Maria Nascente” (N.B.), Don Carlo Gnocchi Foundation, Milan, Italy; Department of Radiology (J. Krasensky, M.V.), Charles University in Prague, First Faculty of Medicine and General University Hospital in Prague, Czech Republic; Center for Biomedical Imaging at Clinical Translational Science Institute (R.Z.), University at Buffalo, State University of New York, NY; and Department of Neurology (T.K.), The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Victoria, Australia.
- Correspondence
Dr. Uher tomas.uher{at}vfn.cz
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