JAMA neurologyPub Date : 2024-09-23DOI: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2024.3083
Rachel Grashow, Douglas P Terry, Grant L Iverson, Heather DiGregorio, Inana Dairi, Cheyenne Brown, Paula S Atkeson, Alicia J Whittington, LeRoy Reese, Jonathan H Kim, Niki Konstantinides, Herman A Taylor, Frank E Speizer, Daniel H Daneshvar, Ross D Zafonte, Marc G Weisskopf, Aaron L Baggish
{"title":"Perceived Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy and Suicidality in Former Professional Football Players.","authors":"Rachel Grashow, Douglas P Terry, Grant L Iverson, Heather DiGregorio, Inana Dairi, Cheyenne Brown, Paula S Atkeson, Alicia J Whittington, LeRoy Reese, Jonathan H Kim, Niki Konstantinides, Herman A Taylor, Frank E Speizer, Daniel H Daneshvar, Ross D Zafonte, Marc G Weisskopf, Aaron L Baggish","doi":"10.1001/jamaneurol.2024.3083","DOIUrl":"10.1001/jamaneurol.2024.3083","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Importance: </strong>Participation in American-style football (ASF) has been linked to chronic traumatic encephalopathy neuropathological change (CTE-NC), a specific neuropathologic finding that can only be established at autopsy. Despite being a postmortem diagnosis, living former ASF players may perceive themselves to have CTE-NC. At present, the proportion and clinical correlates of living former professional ASF athletes with perceived CTE who report suicidality are unknown.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To determine the proportion, clinical correlates, and suicidality of living former professional ASF players with perceived CTE.</p><p><strong>Design, setting, and participants: </strong>A cross-sectional study within the Football Players Health Study at Harvard University was conducted from 2017 to 2020. Using electronic and paper surveys, this population-based study included former ASF players who contracted with a professional league from 1960 to 2020 and volunteered to fill out a baseline survey. Data for this study were analyzed from June 2023 through March 2024.</p><p><strong>Exposures: </strong>Data included demographics, football-related exposures (eg, position, career duration), and current health problems (anxiety, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, depression, diabetes, emotional and behavioral dyscontrol symptoms, headache, hyperlipidemia, hypertension, low testosterone level, pain, sleep apnea, and subjective cognitive function).</p><p><strong>Main outcomes and measures: </strong>The proportion of participants reporting perceived CTE. Univariable and multivariable models were used to determine clinical and suicidality correlates of perceived CTE.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Among 4180 former professional ASF players who volunteered to fill out a baseline survey, 1980 (47.4%) provided follow-up data (mean [SD] age, 57.7 [13.9] years). A total of 681 participants (34.4%) reported perceived CTE. Subjective cognitive difficulties, low testosterone level, headache, concussion signs and symptoms accrued during playing years, depressive/emotional and behavioral dyscontrol symptoms, pain, and younger age were significantly associated with perceived CTE. Suicidality was reported by 171 of 681 participants with perceived CTE (25.4%) and 64 of 1299 without perceived CTE (5.0%). After adjusting for established suicidality predictors (eg, depression), men with perceived CTE remained twice as likely to report suicidality (odds ratio, 2.06; 95% CI, 1.36-3.12; P < .001).</p><p><strong>Conclusions and relevance: </strong>This study found that approximately one-third of living former professional ASF players reported perceived CTE. Men with perceived CTE had an increased prevalence of suicidality and were more likely to have health problems associated with cognitive impairment compared with men without perceived CTE. Perceived CTE represents a novel risk factor for suicidality and, if present, should motivate the diagnosti","PeriodicalId":14677,"journal":{"name":"JAMA neurology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":20.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11420824/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142287437","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 : 2024-09-23DOI: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2024.3162
Ivan Martinez-Valbuena, M Carmela Tartaglia, Susan H Fox, Anthony E Lang, Gabor G Kovacs
