Table 1

Baseline demographics

PatientsPat 1Pat 2Pat 3Pat 4Pat 5Pat 6Pat 7Pat 8Pat 9Pat 10Pat 11Pat 12Pat 13Pat 14Pat 15
Sex (0=male/1=female)010011101111001
Age at MS diagnosis (in years)202131233934213634312921303032
Age at PML diagnosis (in years)323240334638305245463441433641
MS duration (in years)15111011941220131672414810
MS duration until escalation natalizumab (in years)9556427159123181046
Duration natalizumab treatment (in months)346450433125321326392530313736
Number of natalizumab infusions (n)346251403027301424402629323837
Prior immunosuppressive agents (0=n/1=y)000000110000000
Azathioprine (0=n/1=y)000000010000000
Mitoxantrone (0=n/1=y))000000100000000
MS-Therapie prä-PML
Interferonß-1b Betaferon (0=n/1=y)101000000110101
Interferonß-1a (Rebif) (0=n/ 1=y)010111011000100
Interferonß-1a (Avonex) (0=n/1=y)110000010001010
Glatiramer acetate (0=n/1=y)010000100000010
Immunglobulines (0=n/1=y)000000000001000
Anti-JCV-Ab (0=neg/1=pos/2=unknown)112221121121221
  • MS, multiple sclerosis; n, no; neg, negative, PML, progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy; pos, positive; y, yes.