JAMA neurologyPub Date : 2026-10-05DOI: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2026.3497
Isabel Estragués-Gázquez,José Contador,Leidy Dayana Martínez,Aida Fernández-Lebrero,Greta García-Escobar,Irene Navalpotro-Gómez,Oriol Grau-Rivera,Gianmarco Iaccarino,Rosa Maria Manero-Borràs,Paula Ortiz-Romero,Felipe Hernández-Villamizar,Javier Torres-Torronteras,Marina de Diego-Osaba,Helena Blasco-Forniés,Esther Jiménez-Moyano,Juan José Hernández,Anna Padrós,Marta del Campo,Albert Puig-Pijoan,Marc Suárez-Calvet
{"title":"Earlier Disclosure of Blood-Based Biomarkers, Diagnostic Certainty, and Clinical Management","authors":"Isabel Estragués-Gázquez,José Contador,Leidy Dayana Martínez,Aida Fernández-Lebrero,Greta García-Escobar,Irene Navalpotro-Gómez,Oriol Grau-Rivera,Gianmarco Iaccarino,Rosa Maria Manero-Borràs,Paula Ortiz-Romero,Felipe Hernández-Villamizar,Javier Torres-Torronteras,Marina de Diego-Osaba,Helena Blasco-Forniés,Esther Jiménez-Moyano,Juan José Hernández,Anna Padrós,Marta del Campo,Albert Puig-Pijoan,Marc Suárez-Calvet","doi":"10.1001/jamaneurol.2026.3497","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1001/jamaneurol.2026.3497","url":null,"abstract":"Importance Blood-based biomarkers show high performance for detecting Alzheimer disease (AD) pathology, but evidence on their impact on diagnostic certainty, clinical management, and emotional outcomes in routine care is limited. Objective To determine whether earlier disclosure of plasma phosphorylated tau at threonine 217 (p-tau217) and neurofilament light chain (NfL) increases etiologic diagnostic certainty, influences clinical management, and affects emotional outcomes in individuals evaluated for cognitive symptoms. Design, Setting, and Participants This was a prospective randomized clinical trial conducted at a single memory clinic in Spain between February and October 2024, with 9 months of follow-up. Consecutive new outpatients with subjective cognitive decline (SCD), mild cognitive impairment (MCI), or mild dementia without a prior etiologic diagnosis were enrolled. Of 265 eligible participants, 220 were randomized to earlier disclosure of blood-based biomarkers at the 3-month visit or delayed disclosure at the 9-month visit. Intervention Disclosure of blood-based biomarkers for AD pathology (p-tau217) and neurodegeneration (NfL) to the treating neurologist and participant, alongside standard clinical evaluation. Main Outcomes and Measures The primary outcome was the proportion of participants achieving a very high-confidence etiologic diagnosis (≥90%). Secondary outcomes included changes in clinical management and emotional outcomes (anxiety, depression, perceived stress, and quality of life). Results Among the 220 randomized participants (median [IQR] age, 73 [68-78] years; 123 [55.9%] women), baseline diagnoses were SCD (100 [45.5%]), MCI (68 [30.9%]), and mild dementia (52 [23.6%]). At 3 months, a very high-confidence etiologic diagnosis was achieved in 56 of 112 participants in the earlier-disclosure arm (50.0%) compared with 5 of 108 in the delayed-disclosure arm (4.6%) ( P < .001). Diagnostic certainty converged after disclosure in both arms, except among participants with MCI, in whom higher certainty persisted in the earlier-disclosure arm. Earlier disclosure was associated with more frequent initiation of symptomatic AD treatment (16/112 [14.3%] vs 5/108 [4.6%]; difference, 9.7; 95% CI, 1.8 to 17.8; P = .01), fewer planned follow-up neuropsychological reassessments for diagnostic clarification (34/112 [30.4%] vs 57/108 [52.8%]; difference, −22.4; 95% CI, −34.4 to −9.4; P < .001), and more planned discharge from the memory clinic to primary care (35/112 [31.3%] vs 13/108 [12.0%]; difference, 19.2; 95% CI, 8.4 to 29.5; P < .001). Earlier disclosure was not associated with worse emotional outcomes. Conclusions and Relevance In this randomized clinical trial, earlier disclosure of blood-based biomarkers increased etiologic diagnostic certainty and led to earlier, targeted clinical management without increasing emotional distress. These findings support the integration of blood-based biomarkers i","PeriodicalId":14677,"journal":{"name":"JAMA neurology","volume":"10 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":29.0,"publicationDate":"2026-10-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149089001","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
JAMA neurologyPub Date : 2026-10-01DOI: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2026.2776
Dixon Yang, S Andrew Josephson, Hooman Kamel
{"title":"Tirofiban for Branch Atheromatous Disease-End of the Line or New Opportunity?","authors":"Dixon Yang, S Andrew Josephson, Hooman Kamel","doi":"10.1001/jamaneurol.2026.2776","DOIUrl":"10.1001/jamaneurol.2026.2776","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14677,"journal":{"name":"JAMA neurology","volume":" ","pages":"949-951"},"PeriodicalIF":23.6,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148865008","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
JAMA neurologyPub Date : 2026-10-01DOI: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2026.2514
Dalia L Rotstein, Colleen Maxwell, Helen Tremlett, Manav V Vyas, Karl Everett, Ruth Ann Marrie
