Expanding the indications of cladribine tablets for multiple sclerosis: From early use in treatment-naive patients to the possibility of retreatment courses after 4 years of cladribine initiation therapy
https://doi.org/10.21518/ms2026-304
Abstract
Autoimmune disorders are common clinical conditions that result from an abnormal immune response to the body’s own structures. Most existing immunomodulatory drugs for multiple sclerosis (MS) therapy are capable of suppressing autoimmune reactions as long as they are used, but they do not target autoreactive immunological memory and cannot disable the underlying mechanisms to induce remission without therapy. Over the past decade, there has been an increased interest in highly effective immune reconstruction therapy (IRT), which can transiently or persistently provoke the immune system resetting. Cladribine (2-chloro-deoxyadenosine) in tablets belongs to the group of IRT drugs for relapsing multiple sclerosis (RMS), which therapy consists of two short courses of treatment during the 1st and 2nd year. Most patients achieve sustained efficacy with the use of cladribine, but a small proportion of patients may experience new disease activity that requires the treating physician to make a decision regarding a previously chosen treatment strategy. Since cladribine tablets were approved by the European Union, USA and Russia more than 5 years ago, the number of publications devoted to the analysis of real-world practice has been steadily increasing. The purpose of this publication is to present the results of Expert Council conducted in February 2026. The participants of the expert council developed further recommendations for the administration of the drug to therapeutically naive patients with relapsing-remitting MS, in secondary progressive MS with exacerbations, algorithms for managing patients with RMS with disease activity reactivation after the initial 2 courses of therapy with cladribine and subsequent follow-up, and discussed the profiles of patients in whom switching to cladribine tablets is considered as an option that reduces the risks of prolonged immunosuppression.
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About the Authors
E. V. PopovaRussian Federation
Ekaterina V. Popova - Dr. Sci. (Med.), Head of the Interdistrict Department of Multiple Sclerosis.
10, Pistsovaya St., Moscow, 127015
N. V. Khachanova
Russian Federation
Natalia V. Khachanova - Cand. Sci. (Med.), Professor of the Department of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Medical Genetics, Pirogov Russian NRMU; Neurologist of the Interdistrict Department of Multiple Sclerosis, CCH No. 24.
1, Ostrovityanov St., Moscow, 117513; 10, Pistsovaya St., Moscow, 127015
M. V. Abroskina
Russian Federation
Mariia V. Abroskina - Cand. Sci. (Med.), Associate Professor of the Department of Nervous Diseases with a Course of Postgraduate Education, VoinoYasenetsky Krasnoyarsk SMU; Head of the Multiple Sclerosis Center, RCH.
1, Partizan Zheleznyak St., Krasnoyarsk, 660022; 34b, Karl Marx St., Krasnoyarsk, 660049
M. V. Davydovskaya
Russian Federation
Maria V. Davydovskaya - Dr. Sci. (Med.), Deputy Chief Freelance Neurologist of the Moscow Department of Health, Deputy Director for Science, Scientific and Practical Center for Clinical and Economic Analysis of the Ministry of Health of the Moscow Region; Neurologist of the Interdistrict Department of Multiple Sclerosis, CCH No. 24.
4a, Karbyshev St., Krasnogorsk, Moscow Region, 143403; 10, Pistsovaya St., Moscow, 127015
E. P. Evdoshenko
Russian Federation
Evgeniy P. Evdoshenko - Cand. Sci. (Med.), Director of the City Center for Multiple Sclerosis.
3, Dinamo Ave., St Petersburg, 197110
M. V. Shumilina
Russian Federation
Maria V. Shumilina - Cand. Sci. (Med.), Head of the Outpatient Department, City Center for Multiple Sclerosis.
3, Dinamo Ave., St Petersburg, 197110
D. S. Korobko
Russian Federation
Denis S. Korobko - Cand. Sci. (Med.), Head of the Regional Center for Multiple Sclerosis and Other Autoimmune Diseases of the Nervous System, State Novosibirsk RCH; Assistant of the Department of Clinical Neurology and Neurogeriatrics, Novosibirsk SMU.
126, Nemirovich-Danchenko St., 630087, Novosibirsk; 52, Krasny Ave., Novosibirsk, 630091
A. I. Nilov
Russian Federation
Aleksej I. Nilov - Neurologist of the Highest Category.
159, Tashkentskaya St., Samara, 443095
M. V. Sutormin
Russian Federation
Maxim V. Sutormin - Chief Freelance Neurologist of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation for the Central Federal District, Chief Freelance Specialist Neurologist of the Moscow Region, Head of the Neurology and Rehabilitation Service.
61/2, Schepkin St., Moscow, 129110
Yu. V. Trinitatskiy
Russian Federation
Yuriy V. Trinitatskiy - Dr. Sci. (Med.), Professor, Doctor of the Highest Category, Honored Doctor of the Russian Federation, Director of the Center for Neurology.
170, Blagodatnaya St., Rostov-on-Don, 344015
G. E. Sheiko
Russian Federation
Gennadii E. Sheiko - Cand. Sci. (Med.), Chief Freelance Neurologist of Nizhny Novgorod, Associate Professor of the Department of Medical Rehabilitation.
10/1, Minin and Pozharsky Sq., Nizhny Novgorod, 603005
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