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Table 3 Top 10 most common DMTs during each of the first four lines of therapy

From: Treatment patterns and comorbid burden of patients newly diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in the United States

Treatment line

Medication

Patient count

Rank in treatment line

% of patients in treatment line

1 (n = 1994)

Glatiramer

693

1

34.8%

Dimethyl fumarate

539

2

27.0%

Interferon beta-1a

152

3

7.6%

Fingolimod

151

4

7.6%

Teriflunomide

142

5

7.1%

Ocrelizumab

120

6

6.0%

Natalizumab

85

7

4.3%

Interferon beta-1b

30

8

1.5%

Peginterferon beta-1a

30

8

1.5%

Rituximab

28

10

1.4%

2 (n = 563)

Dimethyl fumarate

117

1

20.8%

Teriflunomide

88

2

15.6%

Ocrelizumab

83

3

14.7%

Fingolimod

82

4

14.6%

Natalizumab

58

5

10.3%

Glatiramer

55

6

9.8%

Interferon beta-1a

31

7

5.5%

Interferon beta-1b

10

8

1.8%

Peginterferon beta-1a

8

9

1.4%

Glatiramer & Dimethyl fumarate

7

10

1.2%

3 (n = 115)

Ocrelizumab

23

1

20.0%

Dimethyl fumarate

21

2

18.3%

Natalizumab

16

3

13.9%

Teriflunomide

16

4

13.9%

Fingolimod

11

5

9.6%

Glatiramer

10

6

8.7%

Interferon beta-1a

8

7

7.0%

Alemtuzumab

4

8

3.5%

Peginterferon beta-1a

2

9

1.7%

Rituximab

2

9

1.7%

4 (n = 18)

Ocrelizumab

7

1

38.9%

Alemtuzumab

3

2

16.7%

Natalizumab

3

3

16.7%

Glatiramer

2

4

11.1%

Dimethyl fumarate

1

5

5.6%

Dimethyl fumarate & Interferon beta-1b

1

5

5.6%

Teriflunomide

1

5

5.6%