{"title":"Multiple Sclerosis Onset Preceding Epstein-Barr Virus Infection.","authors":"Dalia L Rotstein, Colleen Maxwell, Helen Tremlett, Manav V Vyas, Karl Everett, Ruth Ann Marrie","doi":"10.1001/jamaneurol.2026.2514","DOIUrl":"10.1001/jamaneurol.2026.2514","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14677,"journal":{"name":"JAMA neurology","volume":" ","pages":"1027-1029"},"PeriodicalIF":23.6,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13434964/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148663778","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
JAMA neurologyPub Date : 2026-10-01DOI: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2026.3720
{"title":"Errors in Results, Figure 3, Figure 4, and the Table.","authors":"","doi":"10.1001/jamaneurol.2026.3720","DOIUrl":"10.1001/jamaneurol.2026.3720","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14677,"journal":{"name":"JAMA neurology","volume":"83 10","pages":"1030"},"PeriodicalIF":23.6,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13659566/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149166659","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
JAMA neurologyPub Date : 2026-10-01DOI: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2026.2558
Richard J Nowak, Kimiaki Utsugisawa, Michael Benatar, Emma Ciafaloni, M Isabel Leite, John Vissing, Fengming Tang, Yanping Wu, Catherine Najem, Sue Cheng, James F Howard
{"title":"Management of Exacerbations and Rescue Therapy in the Phase 3 Myasthenia Gravis Inebilizumab Trial: A Prespecified Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial.","authors":"Richard J Nowak, Kimiaki Utsugisawa, Michael Benatar, Emma Ciafaloni, M Isabel Leite, John Vissing, Fengming Tang, Yanping Wu, Catherine Najem, Sue Cheng, James F Howard","doi":"10.1001/jamaneurol.2026.2558","DOIUrl":"10.1001/jamaneurol.2026.2558","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Importance: </strong>Uncontrolled generalized myasthenia gravis (gMG) can lead to exacerbations that often warrant rescue therapy (RT) use, especially in moderate to severe cases. Inebilizumab, a monoclonal antibody that depletes cluster of differentiation 19+ B cells, demonstrated efficacy and safety in patients with gMG enrolled in the Myasthenia Gravis Inebilizumab Trial (MINT); the present analysis evaluated its effect on exacerbations and RT use.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To examine the effect of inebilizumab on exacerbations, including RT use, in participants enrolled in MINT.</p><p><strong>Design, setting, and participants: </strong>MINT was a phase 3, international, randomized, placebo-controlled trial that enrolled participants between August 2020 and November 2023. The randomized controlled period was 52 weeks for the anti-acetylcholine receptor antibody positive (AChR+) subpopulation and 26 weeks for the anti-muscle-specific kinase antibody positive (MuSK+) subpopulation with an optional 3-year open-label extension. Participants were enrolled at 81 academic and nonacademic sites in 18 countries. MINT screened 485 patients with gMG (AChR+ or MuSK+) and enrolled adult participants with Myasthenia Gravis Activities of Daily Life (MG-ADL) scores of 6-10. This prespecified analysis was conducted between September 2024 and March 2025.</p><p><strong>Interventions: </strong>Participants were randomized 1:1 to either inebilizumab or placebo and underwent a protocol-specified corticosteroid taper to 5 mg per day or less.</p><p><strong>Main outcomes and measures: </strong>The frequency of exacerbations, defined as myasthenic crisis, worsening of individual MG-ADL scores, or RT use (intravenous immunoglobulin or plasma exchange).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>MINT enrolled 238 participants. The mean (SD) age at baseline was 47.5 (15.3) years, 144 (61%) were female, and the mean (SD) MG-ADL score was 9.1 (2.8). Inebilizumab reduced the risk of exacerbations compared with placebo in the combined population by week 26 (hazard ratio [HR], 0.41; 95% CI, 0.24-0.70), in the AChR+ subpopulation by week 52 (HR, 0.39; 95% CI, 0.23-0.68), and in the MuSK+ subpopulation by week 26 (HR, 0.21; 95% CI, 0.06-0.79).</p><p><strong>Conclusions and relevance: </strong>In this prespecified analysis of a randomized clinical trial, inebilizumab treatment reduced exacerbation rate, including RT use, in participants with gMG who underwent a protocol-specified corticosteroid taper during MINT. These findings further support the clinical benefits of inebilizumab in AChR+ and MuSK+ gMG.</p><p><strong>Trial registration: </strong>ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04524273.</p>","PeriodicalId":14677,"journal":{"name":"JAMA neurology","volume":" ","pages":"965-972"},"PeriodicalIF":23.6,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13659567/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148701343","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
JAMA neurologyPub Date : 2026-10-01DOI: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2026.2939
Marine Boudot de la Motte, Antoine Gavoille, Romain Marignier
{"title":"Treatment Discontinuation in MOGAD-One Size Does Not Fit All-Reply.","authors":"Marine Boudot de la Motte, Antoine Gavoille, Romain Marignier","doi":"10.1001/jamaneurol.2026.2939","DOIUrl":"10.1001/jamaneurol.2026.2939","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14677,"journal":{"name":"JAMA neurology","volume":" ","pages":"1029-1030"},"PeriodicalIF":23.6,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148865031","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}