One year of treatment with Anavex 2-73 (blarcamesine) safely led to a reduction in symptom severity for 20 people with Parkinson’s disease dementia in an extension study of the Phase 2 ANAVEX 2-73-PDD-001 trial. This finding was in sharp contrast with the worsening of symptoms observed in the months that…

Anavex 2-73 (blarcamesine), an investigational oral therapy for Parkinson’s disease dementia, led to clinically meaningful improvements within all four MDS-UPDRS assessments for patients treated daily at high dose, according to new data from a completed Phase 2 trial. These benefits, in both motor and non-motor Parkinson’s…

Anavex Life Sciences’ investigational oral therapy Anavex 2-73 (blarcamesine) leads to clinically meaningful cognitive improvements while reducing motor and non-motor symptoms in people with Parkinson’s disease dementia (PDD), according to data from a Phase 2 trial. These benefits also significantly associated with increases in the levels of sigma-1 receptor (SIGMAR1),…

Anavex 2-73 (blarcamesine) safely led to significant improvements in several aspects of cognition, including choice reaction time and episodic memory, in people with Parkinson’s disease dementia (PDD), new data from a Phase 2 trial report. According to Anavex Life Sciences, the therapy’s developer, these findings from…

Anavex 2-73 (blarcamesine), a potential oral therapy to slow cognitive decline due to Alzheimer’s and other neurological disorders, was found to be safe and to lead to clinically meaningful, dose-dependent improvements in cognition in people with Parkinson’s disease dementia (PDD) treated in a Phase 2 trial. Anavex…

The Shake It Up Australia Foundation for Parkinson’s Research, together with its partners worldwide, has pledged to cover up to 50% of the costs associated with opening a clinical trial into oral Anavex 2-73 (blarcamesine) as a treatment for Parkinson’s disease. Anavex Life Sciences, the developer of Anavex…

Anavex Life Sciences announced plans to continue to screen and enroll patients into its active trials for Alzheimer’s disease and Rett syndrome, in accordance to institutional rules and government guidance related to the COVID-19 pandemic. A Phase 2 study of people with dementia linked to Parkinson’s disease is fully…

A Phase 2 trial evaluating the efficacy and safety of investigational Anavex 2-73 as a treatment for Parkinson’s disease dementia has recruited half of its targeted patients, the therapy’s developer, Anavex Life Sciences, has announced. The study is still recruiting Parkinson’s disease patients age 50 or older who have been diagnosed with…

New preclinical data have shown for the first time the underlying mechanisms mediating the therapeutic activity of Anavex 2-73, an investigational therapy being evaluated for the treatment of neurodegenerative disorders, such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Anavex Life Sciences’ investigational activator of the sigma-1 receptor…

The first patient has been enrolled in Anavex Life Sciences‘ Phase 2 clinical trial to evaluate the potential and safety of Anavex 2-73 as a treatment for Parkinson’s disease dementia. Now actively recruiting, the study (2017-004335-36) is expected to enroll approximately 120 Parkinson’s patients ages 50 or older…