Movement Disorders

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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The professor of neurology at University of Rochester discussed a new model on how Parkinson disease may originate, highlighting potential environmental causes and progression. [WATCH TIME: 5 minutes]

SPN-830, an apomorphine infusion device, had its new drug application submitted using data from the phase 3 TOLEDO trial.

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Findings from a recent study revealed the significant influence of lysosomal polygenic burden on cognitive decline in patients Parkinson disease who also have a low risk of Alzheimer disease.

Although results from the phase 2 LixiPark trial showed that lixisenatide may slow motor symptom progression in early Parkinson disease, reported gastrointestinal adverse effects raise some safety considerations.

The neurology experts discuss the importance of early and accurate diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease, the role of alpha-synuclein in the diagnosis of synucleinopathies and approaches to implementing screening protocols in clinical practice.

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A recent study presented key predictors of survival in patients living with Friedreich ataxia, which led to the creation of a prognostic model for disease management.

The randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial failed to show any beneficial symptomatic effect of 4-month treatment with 1.75–3.5 mg/day bumetanide on Parkinson disease.

Take 5 minutes to catch up on NeurologyLive®'s highlights from the week ending March 29, 2024.

The findings were consistent with the chemical's known carcinogenicity and supportive of the emerging preclinical and epidemiological evidence that ties TCE exposure to patients with PD.

A recent study revealed that digital composite measures for bradykinesia outperformed traditional assessment methods for Parkinson disease over a 12-month period.

At AD/PD 2024, AC Immune SA presented an update on the company's phase 2 VacSYn trial assessing ACI-7104.056, an anti-α-synuclein active immunotherapy, for patients with Parkinson disease.

Experts in neurology comment on fatigue and fluctuation of symptoms in MG and how that can contribute to a delay in diagnosis.

Expert neurologists discuss the presentation of myasthenia gravis (MG), focusing on the variability of symptoms from patient to patient.

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New data presented at the 2024 AD/PD Conference revealed the potential of smartphone speech analysis metrics as a biomarker for hypokinetic dysarthria in early Parkinson disease.

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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 movement disorders and multiple system atrophy.

Transgender and gender-diverse patients have unique neurological considerations, but often, neurologists are unaware of the needs that are specific to this community.

Neurology News Network for the week ending March 23, 2024. [WATCH TIME: 3 minutes]

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Recent data highlighted the benefit of Gain Therapeutics’ GT-02287 mechanism of action in alleviating endoplasmic reticulum stress and enhancing lysosomal enzyme activity.

A phase 2a trial demonstrated significant cognitive improvement in patients with mild cognitive impairment or mild dementia from Alzheimer or Parkinson disease through combination adrenergic activator therapy.