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JOURNAL OF NEURO-OPHTHALMOLOGY
卷 31, 期 4, 页码 362-373出版社
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/WNO.0b013e318238937f
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- National MS Society [PP1115, RG 3208-A-1, RG 3428-A/2]
- National MS Society Translational Research Partnership [TR 3760-A-3]
- National Institutes of Health/National Eye Institute [K24 EY 014136, R01 EY 019473]
- McNeill Foundation
- DADs Foundation
Visual dysfunction is one of the most common clinical manifestations of multiple sclerosis (MS). Just over a decade ago, MS clincial trials did not include visual outcomes, but experts recognized the need for more sensitive measures of visual function. Low-contrast letter acuity emerged as the leading candidate to measure visual disability in MS, and subsequent studies found low-contrast acuity testing to correlate well with brain MRI lesion burden, visual-evoked potentials, quality of life (QOL), and retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) loss, as measured by optical coherence tomography (OCT). OCT in MS has allowed for assessment of structure-function correlations that make the anterior visual pathway and acute optic neuritis (ON) ideal models for testing novel agents for neuroprotection and repair. New therapies that reduce axonal loss by neuroprotective or myelin repair mechanisms can now be assessed noninvasively by OCT and coupled with visual function data. Based on OCT studies in MS, RNFL thickness is reduced significantly among patients (92 mu m) vs controls (105 mu m) and is particularly reduced in MS eyes with a history of ON (85 mu m). Worsening of visual function by a clinically significant >= 7 letters or approximately 1.5 lines for low-contrast acuity is associated with approximately 4.5 mm reductions in RNFL thickness in MS eyes. Longitudinal studies of OCT have also shown RNFL axonal loss over time that occurs even in the absence of acute ON and that correlates with clinically meaningful worsening of vision and QOL, even in patients with benign MS. The latest OCT investigations involve high-resolution spectral-domain (SD) OCT with segmentation and measurement of specific retinal layers using computerized algorithms. These methods allow quantitation of ganglion cell (neuronal) layer loss and axonal degeneration in MS in vivo. In this review, we examine the data from these studies and ongoing trials that highlight the entity of ON as a model to investigate neuroprotection and neurorepair. In doing so, we also present representative group data from studies that have examined visual function, OCT measures, and QOL scales in patients with MS and ON and disease-free controls. These data, and those from recent meta-analyses, may be used to provide reference values for the development of clinical trial protocols.
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