Reading Time: 7 minutesOn 25th April 2023 Tofersen (now known as Qalsody in the US), a treatment for SOD1 MND was approved by the Food and Drug Administration
Tag: clinical trials

Reading Time: 5 minutesLast year was a really exciting year for MND clinical trials, with more trials recruiting in the UK than ever before, some promising results being

Reading Time: 4 minutesLast year was a really exciting year for MND clinical trials, with more trials recruiting in the UK than ever before, some promising results being

Reading Time: 6 minutesIt has been suggested that there might be a pre-symptomatic stage of MND, where the disease is active and occurring within a person but no symptoms are showing. There is currently little research in this area and a lack of evidence of a pre-symptomatic stage of the disease. However, if it can be shown that there is a pre-symptomatic stage which can be measured, this could be very useful in helping people with MND to get treatment as early as possible. Dr Michael Benatar, from the University of Miami, has been looking into this by studying the development of MND and how the disease presents in people who have a high risk of developing it.

Reading Time: 6 minutesOver the last year ALS/MND clinical trials have taken centre stage, with more trials than ever opening for recruitment in the UK, the news of promising results from some trials and the approval of drugs by some regulatory authorities. With the year coming to an end, we thought we would roundup some recent clinical trial updates that were presented at the 33rd International Symposium on ALS/MND.

Reading Time: 5 minutesThe top-line results of the Modifying Immune Response and OutComes in ALS (MIROCALS) clinical trial were announced on 6 December 2022 at the 33rd International Symposium

Reading Time: 2 minutesThis blog is part of our Symposium Blogathon series – where we are counting down to the 33rd International Symposium. Numbers in bold blue type correspond

Reading Time: 5 minutesThis blog is part of our Symposium Blogathon series – where we are counting down to the 33rd International Symposium. Numbers in bold blue type

Reading Time: 5 minutesThis blog is part of our Symposium Blogathon series – where we are counting down to the 33rd International Symposium. Numbers in bold blue type

Reading Time: 5 minutesIn this guest blog written by Harry Bowles and Sarah Opie-Martin from King’s College London they discuss their MND research poster which was presented at