January 17th 2025
Take 5 minutes to catch up on NeurologyLive®'s highlights from the week ending January 17, 2024.
Get direct access to interviews with experts, as well as the latest data and clinical news updates, straight from the conference floor in Los Angeles.
Individualizing Treatment for Patients with Generalized Myasthenia Gravis
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A New Era in NMOSD Treatment: Optimizing Therapeutic Transitions and Reducing Patient Burden
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Patient, Provider & Caregiver Connection™: Reducing the Burden of Parkinson Disease Psychosis with Personalized Management Plans
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Clinical ShowCase™ in ALS: Addressing Diagnostic Delays, Evolving Therapies, and Multidisciplinary Care
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BURST Expert Illustrations and Commentaries™: Visualizing FcRn as a Therapeutic Target in Neurological Disease
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Burst Expert Illustrations & Commentary™: Visualizing the Role of FcRN in Neurological Disorders
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BURST Expert Illustrations and Commentaries™: Visualizing the Implications of FcRN-Targeted Therapies on Generalized Myasthenia Gravis
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SimulatED™: Diagnosing and Treating Alzheimer’s Disease in the Modern Era
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Cell Therapy Bemdaneprocel Advances to Phases 3 Registrational Trial in Parkinson Disease
The newly announced sham surgery-controlled trial will include 102 patients with moderate PD testing several end points, such as change in ON-time without troublesome dyskinesia, over a 78-week period.
NeuroVoices: Nigel Bunnett, PhD, BSc, on Identifying a Novel Therapeutic Target for Chronic Pain
The professor and chair of the Department of Molecular Pathobiology at NYU College of Dentistry discussed groundbreaking research on chronic pain, focusing on the discovery of new mechanisms involving nerve growth factor and its receptors.
FDA Clears Phase 2 Trial of Lorundrostat for Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Hypertension
The phase 2, placebo-controlled, crossover trial will test whether 50 mg once daily lorundrostat may relieve the severity of upper airway obstruction and reduce nocturnal hypertension.
FDA Accepts BLA for Subcutaneous Autoinjector Formulation of Lecanemab
In the pivotal phase 3 Clarity AD trial, treatment with a subcutaneous autoinjector of lecanemab led to reduced rates of amyloid-related imaging abnormalities while maintaining similar bioequivalence levels to the original formulation.
Phase 1b PRECISE-AD Trial of Oligomer-Targeting Agent PMN310 Gets Underway
Eligible participants are ambulatory adults aged 50 or older with mild cognitive impairment or mild Alzheimer disease, confirmed by clinical assessments and a positive amyloid PET scan, and who meet specific health and safety criteria.
Optimizing Epilepsy Treatments: Stiripentol’s Role in Dravet Syndrome
James Wheless, MD, FAAP, FAAN, FAES, Le Bonheur Chair in Pediatric Neurology at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, shared insights on his presentation from AES 2024, focusing on stiripentol, an FDA-approved treatment for Dravet syndrome.
New 3-Year Data Highlight Continued Treatment Effects of Blarcamesine in Slowing Alzheimer Disease
Using a delayed-start analysis, treatment differences on outcomes of ADAS-Cog13 and ADCS-ADL continued to grow larger during weeks 144 and 192 of the open-label extension.
Epilepsy Agent RAP-219 Shows Promising Safety, Target Occupancy Across Phase 1 Studies
An ongoing phase 2a study of RAP-219 involves adult patients with drug-resistant epilepsy who have an implanted responsive neurostimulation (RNS) device, allowing for real-time monitoring of intracranial EEG data.
Rising Clinical Utility of Plasma P-Tau217 in Diagnosing Alzheimer Disease
Masoud Toloue, chief executive officer at Quanterix, and Nicholas J. Ashton, PhD, senior director of the Banner Health Fluid Biomarker Program, discussed the Simoa technology required to test for p-tau217, the expanding understanding of this biomarker, and the next steps for advancing this research.
FDA Grants Fast Track Designation to Anti-Tau Therapy Posdinemab
Posdinemab, a monoclonal antibody that targets the mid-domain of Alzheimer disease-specific phosphorylated tau, is currently being investigated in a placebo-controlled phase 2b trial that employs a plasma biomarker as a screening tool.
FDA Accepts Amended Protocol for Phase 3 Trial of Buntanetap in Alzheimer Disease
The revised protocol merges the 6-month symptomatic and 18-month disease-modifying studies into a single trial with a 6-month symptomatic readout and a 12-month disease-modifying evaluation.
FDA Clears IND for Trial Assessing Gene Therapy SGT-212 in Friedreich Ataxia
SGT-212 delivers full-length frataxin via MRI-guided intradentate nucleus infusion and intravenous administration to target mitochondrial dysfunction in neurons and cardiomyocytes, addressing both neurologic and cardiac symptoms.