NeuroSense Therapeutics is collaborating with PhaseV for insights into how to better design the protocol for the planned Phase 3 trial that will test PrimeC for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). A specialist in machine learning technology for clinical trials, PhaseV used data from the ongoing Phase 2b…
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Biogen and Ionis Pharmaceuticals have decided to terminate the development of BIIB105, their experimental treatment for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), based on data from a Phase 1/2 clinical trial. The therapy resulted in no significant clinical benefit compared with a placebo after six months, and data from…
A new amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) assessment called delta-FS — defined as the rate of decline over time in the ALS Functional Rating Scale-Revised (ALSFRS-R) — has been proposed as an attractive, easily obtainable tool to monitor disease severity and predict patient prognosis. The assessment also could be used…
Target ALS has reached its capital campaign goal of $250 million to accelerate research and fuel scientific breakthroughs in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The campaign was spearheaded by founder Dan Doctoroff, a former deputy New York City mayor who was diagnosed with ALS in late 2021. He was…
Scientists at Broken String Biosciences and the Francis Crick Institute are teaming up to study how genomic instability, or an increased tendency to DNA mutations, contributes to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The findings may shed light on the mechanisms leading to sporadic cases of ALS, the term…
Patient enrollment is now complete in an arm of the HEALEY ALS platform trial that’s testing Denali Therapeutics‘ DNL343 for the treatment of adults with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The HEALEY platform trial (NCT04297683), led by the Sean M. Healey & AMG Center…
Epigenetic changes — chemical modifications in DNA that alter gene activity — in nerve cells from people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) may be associated with the rate of disease progression, a study suggested. Changes in certain regions of a patient’s nerve cell genome were able “to predict ALS…
Alejandra Zeballos, a PhD student in bioengineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, was awarded the 2024 Illinois Innovation Award for her work on next-generation therapies to advance the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Zeballos, a member of the Gaj Lab, has been working…
PrimeC, a treatment candidate for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), was found to significantly slow disease progression in certain subgroups of patients in the ongoing PARADIGM Phase 2b trial, according to new data announced by its developer NeuroSense Therapeutics. Benefitting most were people at high risk of rapid disease…
University of Michigan neurologist Eva Feldman was recently recognized with the 2024 Sheila Essey Award for her groundbreaking research on the biological processes that drive the onset of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and its progression. The award, announced at the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) 2024 Annual Meeting, recognizes…
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