These ceramides were also elevated compared to patients receiving other treatment regimens or no treatment, but did not reach statistical significance in all cases.
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Interferon-Beta Increases Plasma Ceramides of Specific Chain Length in Multiple Sclerosis Patients, Unlike Fingolimod or Natalizumab.
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Whereas this observation failed to reach significance on a single trial level, pooled data from several clinical trials clearly showed that IFN-β increased the rate of depression from 8% in the placebo-treated group to 5–18% in patients treated with 22–44 μg IFN-β via different administration routes ( p = 0.017) ( Patten et al., 2005 ).