Movement Disorders

The director of the Memory Disorders Program at Georgetown University talked about newly approved anti-amyloid antibodies that show significant promise in slowing Alzheimer disease progression. [WATCH TIME: 5 minutes]

Although the data used predated 2019, istradefylline was associated with a statistically significant lower odds of the overall incidence of treatment-emergent adverse events than other adjunctive therapies for Parkinson disease.

StrivePD and Apple Watch continuously track motor symptoms, aiding neurologists in adjusting treatments for better patient outcomes.

In a large-scale analysis. 70% of patients with essential tremor and 70% of undiagnosed patients reported dissatisfaction with the therapeutic options available to treat their condition.

The associate professor of neurology at Georgetown University Medical Center talked about disease-modifying therapies for movement disorder-related dementia that aim to address the underlying mechanisms of the disease. [WATCH TIME: 5 minutes]

The executive director of the Association of Movement Disorder Advanced Practice Providers talked about the need for improved communication and trust of the patient-provider relationship in the field of movement disorders. [WATCH TIME: 3 minutes]

The assistant clinical professor of medicine at Medstar Georgetown University Hospital talked about her presentation at ATMRD where she covered various advanced therapies for managing Parkinson disease and essential tremor. [WATCH TIME: 5 minutes]

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Approximately 83% of patients reported that they did not disclose to their provider that they experienced symptoms or had concerns about living with a movement disorder.

The director of movement disorders at the Banner Sun Health Research Institute talked about that although synuclein biomarkers have shown high sensitivity in identifying Parkinson disease, further studies are needed to address their limitations. [WATCH TIME: 3 minutes]

In recent analysis indicated that initiating apomorphine hydrochloride injection without antiemetic premedication was well-tolerated among patients with Parkinson disease.

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An open-label phase 2b trial assessing ND0612 showed that the rate of treatment responders increased over a 12-month period among patients with Parkinson disease who experienced motor fluctuation.

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ND0612, an investigational agent, had supportive data from the pivotal phase 3 BouNDless trial, a large-scale, phase 3 study of patients with Parkinson disease.

Patients with Parkinson disease and depression exhibit significantly worse nonmotor symptoms, highlighting the need for comprehensive management including orthostatic hypotension, constipation, and hyposexuality.

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AMT-130, uniQure’s investigational gene therapy, is the first therapeutic candidate to receive regenerative medicine advanced therapy designation for Huntington disease.

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Rakesh Jain, PhD, MS, clinical professor of psychiatry at the Texas Tech University School of Medicine, provided insight on a recently approved tablet dosage for deutetrabenazine, an FDA-approved therapy for chorea and tardive dyskinesia associated with Huntington disease.

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For up to 24 months, patients on mirdametinib demonstrated significant improvements in pain severity, pain interference, and health-related quality of life, in addition to deep and durable plexiform neurofibroma volume reductions.

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After 28 days of treatment, bezisterim showed pronounced effects on measures of the Non-Motor Symptom Scale, as well as greater achievement of ON time than levodopa alone.

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Following presented phase 1 clinical trial findings at AAN 2024, bemdaneprocel receives regenerative medicine advanced therapy designation by the FDA for the treatment of Parkinson disease.

According to recent studies and the latest insights provided by experts, early developments in gene and cell therapies show promise for patients living with Parkinson disease, but challenges remain.