Multiple Sclerosis - 3rd International Porto Congress
       

3rd International Porto Congress of Multiple Sclerosis   
27 and 28 February 2015  
Ordem dos Médicos - Porto - Portugal   



Program


3rd International Porto Congress of Multiple Sclerosis Program

Please download the final program and abstracts here!


FRIDAY, 27 FEBRUARY 2015
 

09h00
WELCOME ADDRESS

Maria José Sá (CHSJ, Porto)

09h15 – CONFERENCE

The costs of MS in Europe
Chairperson: Maria José Sá (CHSJ, Porto)
Gisela Kobelt, France


10h00
SESSION 1 - Multiple Sclerosis and frontier diseases (I)

Chairpersons: Armando Sena (UNL, Lisboa), João Cerqueira (UM, Braga)

New developments in autoimmunity - update
Ariel Miller, Israel

Autoimmune mimics of MS
Sean Pittock, USA

11h15 Coffee Break

11h45
SESSION 2 - Multiple Sclerosis and frontier diseases (II)
Chairpersons: Ana Martins (CHP, Porto), Lúcia Costa (CHSJ, Porto)

Autoimmune rheumatic diseases
Carlos Vasconcelos, Portugal

Multiple sclerosis is an index disease in multiple autoimmune syndromes?
Renato Tozzoli, Italy


13h00 Lunch

14h15 OPENING CEREMONY

14h30
SESSION 3 - Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis
Chairperson: Sónia Figueiroa (CHP, Porto), Joana Guimarães (CHSJ, Porto)

Childhood-acquired demyelinating syndromes
Kevin Rostasy, Austria

Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis:Current Concepts
Lauren Krupp, USA


15h45 CONFERENCE

World spreading artists born in Oporto
Chairperson: Maria José Sá (CHSJ, Porto)

Joel Cleto (ISAG, Porto)


16h30 Coffee Break

17h00
MS Forecast: a electronic tool to simulate MS prognosis
Chairperson: Pedro Abreu (CHSJ, Porto)

Mário Veloso (ARN, Lisboa)


17h30
Main today spots
Pedro Abreu (CHSJ, Porto)

18h00 - 19H30

SHORT COURSES

Course I. “
MS Management”
Room Medicoteca

Topic 1:
Symptomatic Treatment
Carlos Andrade (CHSJ, Porto)
Urinary symptoms in Multiple Sclerosis
Francisco Cruz (CHSJ, Porto)
Rehabilitation in MS
Hugo Lopes (CRN)


Topic 2:
Challenges of MS Nurse
Fátima Lopes (CHSJ, Porto)
Therapeutic Education Program: Physical and occupational therapy
Odete Rodrigues (CHAV, Guimarães)
Therapeutic Educational Program: Bladder Dysfunction
Francisco Moreira (CHAV, Guimarães)



Course II –
“Daily issues facing MS patients”
Room Braga

Topic 1:
MS and Lifestyle
Joana Guimarães (CHSJ, Porto)
Nutrition and Multiple Sclerosis
Flora Correia (FCNAUP, Porto)
Physical exercise and Multiple Sclerosis
Raquel Silva (FCS-UFP, Porto)

Topic 2:
Legal and Social aspects
David Costa (CHSJ, Porto)
Psychosocial aspects
Luísa Pires (CHP, Porto)
Legal aspects
Tiago Machado (IUM, Maia)
 




SATURDAY, 28 FEBRUARY 2015


09h00
SESSION 4 - Multiple Sclerosis Burden: from patient to society
Chairpersons: João de Sá (CHLN, Lisboa), Joaquim Pinheiro (CHVNGE, V. N. Gaia)

Natural history of MS
Gilles Edan, France

09h40
SESSION 7A - Multiple Sclerosis white-matter mimics

Chairperson: Vasco Salgado (HFF, Amadora)

White-matter vascular lesions
Orhan Aktas, Germany

10h15
SESSION 5 - The treatment of Multiple Sclerosis in 2015
Chairpersons: Lívia Sousa (CHUC, Coimbra), Rui Pedrosa (CHLC, Lisboa)

