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The director of sleep medicine at Nemours Children's Health in Florida talked about the growing role of multidisciplinary care and novel therapies in managing pediatric sleep disorders.

Results from the open-label extension of a phase 3 trial showed that treatment with ravulizumab sustained clinical benefits for up to 4 years in patients with generalized myasthenia gravis.

In this phase 2 trial, TTNS using the Geko device was safe and well tolerated but showed no significant benefit over sham in improving urinary symptoms in Parkinson disease.

Matthew Wicklund, MD, a professor of neurology at the University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio, offered a clinical and translational overview of OPMD, highlighting current care challenges and the early promise of dual-action gene therapy strategies.

In the LEARN trial, long-term MMF treatment in NMDARE reduced relapse risk, improved seizure control and symptom burden, and was well tolerated over 24 months.

Data suggest no significant differences in comorbidity rates in a newly published study, highlighting dosing challenges and treatment patterns in patients receiving immediate-release sodium oxybate.

Sonya Miller, medical director at TauRx, discussed the latest clinical data and development plans for HMTM, a potential oral therapy targeting tau pathology in Alzheimer disease.

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A global cohort study identified distinct clinical patterns and higher relapse rates in pediatric patients with MOGAD with non-P42 MOG antibody binding profiles.

Ken Mariash, chief executive officer at Sinaptica, provided commentary on new data from the company’s SinaptiStim neuromodulation system, highlighting its clinical promise in slowing Alzheimer disease progression through targeted, non-drug brain network stimulation.

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Backed by promising early data and mechanistic insights, SNUG01 enters clinical trials as the first TRIM72-based gene therapy candidate for ALS.

Neuromuscular expert Matthew Alexander, PhD, explores the evolving landscape of targeted therapies in muscular dystrophies, from fibrosis and glycosylation to combination strategies with gene therapy.

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In a randomized cross-over trial, 4 of 5 commonly used drugs for idiopathic intracranial hypertension reduced intracranial pressure; however, also exacerbated cognitive issues.

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The chief scientific officer at Avidity Biosciences details the mechanism, early results, and future plans for Del-zota, an investigational therapy targeting exon 44 in Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

Using discovery and validation cohorts, plasma miRNA-214 levels were shown to correlate with disease severity and were also associated with plasma neurofilament light and CSF inflammatory cytokines.

A recently published phase 1 study revealed that coadministration of intranasal zavegepant with an oral contraceptive did not lead to clinically significant changes in drug exposure.

Philip Kremer, MD, Research Director Neurology, Center for Human Drug Research, provided clinical insights on the early-stage progress of ARV-102, an LRRK2 degrader, in LRRK2-associated diseases.

Although the study reported no evidence linking human leukocyte antigen alleles to migraine, the findings were not replicated, suggesting the HLA system may not be involved in migraine susceptibility.

Afterimage duration was more prolonged in patients with migraine with aura than those without, suggesting differing underlying pathophysiology between the two subtypes despite the exact mechanisms remaining unclear.

The intranasal treatment, originally marketed in 2020, will now be available for patients with acute repetitive seizures as young as 2 years old.

Beth Stein, MD, director of neuromuscular diseases at St. Joseph’s Health, shared insights on the impact of a newly approved pre-filled syringe formulation of efgartigimod, highlighting its potential to transform care delivery.