Movement Disorders

A recent study showed the efficacy of multicompartment diffusion measures in distinguishing patients with Friedreich ataxia from controls, emphasizing the potential for these metrics in tracking disease expression and progression.

The neurology doctors discuss motor fluctuations and dyskinesia associated with Parkinson’s Disease.

Daniel Claassen, MD, MS, shares his approach to diagnosing patients with HD, as well as communicating with patients about the hereditary nature of the disease.

Daniel Claassen, MD, MS, provides an overview of the pathophysiology and genetic background of Huntington’s disease (HD), a neurodegenerative disorder.

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PREDICT-PD, a low intensity and cost-efficient assessment, was able to estimate the occurrence of motor disturbances in the future, in particular sub-threshold parkinsonism and bradykinesia.

Jim Eubanks, PhD, national director of medical affairs at Octave, provided thoughts on the company’s $10 million grant from The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research and highlighted the importance of awareness for movement disorders like Parkinson disease.

The professor of neurology at the University of Toronto provided insight on several prominent targets in the brain for deep brain stimulation, including emerging ones that may not gain as much attention. [WATCH TIME: 3 minutes]

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Apart from the small pump system, which was preferred by the patients, the study found no clear advantage of levodopa-entacapone-carbidopa to levodopa-carbidopa intestinal gel.

In a phase 2 study, sodium oxybate showed a significant, albeit short-lived, reduction in voice symptoms for patients with alcohol-responsive essential tremor of voice.

The double-blind, placebo-controlled study is expected to include 9 patients aged 35-75 years old with MSA-parkinsonian type who will be randomized 2:1 to either investigational AB-1005 or sham surgery.

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A recent study suggests that palliative education and telehealth improve quality of life and advance care planning among patients with Parkinson disease and related disorders.

If successful, the study has potential implications for future surgical outcomes and patient experience among those with Parkinson disease.

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Similar to the double-blind study, valbenazine was well-tolerated with clinically meaningful improvement in chorea severity after nearly a year of treatment.

Standardizing protocols and incorporating objective diagnostics and telemedicine can enhance care for patients with PD and alleviate the burden on healthcare systems.

The trial will feature 60 individuals with early-stage Parkinson disease who will be randomly assigned 1:1 to either daily CVN424 or placebo for a 12-week treatment period.