Interim results from a phase 1 clinical trial of RG2833 in people with Friedreich’s ataxia (FA) show that the experimental drug is well-tolerated, and that it appears to increase the activity of the gene for the frataxin protein.
The Discretionary Advisory Committee on Heritable Disorders in Newborns and Children (DACHDNC) today voted to add Pompe disease (acid maltase deficiency) to a
A phase 2 clinical trial to test the experimental drug GM604 in people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) has opened at two trial sites in the United States. Enrollment is expected to begin soon.
A phase 2 clinical trial to test multiple doses of the experimental drug ISIS-SMNRx in infants with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) has opened at four trial sites in the United States and Canada. Enrollment is expected to begin soon.
The Myotubular Myopathy Event Study, a telephone-based survey, will gather information about MTM-associated events, such as emergency room visits, hospitalizations, medication reactions, and complications from medical procedures, as well as improved or declined motor and respiratory function.
Biopharmaceutical companies Acceleron Pharma and Shire announced April 21, 2011, that MDA-supported clinical trials of ACE-031 for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) have been halted.
Turning neuromuscular disease research into treatments as quickly and effectively as possible was the overarching theme of dozens of formal presentations, nearly 200 scientific posters, and countless informal conversations at the MDA Scientific Conference, April 21-24.
An MDA-supported research team has identified a series of compounds that appear to work both alone and in combination to protect the muscle-controlling nerve cells (motor neurons) that are lost in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).