NMOSD, Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder.
of NMOSD patients were expected to be legally blind in at least 1 eye at 5 years after disease onset1*
*From a retrospective study of 140 aquaporin-4 immunoglobulin G positive (AQP4-IgG+) NMOSD patients identified from Mayo Clinic records from 2005 to 2011; data based on Kaplan-Meier analysis of time to blindness in either eye.1
could require a walker at 5 years after disease onset1*
*From a retrospective study of 140 AQP4-IgG+ NMOSD patients identified from Mayo Clinic records from 2005 to 2011; data based on Kaplan-Meier analysis of time to reach Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) 6.1
required hospital admission within 1 year of a patient’s index date2*
*Based on a retrospective study of neuromyelitis optica (NMO) patients (N=1349, of whom 134 had highly active NMO with ≥2 relapses in 12 months) that evaluated healthcare use within 12 months of a patient’s first NMO encounter (index date) in a US administrative claims database. In the non-NMO control group (N=670), 4.0% had an inpatient hospital admission.2