
After a year of treatment, patients showed significant improvements in ON time without troublesome dyskinesia, with more apparent effects observed in the high-dose group.
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After a year of treatment, patients showed significant improvements in ON time without troublesome dyskinesia, with more apparent effects observed in the high-dose group.
Significant thinning of GCIPL and INL appeared earlier in individuals with Parkinson disease, being discernible several years prior to clinical presentation.
With limited options available in perimenstrual catamenial epilepsy, a phase 4 study seeks to understand whether an FDA-approved agent for focal onset seizures can effectively treat women with difficult-to-manage disease.
Time to the first clinical event was significantly extended in the teriflunomide arm compared with placebo, in both the unadjusted and adjusted analysis.
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Autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplant was associated with a higher rate of recovery from disability than fingolimod and natalizumab, especially during the initial year posttreatment.
Over a 3-treatment cycle, no new clinically significant safety observations were found, with significant dose-dependent increases in frataxin in muscle mRNA expression.
The associate staff member in the department of neurology at Cleveland Clinic provided perspective on a recently published phase 1 study assessing deep brain stimulation in individuals with chronic poststroke hemiparesis.
Among a cohort of more than 70 individuals with MS, only 1 relapse occurred while on eculizumab, with significant reductions in immunosuppressive use observed.
Over a 28-day period, no adverse events led to study drug withdrawal, with decreased appetite as the most common treatment-related AE observed in the highest dosed cohort.
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Over a 48-week stretch, a composite end point analysis suggested a survival treatment benefit with edaravone, further supporting its use in patients with ALS.
Alex Whiting, MD, director of epilepsy surgery at Allegheny Health Network, discussed the challenges with drug-resistant epilepsy, and how clinicians can initiate conversations about potential options for their patients.
In 2 pivotal phase 3 trials, atogepant met its primary end point of superior reduction in monthly migraine days vs placebo, with consistent safety throughout.
A duo of experts from the pivotal, phase 3 ASPEN trial shared commentary on the impact of daxibotulinumtoxinA’s approval for adults with cervical dystonia.
IMU-838, or vidofludimus calcium, has shown promising results in studies of patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis.
The approval was based on the phase 3 KINECT-HD study, an 128-patient cohort trial in which valbenazine met its primary end point, demonstrating a statistically significant reduction in UHDRS TMC scores vs placebo.
Women who reported a history of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy were estimated to have 1.66 times the risk of stroke relative to parous women who had not had those pregnancy complications.
Elevated caregiver depression risk corresponds to increased emergency department usage, hinting at a pivotal link between caregiver well-being and patient healthcare utilization.
Patients on IPX203 received less doses than those on traditional immediate-release carbidopa/levodopa and demonstrated 0.53 more hours of good ON time per day than IR CD/LD.
Over the 36-month treatment period, nonambulatory patients with SMA treated with apitegromab showed improvements in patient-reported outcomes of daily living and fatigue.
Although the association between genetically predicted insomnia and risk of sepsis was mediated through cardiometabolic risk factors, the data still point to a clear link between the two conditions.
The neurosurgeon at Allegheny Health Network provided perspective on how GammaTile therapy is revolutionizing neurosurgery and post-operative processes of brain tumors.
At 6 weeks post-treatment, the patient saw clinical improvements in multiple domains, including autonomic function, vocalization, gross motor skills, and fine motor skills and hand function.
In a phase 3 study and open-label extension, patients treated with daxibotulinumtoxinA showed significant improvements in their condition, explained by changes on the Toronto Western Spasmodic Torticollis Rating Scale.
In addition to showing a safe and tolerable safety profile, patients who underwent the procedure showed a 7-point median improvement on the upper extremity Fugl-Meyer Assessment when used in combination with physical rehabilitation.
Results indicated a substantial direct effect of air pollution on dementia suggesting that air pollution affects the development of dementia through multiple pathways.
Stroke of an undetermined cause was associated with acute symptomatic seizures, an effect that was marginally mediated by cerebral microbleeds.
Patients treated with the neuromodulation device outperformed those on placebo on several key outcomes, including Visual Analog Scale and Migraine-Specific Quality of Life Questionnaire scores.
UB-311 elicited a robust, rapid, and titrated antibody response to amyloid-ß, with an overall 97% responder rate that was maintained by 93% of the cohort by the end of the 78-week study.