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The hold comes nearly a month after Health Canada sent PepGen a No Objection Letter to start its phase 2 CONNECT1-EDO51 trial in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

After discussions with the FDA, the study will assess 2 co-primary end points of change in Rett Syndrome Behavior Questionnaire total score and Clinical Global Impression Improvement Scale score.

The chief of the Sleep Disorders Clinical Research Program at Massachusetts General Hospital provided insight on new updates to the management of restless legs syndrome, including removing dopamine agonists as first line treatments. [WATCH TIME: 8 minutes]

The study did not meet its primary end point of change from baseline in Performance of the Upper Limb 2.0 score at 1 year.

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With few neuropalliative care services available in the US, the University of Rochester stands as a prime example of how a successful program can transform patient care.

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Test your neurology knowledge with NeurologyLive®'s weekly quiz series, featuring questions on a variety of clinical and historical neurology topics. This week's topic is Alzheimer disease and dementia.

Over a 72-week treatment period, vatiquinone showed significant impacts on bulbar and upright stability subscales of the modified Friedreich Ataxia Rating Scale score.

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Fifty-four percent of patients with ALS carried at least one detrimental common variant or repeat expansion, highlighting the clinical impact of gene variants as modifiers in ALS.

Robust, sustained reductions in key pharmacodynamic biomarker were observed; however, this did not lead to functional benefits on any of the scales used in the trial.

Submitted under the accelerated approval pathway, if approved, SRP-9001 would become the first marketed gene therapy specific for Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

The consultant and founder of Accelerating NeuroVentures talked about the pridopidine arm from the HEALEY ALS Platform trial, which showed significant benefits in speech measures. [WATCH TIME: 5 minutes]

In honor of ALS Awareness Month, held May 2023, get caught up on some of the latest news in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis as the NeurologyLive® team shares some of our data updates.

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The chief executive officer of Cognixion talked about the Cognixion ONE Axon, a wireless, wearable brain-computer interface that combines EEG technology with an augmented reality headset for patients with neurodegenerative diseases. [WATCH TIME: 4 minutes]

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The phase 1/2 MARINA trial assessed the activity of AOC 1001 across key biomarkers, including spliceopathy, an important biomarker for myotonic dystrophy type 1, and knockdown of DMPK mRNA.

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Mind Moments®, a podcast from NeurologyLive®, brings you an exclusive interview with James Berry, MD, PhD. [LISTEN TIME: 14 minutes]

Neurological rehabilitation, or neurorehabilitation, can be described as the use of rehabilitation interventions to improve or maintain function and quality of life in the context of neurological conditions.

Comprised of the recharge-free Proclaim SCS family and the rechargeable Eterna SCS platform, the approval for Abbott’s spinal cord stimulation system was backed by the large-scale, DISTINCT study.

Following thymectomy, more than 80% of patients with myasthenia gravis showed symptom improvement, as demonstrated by changes in Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America scores.