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Early second-line therapy is associated with improved episodic memory in anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis.

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Objective

To investigate whether the early administration of intravenous second-line immunotherapy correlates with improved long-term cognition and the potential mechanisms via imaging in adult patients with moderate-to-severe anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor encephalitis.

Methods

Sixteen adult patients with moderate-to-severe anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis past the acute stage and 15 healthy controls (HCs) performed a set of comprehensive neuropsychological tests, and underwent a resting-state fMRI study to analyze resting state functional connectivity (FC). In addition, correlation analyses were performed between hippocampal FC and cognitive performance. All patients were received intravenous first-line immunotherapy, and nine of them were also given intravenous second-line immunotherapy within 3 months of disease onset.

Results

The patients who only received first-line immunotherapy showed significant verbal episodic memory impairments compared with HCs and those who received second-line immunotherapy, while no significant differences were noted between the patients with second-line immunotherapy and the HCs. In line with the results of neuropsychological tests, significant changes in bilateral hippocampal FC were observed in the patients who only received first-line immunotherapy compared with both HCs and those who received second-line immunotherapy. However, no significant differences in hippocampal FC were observed in the patients with second-line immunotherapy compared with the HCs. Importantly, hippocampal-medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) connectivity positively correlated with memory performance.

Interpretation

In the long term, early administration of intravenous second-line immunotherapy may be associated with more favorable verbal episodic memory outcomes in patients with moderate-to-severe anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis. These results may provide some evidence and guidance for the use of immunotherapy in this population.

SUBMITTER: Wang K

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6649545 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Early second-line therapy is associated with improved episodic memory in anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis.

Wang Kang K Chen Zhongqin Z Wu Dengchang D Ding Qiuping Q Zheng Xuning X Wang Jianwen J Ji Caihong C Luo Benyan B

Annals of clinical and translational neurology 20190609 7

<h4>Objective</h4>To investigate whether the early administration of intravenous second-line immunotherapy correlates with improved long-term cognition and the potential mechanisms via imaging in adult patients with moderate-to-severe anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor encephalitis.<h4>Methods</h4>Sixteen adult patients with moderate-to-severe anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis past the acute stage and 15 healthy controls (HCs) performed a set of comprehensive neuropsychological tests, and u ...[more]

PMID: 31353868

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Early second-line therapy is associated with improved episodic memory in anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis.

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Early second-line therapy is associated with improved episodic memory in anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis.

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