Escalating therapy in MS
Eva Harvdrova, Czech Republic

Clinical trials versus real-world studies
Ludwig Kappos, Switzerland

11h30 Coffee Break

12h00
SESSION 6 - Ten minutes vignettes with last 2-year news about MS treatment
Chairpersons: José Vale (HBA, Loures), Jorge Reis (CHSJ, Porto)

Betaferon: Celebrating 25 years. What is old is new again
Carla Gonçalves, Bayer, Portugal

Biogen Idec: Commitment to MS
Marta Valente, Biogen Idec, Portugal

Genzyme: Transforming Expectations for the MS Community
Tom Snow, Genzyme a Sanofi Company, Netherlands

Assessing response to Interferon beta
Ali-Frederic Ben-Amor, Merck s.a., Switzerland

Changing the Course of MS
Danny Bar Zohar, Novartis Pharma AG, Switzerland

Glatiramer Acetate: Back to The Future
Carla Fernandes, Teva, Portugal


13h15 Lunch

14h15
SESSION 7 - Multiple Sclerosis white-mattermimics
Chairperson: Mª Carmo Macário (CHUC, Coimbra)

Metabolic and mitochondrial diseases
Filippo Santorelli, Italy

15h00 - Poster Session

Section I
Chairpersons: Claudia Sousa (CHSP, Porto), Sónia Batista (CHUC, Coimbra)

PO0006 - Executive functions and anti-saccades in Multiple Sclerosis
Marta Parreira, Marisa B. Ferreira, Olga Miguel, António F. Macedo, Inês Sousa, José Figueiredo, João J. Cerqueira, Paulo S. Pereira

PO0008 - Phototest for neurocognitive screening in Multiple Sclerosis
Joana Pinto, Emanuela Lopes, Gerly Gonçalves, Ângela Silva, Cristóbal Carnero-Pardo, Bruno Peixoto

PO0009 - The role of phonemic verbal fluency test on the assessment of cognitive performance in Multiple Sclerosis
Cláudia Sousa, Mariana Rigueiro Neves, Ana Margarida Passos, Aristides Ferreira, Maria José Sá

PO 0011 - Measuring information processing speed in MS – PASAT and SDMT what are the differences?
Mariana Rigueiro Neves, Cláudia Sousa, Ana Margarida Passos, Aristides Ferreira, Maria José Sá

PO0014 - Impact of dimehtylfumarate on cognitive dysfunction and its correlates in the EAE Mouse Model
Sofia Pereira das Neves, Diana Rodrigues Pereira, Cristina Mota, Susana Monteiro, Fernanda Marques, João José Cerqueira

PO0019 - Cognitive screening in an MS outpatient clinic
Ivânia Alves, Cátia Mateus, Joana Pais, Vítor Tedim Cruz

Section II
Chairpersons:
David Costa (CHSJ, Porto), Sandra Perdigão (ULSAM, Viana do Castelo)

PO0002 - Analysis of spirituality In patients with Multiple Sclerosis
Ana Maria Canzonieri, Mauricio Ossamu Bando, Jean Ikeda Francisco, Lucas Felipe Ribeiro, Liliana Russo, Maria Crisitna Giacomo

PO0016 - Shared decision making in multiple sclerosis consultation: Patient and third observer perspectives
Cristina Silva

PO0028 - Quality of life of caregivers of patients with sclerosis: Literature review
Ana Certo, Ana Galvão, Maria Gomes, Ana Louçano

PO0037 - Quality of life of the person with multiple sclerosis
Rosa Martins, Carlos Albuquerque

PO0038 - Social support network and quality of life of multiple sclerosis patients
David Costa, Maria José Sá, José Calheiros

PO0039 - Hospital amenities and elderly patients with MS
David Costa, Ana Monteiro, Celeste Bastos, Maria José Sá

Section III
Chairpersons:
Rosário Curral (CHSJ, Porto), Fenando Parada (CHSJ, Porto)

PO0001 - DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY IN MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS: CLINICAL AND DEMOGRAPHIC ASSOCIATIONS IN A COHORT OF PATIENTS
Andreia Matas, Ana Almeida, João Paulo Gabriel

