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Donald Negroski, MD, shared thoughts on retrospective data assessing patients with multiple sclerosis who switched from S1P-modulating agents to ozanimod, another approved disease-modifying therapy.

The director at the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health provided commentary on a recently launched partnership aimed at building a repository of ALS data to advance drug development for the disease.

A recent study showed a significant association between sleep apnea, additional sleep characteristics, and late-onset epilepsy in older adults, even after adjusting for comorbidities.

Marinus Pharmaceuticals reported that it will continue to analyze the full dataset and engage with the FDA to discuss the future of ganaxolone for treating refractory status epilepticus.

The clinical research director of the UCSF Multiple Sclerosis Center discussed findings from the end-of-study analysis assessing inebilizumab which revealed a significant reduction in attack rates among patients with NMOSD over time. [WATCH TIME: 3 minutes]

Initial data from a few pediatric and adult patients with Rett syndrome showed that treatment with TSHA-102 resulted in numerous positive enhancements across multiple efficacy measures and clinical domains.

The pediatric neurologist and sleep medicine specialist at Geisinger Medical Center provided commentary on the complexities with treating cataplexy, and the misperceptions patients may have about how to manage their condition. [WATCH TIME: 3 minutes]

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

The cleared phase 1/2 clinical trial will assess SPG302 as a once-a-day pill among patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

Douglas A. Wadja, PhD, an assistant professor of neurology at Cleveland State University, detailed a study assessing an electrical nerve stimulation approach to alleviate gait dysfunction in patients with MS.

Across both the primary and secondary end points, treatment with TAK-861 resulted in significant improvements in symptom severity among patients with narcolepsy type 1.

The director of The McCasland Family Comprehensive Headache Center talked about findings from a study that explored the effect of eptinezumab treatment in a broader chronic migraine population. [WATCH TIME: 6 minutes]

Here's some of what is coming soon to NeurologyLive® this week.

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

The assistant professor of neurology at UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences talked about a study that explored the use of commercial wearable devices to monitor and manage bladder dysfunction in multiple sclerosis. [WATCH TIME: 6 minutes]

Neurology News Network. for the week ending June 15, 2024. [WATCH TIME: 4 minutes]

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 on narcolepsy.

Ron Grunstein, MD, PhD, head of Sleep and Circadian Research at the Woolcock Institute of Medical Research, provided commentary on early, promising data regarding investigational agent ALKS 2680 in patients with narcolepsy type 1.

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.

Take 5 minutes to catch up on NeurologyLive®'s highlights from the week ending June 14, 2024.

AOC 1020 (del-brax) from Avidity Biosciences shows over 50% reduction in DUX4 regulated genes, trends of functional improvement, and favorable safety in FSHD patients.

John Dunlop, PhD, the chief scientific officer at Aliada Therapeutics, discussed the MODEL platform and its potential impact on therapeutic delivery for neurological conditions.

Mind Moments®, a podcast from NeurologyLive®, brings you exclusive interviews with Anthony Feinstein, PhD, FRCPC, MBBCh; Brian G. Weinshenker, MD; Douglas A. Wajda, PhD; Le Hua, MD; and Eoin P. Flanagan, MB, BCh. [LISTEN TIME: 22 minutes]

Experts have published new guidelines to standardize the definition and treatment of seizures, emphasizing early intervention to prevent severe seizure emergencies.

Satellos Bioscience has established a clinical advisory board to aid in developing their lead drug candidate SAT-3247, an oral small molecule therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

The director of the Center for Sleep and Cardiovascular Outcomes Research at University of Pittsburgh talked about a novel pharmacologic treatment that shows potential as an alternative to continuous positive airway pressure for sleep apnea. [WATCH TIME: 5 minutes]

Fordadistrogene movaparvovec is a recombinant AAV9 agent carrying a shortened version of the dystrophin gene, being assessed in the phase 3 CIFFREO study.

The assistant professor of neurology at Cleveland State University provided perspective on an early-stage study assessing the impacts of a functional electrical stimulation approach to treat gait problems in multiple sclerosis. [WATCH TIME: 4 minutes]

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.

Although a small sample of 5 patients with DMD, results showed significant expression of microdystrophin and reductions in creatine kinase, a biomarker of muscular distress, in GTN0004-treated patients.