Isabella Ciccone, MPH

A recent analysis revealed a significant association between neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder and connective tissue disease in patients diagnosed or suspected with Sjogren syndrome.

A recent study showed that a short self-screening questionnaire boasted high sensitivity and specificity for identifying psychosis among patients with Parkinson disease.

A meta-analysis on studies assessing FDA-approved dual orexin receptor antagonists for insomnia treatment highlighted a greater risk of adverse events, particularly for narcolepsy-like symptoms.

In recent news, the FDA has issued a complete response letter for Vanda Pharmaceuticals' tasimelteon for treating insomnia because of identified deficiencies and cannot be approved in its current form.

Catch up on any of the neurology news headlines you may have missed over the course of February 2024, compiled all into one place by the NeurologyLive® team.

New data from the phase 3b ENHANCE trial presented at ACTRIMS Forum 2024 demonstrated the smooth transition from intravenous anti-CD20 therapy to ublituximab in patients with multiple sclerosis.

Findings from the recent phase 3b SMART trial affirm the safety and efficacy of intravenous onasemnogene abeparvovec (Zolgensma; Novartis) in spinal muscular atrophy when patient weights range from 8.5 kg to 21 kg.

A machine learning model applied to real-world data in a multiple sclerosis study increased patient inclusion for future real-world studies on assessing patient outcomes and disability progression.

A recent study presented at MDA 2024 highlighted the evolving respiratory patterns in pediatric patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, offering crucial insights for effective respiratory management in this patient population.

A recent analysis of data from the US National Registry presented at MDA 2024 revealed gender disparities in pediatric-onset facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy, with girls experiencing more severe outcomes.

A case series presented at the MDA 2024 revealed that ravulizumab infusion intervals show promise in stabilizing symptoms and reducing exacerbations in patients with generalized myasthenia gravis.

A recent study presented at MDA 2024 suggests that preoperative use of disease-modifying agents for patients with spinal muscular atrophy leads to less severe postoperative complications following scoliosis surgery.

In a recent phase 2 trial analysis of viltolarsen presented at MDA 2024, findings showed improvement in forced vital capacity compared with standard care in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

A new meta analysis of 3 studies presented at MDA 2024 revealed that ataluren significantly slowed the decline in muscle function for patients with nonsense mutation Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

A recent post hoc analysis of the phase 3 EPIDYS trial presented at MDA 2024 revealed significant positive outcomes with givinostat, a histone deacetylase inhibitor, among patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

A new analysis of phase 3 MOVE-FA trial presented at MDA 2024 revealed promising outcomes for vatiquinone, an oral 15-lipoxygenase inhibitor, in patients with Friedreich ataxia.

A recent study presented at the 2024 ACTRIMS Forum suggests that increased aerobic glycolysis in normal appearing white matter may be an early feature of multiple sclerosis.

New data from the TRAP-MS trial showed clemastine fumarate's association with increased disability accumulation in cases of non-lesional multiple sclerosis.

A recent study presented the 2024 ACTRIMS Forum showed that a subset of CD8+ T cells preferentially expanded in the cerebrospinal fluid of patients with multiple sclerosis.

A recent study presented at the 2024 ACTRIMS Forum revealed the association between paramagnetic rim lesions and subsequent cognitive decline in patients with multiple sclerosis.

New findings from a study presented at the 2024 ACTRIMS Forum revealed an increase in epigenetic age acceleration among a subgroup of patients with multiple sclerosis.

A new study showed that NLRX1, a mitochondrial innate immune sensor, may serve as a promising therapeutic target to prevent inflammatory neurodegeneration in multiple sclerosis.

A recent study presented at 2024 ACTRIMS Forum showed that body mass index may influence disease progression in patients with multiple sclerosis.

Long-term data from the phase 3 DAYBREAK trial affirmed sustained efficacy of ozanimod for relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis, with a high amount of patients who were relapse-free at 6 years.

Experts in stroke care expressed a need for significant increases in awareness of stroke risk factors and symptoms in patient communities that experience racial disparities.

As part of our monthly clinician spotlight, NeurologyLive® highlighted sleep medicine and epilepsy expert Nancy Foldvary-Schaefer, DO, MS, director of the Sleep Disorders Center and staff in the Epilepsy Center at Cleveland Clinic.

The director of Dysautonomia Clinic talked about the often overlooked triad of dysautonomia, hypermobility spectrum disorder, and mast cell activation syndrome in the field of headache medicine.

A recent study showed that the 2021 European guidelines for chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy provided a clearer definition of variants for the disease.

In a recent study, a new blood test displayed remarkable accuracy in detecting Alzheimer disease pathology, showing its potential as an essential screening tool.

PepGen has begun its phase 2 CONNECT1-EDO51 trial, dosing the first patient with PGN-EDO51, an agent for Duchenne muscular dystrophy amendable to an exon 51 skipping.