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With the lack of a gold standard diagnostic test, a study has shown through latent class analysis that cerebrospinal fluid immunoglobulin G may be a practical tool for determining the onset of MS in patients, particularly those who tested negative under the 2005 and 2010 McDonald criteria.

Of the 5 syndrome-specific efficacy measurements, trofinetide showed statistical benefits for patients with Rett syndrome on the Rett Syndrome Behavior Questionnaire, Clinical Global Impression Scale-Improvement, and the RTT Clinician Domain Specific Concerns-Visual Analog Scale.

Implementing evidence-based practices consistent with the AAN Headache Quality Measures has the potential to improve the quality of care in this patient population, however, additional study is required to determine if better process performance produces better outcomes.

Could the patient's symptoms be linked to her diet?

Topline data showed that the novel oxybate candidate demonstrated significant differences compared to placebo in the change in the weekly number of cataplexy attacks and the change in Epworth Sleepiness Scale score, the primary and secondary end points, respectively.

The associate group medical director and clinical science leader for the IONIS/Roche HTT Rx program at Roche/Genentech neuroscience spoke about the study design of GENERATION HD1 and the potential impact of RG6042 as a treatment for Huntington disease.

The novel longitudinal model utilized 4 variables—the presence of seizures, the number of seizures, the number of adverse events, and if treatment was altered—and was ultimately more predictive than a standard Cox model.

Marketed as Mayzent, the selective sphingosine 1-phosphate receptor modulator is the first treatment for patients with active secondary progressive multiple sclerosis in almost 15 years.

Treatment with AVP-786 in TRIAD-1 showed a significant improvement on the primary endpoint on the Cohen-Mansfield Agitation Inventory for 1 of the 2 doses being evaluated.

The findings from a secondary post hoc analysis suggest that intravenous alteplase is of similar benefit in patients with lacunar infarcts as in those with other stroke subtypes.

The research assistant at the University of British Columbia-Vancouver detailed the success of myelin water imaging in the spinal cords of both healthy controls and patients with multiple sclerosis.

The Movement Disorder Society Task Force on Technology has released a roadmap for the implementation of new technologies that have reached a level of sophistication, versatility, and wearability for Parkinson disease.

The panel voted 14 to 0 against granting de novo clearance to the device.

Patients saw significant improvements in help-seeking behaviors and reductions in anxiety that positively correlated with headache load.

The multiple sclerosis specialist at the Corinne Goldsmith Dickinson Center for MS at Mount Sinai spoke about risk mitigation in patients with MS and why it's important to choose medicines in an effective way.

For the past year, a patient lived in such utter fear of her symptoms that she became housebound.

The director of the multiple sclerosis research unit at Ottawa Hospital spoke about the need for clinicians to select the right patient for the right treatment in the MS clinic.

The Global Head of Neuroimmunology at Genentech discussed the results of a substudy that found that the use of advanced imaging metrics in MS clinical trials may provide specific information about tissue damage and potential repair.

Neurology News Network for the week of March 22, 2019.

Findings from a recent meta-analysis of the number of atypical antipsychotics available for treatment of behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia suggest that a clear trade-off exists between effectiveness and safety, with no clear winner emerging.

The therapeutic head of neuroinflammation and pain at Novartis spoke about his desire to work to a point where physicians can use NfL to monitor disease activity, make therapeutic decisions, and give perspective to patients.

SYROS study data showed that switching to and maintaining long-term treatment with idebenone was associated with a 50% reduction in the annual rate of decline in forced vital capacity percent of predicted.

The staff neurologist at Cleveland Clinic's Mellen Center spoke about his clinical experience in switching patients from their current disease-modifying therapy to ocrelizumab.

With a pair of sBLAs under FDA review, the Allergan treatment may finally have an official indication for use in spasticity after years of off-label use by physicians.

Gharagozloo spoke about the early phase model of MS she and her colleagues developed to explore the use of Nlrx1, a mitochondria-located innate immune sensor, in CNS inflammation.

Study results suggest that no difference in outcomes of function, survival, fatigue, or quality of life are seen between those undergoing intensive or standard exercise regimens.

Eisai and Biogen have announced that the phase 3 ENGAGE and EMERGE trials, in addition to the PRIME phase 1b and EVOLVE phase 2 studies, of the monoclonal antibody, will be discontinued.

The dual-acting dopamine and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor is approved for narcolepsy in once-daily 75 mg and 150 mg doses, and in OSA in once-daily 37.5 mg, 75 mg, and 150 mg doses.