Oral health affects life quality in adults with Parkinson’s, with oral health worsening with disease progression and resulting in a related greater decline in quality of life than is evident in adults of similar age without this disorder, a small study from the Netherlands reports. Motor difficulties impacting daily…
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BlueRock Therapeutics’ Phase 1 trial testing DA01 — an investigational therapy to restore neuron loss — has completed enrolling its first group of patients with advanced Parkinson’s disease. Meanwhile, enrollment for the second and final high-dose cohort of the open-label trial (NTC04802733) is still ongoing at sites…
Alembic Pharmaceuticals has received final approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its generic version of entacapone as an add-on therapy for treating end-of-dose “wearing off” in Parkinson’s disease, the company announced. These entacapone tablets are “therapeutically equivalent” to Comtan and treat the motor…
Adding a plant-derived agent called Withania somnifera, used in traditional Ayurvedic medicine and thought to help with disturbed sleep, to the insomnia medicines given a woman with Parkinson’s disease appears to have eased her insomnia and completely alleviated her restless leg syndrome, researchers in India report. The case report, “…
Experiencing a traumatic brain injury (TBI) is associated with an earlier age of Parkinson’s onset, but not with more severe disease-associated nerve cell loss or younger age of death, a study suggests. These findings, presented at the 2021 Alzheimer’s Association International Conference in Denver and online, suggest that…
Cognition Therapeutics has received a grant from the Michael J. Fox Foundation (MJFF) for Parkinson’s Research to support preclinical work into two potential sigma-2 receptor modulators for Parkinson’s disease. The Therapeutic Pipeline Program Grant award, whose amount and duration were not specified, will help to fund studies of these…
Cantabio Pharmaceuticals has been awarded a grant from The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research (MJFF) to develop a small molecule that can reduce the aggregation of a protein called tau. The research may have applications in treating Parkinson’s and other brain diseases. “We are proud…
A clinical trial in the U.S. is evaluating whether home visits from healthcare providers might improve the quality of life for people with advanced Parkinson’s disease and their caregivers. The trial’s protocol was detailed in the paper, “Longitudinal, Interdisciplinary Home Visits Versus Usual Care…
Measuring changes in the temperature of the hands after immersion in cold water could be useful in making an early diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease, a small study suggests. The study, “A Non-Invasive IR Sensor Technique to Differentiate Parkinson’s Disease from Other Neurological Disorders Using Autonomic Dysfunction…
In treating Parkinson’s symptoms that aren’t being adequately controlled by levodopa, monoamine oxidase type B (MAO-B) inhibitors are better than catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) inhibitors, according to patient-reported assessments in a clinical trial. The real-world study found no difference in effectiveness between MAO-B — like COMT, a dopamine reuptake inhibitor —…
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