PO0012 - The effects of therapeutic riding in the multiple sclerosis: a systematic review
Carla Batista, Tobba Sudmann, Zélia Anastácio

PO0017 - The neuropsychiatric events in Multiple Sclerosis
Bela Machado

PO 0021 - Preliminary analysis of benefits of regular exercise in patients with Multiple Sclerosis: a systematic review with meta-analysis
Jéssica Fernanda Garcia, Guilherme Eustáquio Furtado, Matheus Ulba Chupel, Miguel Pereira, Livia Sousa, José Pedro Ferreira, Antonio Freire, Luís Rama

PO0027 - Training Response and Exercise Prescription in Multiple Sclerosis
Luis Boaventura

Section IV
Chairpersons:
Teresa Mendonça (CHSJ, Porto), Ernestina Santos (CHP, Porto)

PO0004
Optic neuritis as presenting manifestation of Behçet's Disease with multisystem involvement
Pedro Madureira, Joana Guimarães, Sofia Pimenta, Fernando Magro, Lúcia Costa

PO 0015 - The challenge of an AQP-4 antibody-negative patient with overlapping features of both NMO and MS
Cláudia Marques-Matos, Andreia Costa, Joana Guimarães, Maria José Sá, Madalena Pinto

PO0043 - Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorders in Siblings
Luis Braz, Mafalda Sampaio, Maria José Sá, Joana Guimarães

PO0044 - Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorders: A definite case with Autoimmune Thyroiditis
Luis Braz, Joana Guimarães

PO0046 - Acute Myelitis: 7 year- retrospective study
Luis Braz, Leonor Almeida, Carlos Andrade, Joana Guimarães

PO0047 - Anti-neuronal Antibodies Determination by line-blot in a University Hospital: 7 years experience
Yuliana Eremina, Ana Marinho, João Pedro Ramos, Maria José Teles, Luís Delgado

Section V
Chairpersons:
Irene Mendes (HGO, Almada), Armando Morganho (CHF, Funchal)

PO0010
Polymorphism of mmp-9 gene in patients with Multiple Sclerosis
Ana Valado, Maria João Leitão, António Martinho, Ana Sofia Gonçalves, João Cerqueira, Inês Correia, Sónia Batista, Lívia Sousa, Inês Baldeiras

PO0018 - Brain atrophy and disability in primary progressive multiple sclerosis
Orlando Galego, Ana Gouveia, Cristina Moura, Egídio Machado, Sónia Batista

PO0025 - Oligoclonal bands and other multiple sclerosis predictors of disease evolution
José Tomás, Inês Baldeiras, Maria Helena Ribeiro, Maria João Leitão, Sónia Batista, Carla Nunes, Lívia Sousa, Carmo Macário

PO0040
Demography, clinical characteristics and socioeconomic status of the Portuguese patients with Multiple Sclerosis in 2014 - results of the national cross-sectional PORT-MS study
Miguel Grilo, João Sequeira, José Tomás, Sara Varanda, João Ferreira, Raquel Samões, Carlos Capela, Ernestina Santos, Sónia Batista, Pedro Abreu, João Cerqueira, Lívia Sousa, Rui Pedrosa, Ana Martins da Silva, João de Sá, José Vale, Maria José Sá, Paulo Alegria

PO0045 - Survival and mortality in Multiple Sclerosis: A hospital based study
David Costa, Luis Braz, Maria José Sá

Section VI
Chairpersons:
Carla Cecília Nunes (CHUC, Coimbra), João Paulo Gabriel (CHTMAD, Vila Real)

PO0024 - Clinical worsening after the first infusion of natalizumab in a patient with active relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis
Joana Martins, Luísa Sousa, Paula Salgado, Ana Martins Silva, Ernestina Santos

PO0031 - Temporal evolution of peripheral lymphocyte subsets during fingolimod treatment in relapsing multiple sclerosis
Joana Meireles, Andreia Costa, Maria José Sá, Pedro Abreu

