Updated Results of the COVID-19 in MS Global Data Sharing Initiative: Anti-CD20 and Other Risk Factors Associated...

Steve Simpson-Yap¹, Ashkan Pirmani², Tomas Kalincik²+42

• ¹From the CORe (S.S.-Y., T.K., S.S.), Department of Medicine, and Neuroepidemiology Unit (S.S.-Y., N.N.), Melbourne School of Population & Global Health, The University of Melbourne; Menzies Institute for Medical Research (S.S.-Y.), University of Tasmania, Australia; ESAT-STADIUS (A.P., E.D.B., L.G., T.P., Y.M.), KU Leuven; Biomedical Research Institute-Data Science Institute (A.P., L.G., T.P.), Hasselt University, Belgium; MS Centre (T.K., L.M.P.), Department of Neurology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Australia; Department of Medical Informatics (T.K.), University Medical Center Göttingen, Germany; MS International Federation (A.H., N.R.), London, United Kingdom; Department of Clinical Neuroscience (J.A.H., T.S.), Swedish MS Registry, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden; Department of Neurology (G.E.), CHU Pontchaillou, France; iConquerMS People-Powered Research Network (R.M., H.S.), Accelerated Cure Project for MS, Waltham, MA; NeuroTransData Study Group (A.B.B., S.B.), NeuroTransData, Neuburg an der Donau, Germany; German MS-Register by the National MS Society (A. Stahmann), MS Forschungs- und Projektentwicklungs-gGmbH; UK MS Register (R.M.M., R.S.N.), Swansea University; COViMS (A. Salter, B.B.); Division of Biostatistics (A. Salter), Washington University in St. Louis; Department of Neuroscience (A.V.d.W., H.B.), Central Clinical School, Monash University, Australia; Dokuz Eylul University (S.O.), İzmir; Department of Neurology (C.B.), Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon; Department of Neurology (R.K.), University of Hacettepe, Turkey; Amiri Hospital (R.A.), Kuwait; Neurology Department (J.I.R.), Hospital Universitario de CEMIC; RELACOEM (J.I.R., R.N.A.), Buenos Aires, Argentina; The Australian MS Longitudinal Study (I.A.v.d.M.), Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania; ABEM-Brazilian MS Patients Association (G.S.d.O.); The Danish Multiple Sclerosis Registry (M.M.), Departement of Neurology, University Hospital Rigshospitalet, Denmark; Multiple Sclerosis University Center (R.N.A.), Ramos Mejia Hospital-EMA, Argentina; Imperial College London (R.S.N., A.M.), United Kingdom; MS and Demyelinating Diseases, Hospital Británico de Buenos Aires (A.S.C.), EMA, Argentina; Servei de Neurologia-Neuroimmunologia (A.Z.d.T., G.A.), Centre d'Esclerosi Múltiple de Catalunya (Cemcat), Vall d'Hebron Institut de Recerca, Vall d'Hebron Hospital Universitari, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain; icometrix (A.D., L.C.), Leuven, Belgium; Queen Mary University London (R.D.), United Kingdom; QMENTA (P.R., V.P.), Barcelona, Spain; and Casa di Cura del Policlinico and Università Vita Salute San Raffaele (G.C.), Italy. liesbet.peeters@uhasselt.be.+1