Across 2, phase 3 studies, fremanezumab provided significant effects on monthly migraine days, regardless of whether patients were obese or not.

Even when combining both adult and pediatric patients, diazepam nasal spray administered within 5 minutes of a seizure led to quicker seizure termination.

Kate Labiner, MD, a pediatric epileptologist at Child Neurology Consultants of Austin, talked about the potential of cenobamate in pediatric patients with refractory focal epilepsy who have failed multiple medications.

Investigators found no trends in amyloid-imaging abnormality rates based on centile tertile levels for lecanemab-treated patients.

Patients treated with ALZ-801 showed improvements in cognition, reduced brain atrophy, and maintained dementia rating stages.

An analysis of a phase 3 trial of low sodium oxybate in patients with idiopathic hypersomnia identified a minimal clinically important difference in the visual analog scale for sleep inertia.

A phase 3b study showed that switching from intravenous C5 inhibitors to subcutaneous zilucoplan in patients with myasthenia gravis was associated with symptom improvement at 12 weeks.

Over 2, phase 3 studies, brexpiprazole-treated patients demonstrated greater response rates across various levels on the Cohen-Mansfield Agitation Index and Clinical Impression Scale-Improvement assessment.

Combination of atogepant and ubrogepant resulted in minimal adverse events, and were safe and well-tolerated over a 12-week period.

Results showed consistent reductions in monthly migraine days over 48 weeks, with a favorable safety profile observed.

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Even at the highest modal dose range, findings from the phase 3 RISE-PD trial showed that IPX203 did not increase safety risks for patients with Parkinson disease over time.

New findings from the phase 3 PROOF-HD trial showed that pridopidine outperformed placebo up to 78 weeks in patients with Huntington disease even after excluding those on neuroleptics and antichorea medications.

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Patients on riliprubart demonstrated improvements on several measures of disability and impairment, including the INCAT, I-RODS, MRC-SS, and grip strength.

Patients with first MS symptoms less than 3 years prior to enrollment saw greater long-term benefits with ublituximab than those with longer disease course.

In the phase 3 MOMENTUM and INTERCEPT studies, patients treated with AXS-07 saw reductions in headache pain freedom, most bothersome symptoms, and use of rescue medications.

Being a boy, having lower depression and anxiety scores, lower headache intensity, lower affective pain perception, fewer pain locations, fewer sleep issues, and lower pain-related disability predicted headache remission.

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ALKS 2680, an investigational orexin 2 receptor agonist, showed promise for improving sleep latency in patients with narcolepsy type 2 and idiopathic hypersomnia in a phase 1b study.

Analyzing data from the H70-BCS, researchers identified around 6.2% of 70-year-olds meeting lecanemab treatment criteria, suggesting millions in Europe and the US might be eligible.

All 8 participants met prespecified responder criteria demonstrating either improvement or stabilization of disease according to both the Patient Reported Global Impression of Change and the Clinician Reported Global Impression of Change scales.

At 180 days after surgery, weighted disability scores were better with surgery plus medical management than with medical management alone.

The FDA has approved a label update on the administration options for SK Life Science’s cenobamate, a treatment approved for adults with partial-onset seizures.

The smartphone tests accurately differentiated individuals with dementia from controls and were more sensitive to early symptoms than the Montreal Cognitive Assessment, a commonly used cognitive screening tool.