{"title":"Four-Repeat Tau Seeding in the Skin of Patients With Progressive Supranuclear Palsy.","authors":"Ivan Martinez-Valbuena, M Carmela Tartaglia, Susan H Fox, Anthony E Lang, Gabor G Kovacs","doi":"10.1001/jamaneurol.2024.3162","DOIUrl":"10.1001/jamaneurol.2024.3162","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14677,"journal":{"name":"JAMA neurology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":20.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11420818/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142287435","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 : 2024-09-18DOI: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2024.2920
Amber Salter, Samantha Lancia, Kaarina Kowalec, Kathryn C. Fitzgerald, Ruth Ann Marrie
{"title":"Comorbidity and Disease Activity in Multiple Sclerosis","authors":"Amber Salter, Samantha Lancia, Kaarina Kowalec, Kathryn C. Fitzgerald, Ruth Ann Marrie","doi":"10.1001/jamaneurol.2024.2920","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1001/jamaneurol.2024.2920","url":null,"abstract":"ImportanceMultiple studies suggest that comorbidity worsens clinically relevant outcomes in multiple sclerosis (MS), including the severity of disability at diagnosis and rate of disability worsening after diagnosis. However, less is known regarding the association of comorbidity with measures of disease activity, such as relapse rate and magnetic resonance imaging lesion accrual, which are relevant to clinicians and clinical trialists.ObjectiveTo evaluate the association of comorbidities with disease activity in clinical trials of disease-modifying therapies (DMTs) in populations with MS.Design, Setting, and ParticipantsA 2-stage meta-analytic approach was used in this cohort study of individual participant data from phase 3 clinical trials of MS DMTs that had 2 years of follow-up and were conducted from November 2001 to March 2018. Data were analyzed from February 2023 to June 2024.ExposureComorbidity burden and individual comorbidities present at trial enrollment, including hypertension; hyperlipidemia; functional cardiovascular disease, ischemic heart, cerebrovascular, and peripheral vascular disease; diabetes; autoimmune thyroid and miscellaneous autoimmune conditions; migraine; lung and skin conditions; depression; anxiety; and other psychiatric disorders.Main Outcomes and MeasuresThe main outcome was evidence of disease activity (EDA) over 2 years of follow-up, defined as confirmed relapse activity, disability worsening, or any new lesions on magnetic resonance imaging.ResultsA total of 16 794 participants with MS were included from 17 clinical trials (67.2% female). Over the 2-year follow-up, 61.0% (95% CI, 56.2%-66.3%; <jats:italic>I</jats:italic><jats:sup>2</jats:sup> = 97.9%) of the pooled trials had EDA. After adjusting for multiple factors, the presence of 3 or more comorbidities was associated with an increased hazard of EDA (adjusted hazard ratio [AHR], 1.14; 95% CI, 1.02-1.28) compared with no comorbidity. Presence of 2 or more cardiometabolic conditions was also associated with an increased hazard of EDA (AHR, 1.21; 95% CI, 1.08-1.37) compared with no cardiometabolic comorbidity. Presence of 1 psychiatric disorder was associated with an increased hazard of EDA (AHR, 1.07; 95% CI, 1.02-1.14).Conclusions and RelevanceIn this study, a higher burden of comorbidity was associated with worse clinical outcomes in people with MS, although comorbidity could potentially be a partial mediator of other negative prognostic factors. Our findings suggest a substantial adverse association of the comorbidities investigated with MS disease activity and that prevention and management of comorbidities should be a pressing concern in clinical practice.","PeriodicalId":14677,"journal":{"name":"JAMA neurology","volume":"10 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":29.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142236312","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 : 2024-09-16DOI: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2024.3043
Stewart J Tepper, David W Dodick, Michel Lanteri-Minet, David Dolezil, Raquel Gil-Gouveia, Christian Lucas, Karolina Piasecka-Stryczynska, Gyöngyi Szabó, Daniel D Mikol, Mahan Chehrenama, Denise E Chou, Yiping Yang, Gabriel Paiva da Silva Lima
