Multi-faceted Intervention Improves Timeliness of Treatments in Hospitals
A multi-faceted intervention that included staff education, electronic alerts, and requiring new reports, improved the timeliness with which Parkinson’s disease patients…
Articles by Marisa Wexler, MS
Dosing Begins in Phase 1 Trial for PTC’s Experimental Parkinson’s Therapy PTC857
The first participant has been dosed in a Phase 1 clinical trial evaluating the safety of PTC857, PTC Therapeutics‘…
Planned Phase 2 Trial of ANVS401, Targeting Toxic Proteins, Moving Forward
A planned Phase 2 clinical trial evaluating ANVS401, Annovis Bio‘s lead investigational therapy for people in the early stages of …
Parkinson’s Patients in UK Survey Detail Struggles With COVID-19 Lockdown
Many Parkinson’s disease patients in the U.K. feel challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic and the restrictions it has placed on social interaction,…
FDA Approves Medtronic’s Percept PC Deep Brain Stimulation System
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the Percept PC Neurostimulator by Medtronic, designed to allow for…
CoQ10 Injected Into the Brain Eases Parkinson’s Symptoms in Rats
Coenzyme Q10, an antioxidant supplement that, when taken orally, has shown limited effectiveness, can alleviate Parkinson’s disease…
Treatments Inadequate for People With Late-stage Disease, Study Says
Current Parkinson’s treatments are insufficient for people with late-stage disease, inadequately controlling for many notable motor and non-motor symptoms, a…
Phase 3 Trial Will Examine Mesdopetam as Treatment for Levodopa-induced Dyskinesia
Integrative Research Laboratories (IRLAB) is planning a Phase 2b/3 clinical trial of its investigational therapy mesdopetam (IRL790) to…
Study of Manganese Exposure in Welders Could Help in Treating Parkinson’s
A $3.7 million federal grant is funding a project aiming to clarify how exposure to manganese, a trace metal, affects…
Poorer Cognition and Frozen Gait Don’t Appear Related, Study Suggests
Cognitive abilities and problems with freezing of gait in people with Parkinson’s disease do not seem to be significantly related, new…