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So how can we keep connections alive and minimise the progression of disability? Attainment of disease-free status* at 2 years after initial diagnosis showed a positive and lasting impact on maintaining functional abilities : 1 RESULTED IN 78.3 % POSITIVE DISEASE-FREE PREDICTIVE NO DISABILITY STATUS* VALUE FOR PROGRESSION † AT 2 YEARS AT 7 YEARS 1 Achieving disease-free status* may predict a long-term reduction in the accumulation of disability 1 Learn more at msdiseaseactivity.com OCR-1705-V2-1442 * Defined as no relapses, no sustained disability progression (as measured by EDSS), and no new or enlarging T or T gadolinium-enhancing lesions as detected by MRI. 1 2 † EDSS score change ≤0.5. Reference: 1. Rotstein DL, Healy BC, Malik MT, Chitnis T, Weiner HL. Evaluation of no evidence of disease activity in a 7-year longitudinal multiple sclerosis cohort. JAMA Neurol 2015;72(2):152–8.