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  • Title: Impact of a switch to fingolimod on depressive symptoms in patients with relapsing multiple sclerosis: An analysis from the EPOC (Evaluate Patient OutComes) trial.
    Author: Hunter SF, Agius M, Miller DM, Cutter G, Barbato L, McCague K, Meng X, Agashivala N, Chin P, Hollander E.
    Journal: J Neurol Sci; 2016 Jun 15; 365():190-8. PubMed ID: 27206905.
    Abstract:
    BACKGROUND: Depression is common in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), may confound evaluation of therapeutic effectiveness and may be impacted by MS-specific treatments. OBJECTIVE: First, to assess the impact on depressive symptoms of a switch to fingolimod versus remaining on an injectable disease-modifying therapy (iDMT) in a post-hoc analysis of prospectively collected data from the EPOC study. Secondly, to investigate the underlying Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II) factor structure in patients with MS, and estimate treatment differences using the resulting subscales. METHODS: EPOC was a 6-month, open-label study assessing patient-reported outcomes after switch from iDMT to oral fingolimod 0.5mg versus remaining on iDMT in 1053 patients with relapsing-remitting MS. RESULTS: At end of study (EOS), a greater proportion of patients on fingolimod versus iDMT no longer had BDI-II scores indicating depression (p<0.001). Fewer mildly and moderately symptomatic patients developed severe depressive symptoms, and fewer severely symptomatic patients continued to have scores indicating severe depression at EOS on fingolimod versus iDMT (p=0.027, p=0.038, p=0.030, respectively). Two BDI-II subscales were identified and labelled Somatic and Affective; fingolimod demonstrated more reduction on both subscales at EOS versus iDMTs (p<0.0001 and p=0.0001, respectively). CONCLUSION: A switch to fingolimod versus remaining on/switching to another iDMT was associated with an improvement in depressive symptoms in patients with relapsing-remitting MS.
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