{"title":"Efficacy and Safety of Erenumab for Nonopioid Medication Overuse Headache in Chronic Migraine: A Phase 4, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial.","authors":"Stewart J Tepper, David W Dodick, Michel Lanteri-Minet, David Dolezil, Raquel Gil-Gouveia, Christian Lucas, Karolina Piasecka-Stryczynska, Gyöngyi Szabó, Daniel D Mikol, Mahan Chehrenama, Denise E Chou, Yiping Yang, Gabriel Paiva da Silva Lima","doi":"10.1001/jamaneurol.2024.3043","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1001/jamaneurol.2024.3043","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Importance: </strong>Patients with chronic migraine and medication overuse headaches (CM-MOH) represent a particularly burdened subpopulation. This trial provides first, to our knowledge, American Academy of Neurology class I evidence for a preventive therapy in CM-MOH.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To assess erenumab efficacy and safety in patients with nonopioid CM-MOH.</p><p><strong>Design, settings, and participants: </strong>This randomized, double-blind, parallel-group, placebo-controlled trial took place at 67 centers in North America, Europe, and Australia from October 7, 2019, to November 2, 2022. This report reflects the primary analysis conducted in January 2023, using a database snapshot from December 1, 2022, which contains the complete dataset of the double-blind treatment period (DBTP). Participants included adults with CM-MOH who had 1 or more preventive treatment failure(s). There were 992 participants screened and 620 participants enrolled (584 in nonopioid cohort and 36 in opioid cohort).</p><p><strong>Interventions: </strong>Erenumab, 70 mg, 140 mg, or placebo, once monthly for 24 weeks.</p><p><strong>Main outcomes and measures: </strong>The primary end point was MOH remission at month 6. Secondary end points included change from baseline in mean monthly acute headache medication days (AHMD) at month 6 and sustained MOH remission throughout the DBTP. Safety end points were adverse events and changes in vital signs.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The primary analysis population included 584 participants in the nonopioid-treated cohort with a mean age of 44 years and 482 participants were female (82.5%). Baseline demographics and disease characteristics were balanced across groups. At month 6, 134 participants in the erenumab, 140 mg group (69.1%) (odds ratio [OR], 2.01; 95% CI, 1.33-3.05; P < .001 vs placebo) and 117 in the erenumab, 70 mg group (60.3%) (OR, 1.37; 95% CI, 0.92-2.05; P = .13 vs placebo) achieved MOH remission vs 102 participants in the placebo group (52.6%). AHMD use was also reduced in the erenumab groups vs placebo. Least squares mean (standard error) change from baseline in average monthly AHMD was -9.4 (0.4) days in the erenumab, 140 mg group (difference from placebo, -2.7; 95% CI, -3.9 to -1.6; P < .001) and -7.8 (0.4) days in the erenumab, 70 mg group (difference from placebo, -1.2; 95% CI, -2.4 to -0.1; P = .03), vs -6.6 (0.4) days in the placebo group. MOH remission throughout the DBTP was sustained in 119 participants (61.3%,) 96 participants (49.5%), and 73 participants (37.6%) in the erenumab, 140 mg, 70 mg, and placebo groups, respectively. Adverse events were consistent with the known safety profile of erenumab. Treatment-emergent adverse events incidence in the combined erenumab group was 66.8% (259 participants; constipation 15.2% (59 participants) and COVID-19 13.9% (54 participants) were most common.</p><p><strong>Conclusions and relevance: </strong>In this study, monthly, 140 mg","PeriodicalId":14677,"journal":{"name":"JAMA neurology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":20.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11406451/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142287434","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 : 2024-09-16DOI: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2024.2945
Nanthaya Tisavipat, Natthapon Rattanathamsakul, Abdul-Rahman Salman, Laura Cacciaguerra, Sean J Pittock, Eoin P Flanagan, John J Chen
{"title":"Intracranial Pressure Elevation and MOGAD.","authors":"Nanthaya Tisavipat, Natthapon Rattanathamsakul, Abdul-Rahman Salman, Laura Cacciaguerra, Sean J Pittock, Eoin P Flanagan, John J Chen","doi":"10.1001/jamaneurol.2024.2945","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1001/jamaneurol.2024.2945","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14677,"journal":{"name":"JAMA neurology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":20.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11406450/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142287436","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 : 2024-09-16DOI: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2024.3062
