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Adapted physical activity eases Parkinson’s motor symptoms

An adapted physical activity program may help ease motor symptoms of Parkinson’s disease, a study showed. Although patients’ motor symptoms eased immediately after the three-month program, there didn’t appear to be a long-term effect on motor symptom severity, emphasizing a need for longer programs and/or further resources to…

Phase 1 trial of cell therapy seeks more Parkinson’s patients

A small Phase 1 clinical trial testing a treatment approach that uses stem cells derived from a patient’s blood cells to replace the dopamine-producing neurons progressively lost in Parkinson’s disease is looking for three more patients. The first-of-its-kind Phase 1 study (NCT06422208), being conducted at Harvard Medical School’s…

First patient dosed in Parkinson’s clinical trial of Ventus’ VENT-02

A Phase 2a clinical trial testing Ventus Therapeutics’ VENT-02 — a novel brain-penetrating oral medication — in adults with mild to moderate Parkinson’s disease has dosed its first patient. The study (NCT06822517), expected to enroll about 30 people with Parkinson’s, is assessing the treatment’s safety, tolerability, effects on…

FDA lists platform using rhythm to aid walking as Class II device

Note: This story was updated March 13, 2025, to correct that the company’s proprietary software is not available as a downloadable smartphone app. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has listed MR-005, MedRhythms’ digital therapeutic platform using rhythmic beats to help with walking in…