PO0033 - Multiple sclerosis-associated tremor treated with deep brain stimulation: report of 2 cases
Andreia Veiga, Ana Filipa Santos, Paulo Linhares, Clara Chamadoira, Margarida Bastos Ayres, Carina Reis, Luis Augusto, João Pedro Costa, Carolina Garrett, Rui Vaz, Maria José Rosas

PO0034 - A Multiple Sclerosis mimic
Carlos Andrade, Helena Rocha, Andreia Albuquerque, Maria José Sá

PO0035 - Polyglandular autoimmune syndrome: Coincidental or Multiple Sclerosis mimic?
Carlos Andrade, Joana Oliveira, Paula Freitas, Davide Carvalho, Joana Guimarães

PO0042 - Is it really a vasculopathy or a mimicker?
Ana Aires, Margarida Ayres-Basto, Elsa Azevedo

Section VII
Chairpersons:
Maria Manuel Campos (CHSJ, Porto), João Vasconcelos (HDES, Ponta Delgada)

PO0013 - Longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis due to a rare infectious cause
Diana Amaral, Tiago Gomes, Rita Santos Silva, Helena Rocha, Margarida Tavares, Mafalda Sampaio, Miguel Leão

PO0020 - Tumefactive form of multiple sclerosis: two case reports
Helena Felgueiras, Telma Santos, António Martins Campos, Joaquim Pinheiro

PO0023 - Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis as the first manifestation of Child-Onset Multiple Sclerosis
Tiago Gomes, Helena Rocha, Diana Amaral3, Mafalda Sampaio, Joana Guimarães, Maria José Sá, Miguel Leão

PO0026 - Multiple Sclerosis in a 9 year-old girl: a challenge from diagnosis to treatment
Helena Rocha, Tiago Gomes, Diana Amaral, Mafalda Sampaio, Joana Guimarães, Maria José Sá, Miguel Leão

PO0030 - Late-onset Multiple Sclerosis: Epidemiological and clinical features
Joana Parra, Sónia Batista, Inês Correia, Carla Nunes, Lívia Sousa, Maria Carmo Macário

PO0036 - Pregnancy in Multiple Sclerosis: Outcomes from a Portuguese centre
Ana Monteiro, Diogo Fitas, Joana Guimarães, Maria José Sá



16h00 Coffee Break

16h30
Oral presentations
Chairpersons: Mª Edite Rio (Porto), Paulo Alegria (HBA, Loures)

Prevalence of autonomic dysfunction in patients with Multiple Sclerosis
Bítia Vieira, Andreia Costa, Gonçalo Videira, Maria José Sá, Pedro Abreu

Using saccadic eye movements to measure fatigue in Multiple Sclerosis
Marisa B. Ferreira, Marta G. Parreira, Olga J. Miguel, António F. Macedo, Inês Sousa, José Figueiredo, João J. Cerqueira, Paulo A. Pereira

Olfactory dysfunction and cognitive impairment in primary progressive Multiple Sclerosis
Ana Gouveia, Nélia Abreu, Miguel Silva, Carla Nunes, Carmo Macário, José Ribeiro, Sónia Batista, Lívia Sousa

Familial multiple sclerosis: A center's experience
Miguel Tábuas-Pereira, Inês Correia, Joana Parra, Inês Marques, Sónia Batista, Carla Cecília, Lívia Sousa, Mª Carmo Macário

Trends in the treatment of Multiple Sclerosis in Portugal in 2014: Results of the national cross-sectional PORT-MS study
Sara Varanda, Raquel Samões, João Ferreira, José Tomás, Miguel Grilo, João Sequeira, Joana Morgado, Carlos Andrade, Jorge Reis, Joana Guimarães, Lívia Sousa, João Cerqueira, José Vale, Maria José Sá, João de Sá, Ana Martins da Silva, Rui Pedrosa, Paulo Alegria

To be at work or not to be?
Comparing presenteeism and quality of life between MS patients and healthy workers
Aristides Ferreira, Ana Margarida Passos, Mariana Neves, Cláudia Sousa, Maria José Sá


17h30
Closing remarks
Joana Guimarães (CHSJ, Porto)




       

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