Le H Hua, Andrew J Solomon, Silvia Tenembaum, Antonio Scalfari, Àlex Rovira, Kevin Rostasy, Scott D Newsome, Ruth Ann Marrie, Melinda Magyari, Orhun Kantarci, Bernhard Hemmer, Cheryl Hemingway, Mary Pat Harnegie, Jennifer S Graves, Jeffrey A Cohen, Riley Bove, Brenda Banwell, John R Corboy, Emmanuelle Waubant
{"title":"Differential Diagnosis of Suspected Multiple Sclerosis in Pediatric and Late-Onset Populations: A Review.","authors":"Le H Hua, Andrew J Solomon, Silvia Tenembaum, Antonio Scalfari, Àlex Rovira, Kevin Rostasy, Scott D Newsome, Ruth Ann Marrie, Melinda Magyari, Orhun Kantarci, Bernhard Hemmer, Cheryl Hemingway, Mary Pat Harnegie, Jennifer S Graves, Jeffrey A Cohen, Riley Bove, Brenda Banwell, John R Corboy, Emmanuelle Waubant","doi":"10.1001/jamaneurol.2024.3062","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1001/jamaneurol.2024.3062","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Importance: </strong>While the typical onset of multiple sclerosis (MS) occurs in early adulthood, 2% to 10% of cases initially present prior to age 18 years, and approximately 5% after age 50 years. Guidance on approaches to differential diagnosis in suspected MS specific to these 2 age groups is needed.</p><p><strong>Observations: </strong>There are unique biological factors in children younger than 18 years and in adults older than age 50 years compared to typical adult-onset MS. These biological differences, particularly immunological and hormonal, may influence the clinical presentation of MS, resilience to neuronal injury, and differential diagnosis. While mimics of MS at the typical age at onset have been described, a comprehensive approach focused on the younger and older ends of the age spectrum has not been previously published.</p><p><strong>Conclusions and relevance: </strong>An international committee of MS experts in pediatric and adult MS was formed to provide consensus guidance on diagnostic approaches and key clinical and paraclinical red flags for non-MS diagnosis in children and older adults.</p>","PeriodicalId":14677,"journal":{"name":"JAMA neurology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":20.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142287433","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 : 2024-09-16DOI: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2024.3018
James J Giordano, Michael S Okun
{"title":"The Nontrivial Ethics of Brain Biopsies for Research.","authors":"James J Giordano, Michael S Okun","doi":"10.1001/jamaneurol.2024.3018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1001/jamaneurol.2024.3018","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14677,"journal":{"name":"JAMA neurology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":20.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142287439","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 : 2024-09-03DOI: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2024.2780
Augusto Rachão, Pedro Pereira, Miguel Grunho
{"title":"A Unique Case of Opioid-Induced Myoclonus.","authors":"Augusto Rachão, Pedro Pereira, Miguel Grunho","doi":"10.1001/jamaneurol.2024.2780","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1001/jamaneurol.2024.2780","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14677,"journal":{"name":"JAMA neurology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":20.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142119818","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 : 2024-09-01DOI: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2024.1105
Maria Neimann Herskind, Jakob Bie Granild-Jensen, Mette Thorup Bendixen
{"title":"Distinct Magnetic Resonance Imaging in a Child With a TACO1 Variant.","authors":"Maria Neimann Herskind, Jakob Bie Granild-Jensen, Mette Thorup Bendixen","doi":"10.1001/jamaneurol.2024.1105","DOIUrl":"10.1001/jamaneurol.2024.1105","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14677,"journal":{"name":"JAMA neurology","volume":" ","pages":"1002-1003"},"PeriodicalIF":20.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140857122","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}