PMID-sentid Pub_year Sent_text comp_official_name comp_offsetprotein_name organism prot_offset 20456216-2 2010 Prior to the United States Food and Drug Administration approval of the immunomodulatory agent, interferon-beta1b in 1993, no other drug had been shown to alter the course of the disease in a controlled study of MS. At present, there are five licenced disease-modifying agents in MS - interferon-beta1b, interferon-beta1a, glatiramer acetate, natalizumab and mitoxantrone. Mitoxantrone 359-371 interferon beta 1 Homo sapiens 96-112 19514518-6 2009 Interferon beta (IFN-beta), which is an immunomodulatory drug, is the only drug approved in Japan for treating MS; however, it is only partially effective or rather ineffective for treating patients with rapidly worsening or fulminant MS. Our pilot studies confirmed the benefits of mitoxantrone in Japanese patients with MS, and in this study, we review its potential appliciation for the treatment of MS by Japanese neurologists. Mitoxantrone 283-295 interferon beta 1 Homo sapiens 0-15 19514518-6 2009 Interferon beta (IFN-beta), which is an immunomodulatory drug, is the only drug approved in Japan for treating MS; however, it is only partially effective or rather ineffective for treating patients with rapidly worsening or fulminant MS. Our pilot studies confirmed the benefits of mitoxantrone in Japanese patients with MS, and in this study, we review its potential appliciation for the treatment of MS by Japanese neurologists. Mitoxantrone 283-295 interferon beta 1 Homo sapiens 17-25 15833373-1 2005 We assessed the action of mitoxantrone (MX) when given as rescue therapy in patients with relapsing-remitting (RR) multiple sclerosis (MS), whose disease activity worsens despite IFN-beta treatment. Mitoxantrone 26-38 interferon beta 1 Homo sapiens 179-187 15833373-0 2005 Mitoxantrone as rescue therapy in worsening relapsing-remitting MS patients receiving IFN-beta. Mitoxantrone 0-12 interferon beta 1 Homo sapiens 86-94 14579493-6 2003 Interferon beta (Avonex, Rebif, Betaferon/Betaseron) and Glatirameracetate (Copaxone) offer effective therapeutic options for the long-term treatment of relapsing-remitting MS. With Mitoxantron (Ralenova) being recently approved by the EMEA for the treatment of secondary-progressive and progressive-relapsing MS an effective therapeutic option is now available also for this group of patients. Mitoxantrone 182-193 interferon beta 1 Homo sapiens 0-15