title: OFSEP, a nationwide cohort of people with multiple sclerosis: Consensus minimal MRI protocol.
abstract: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is most generally considered as a severe disease with high physical and mental risks of disability. Since the end of the 1990s, several high cost long-term disease-modifying treatments provided some clinical efficiency. However, patient's follow-up was needed for the detection and the assessment of their side-effects. The "Observatoire français de la sclérose en plaques" (OFSEP) project aims to improve the clinical, biological and imaging systematic longitudinal follow-up of patients. It should increase the quality, efficiency and safety of patients' care, with a unique opportunity of large scale, about 41,000 patients followed in 62 French centers using the European Database for Multiple Sclerosis (EDMUS) software. OFSEP is divided into three working groups (clinical, biological and imaging). The imaging working group defines standards for routine MRI follow-up in the whole cohort and contains three subgroups: acquisition, workflow, and data processing. A common and feasible brain and spinal cord acquisition protocol has been defined by the acquisition group, and accepted by the OFSEP steering and scientific committees. This protocol can be implemented in all French MRI centers. The major MRI manufacturers have agreed to provide the dedicated collection of sequences as an "OFSEP box" with every software upgrade or new MRI machine. The new OFSEP protocol will provide a unique opportunity to study a population-based collection of data from people with MS.
authors: Service de radiologie, hospices civils de Lyon, centre hospitalier Lyon Sud, Pierre-Bénite, France; Inserm U1044, université de Lyon, université Lyon 1, CREATIS, CNRS UMR 5220, Villeurbanne, France. Electronic address: francois.cotton@chu-lyon.fr.
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authors: Cotton
authors: Service d'imagerie 2, FMTS, université de Strasbourg, hôpital de Hautepierre, ICube UMR 7357, CHU de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France.
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authors: Kremer
authors: Inserm U1044, université de Lyon, université Lyon 1, CREATIS, CNRS UMR 5220, Villeurbanne, France.
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authors: Hannoun
authors: Service de neurologie A et fondation Eugène-Devic EDMUS pour la sclérose en plaques, hôpital neurologique, hospices civils de Lyon, Bron, France.
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authors: Vukusic
authors: Institut de bio-imagerie de Bordeaux UMS 3428, University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France; Inserm, U862, physiopathologie de la plasticité neuronale, Bordeaux, France; Service de neuroimagerie diagnostique de thérapeutique, CHU de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France.
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authors: Dousset
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000473:pathology; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000473:pathology; D003245:Consensus Statements as Topic
keywords: Cohort studies; Consensus development conferences as topic; Magnetic resonance imaging; Multiple sclerosis