FDA Approves a New Clinical Protocol to Evaluate the Effects of MN-166 (ibudilast) on a Biomarker of
(November 9, 2015) This is an Open-Label, Proof-of-Mechanism, Phase 2a trial of ibudilast in ALS patients. Read more here.…
Trial News & Events
Federal funding secured for Barrow-TGen advanced technology study of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Multi-year study of patients seeks biomarkers that can provide early detection and progression of Lou Gehrig's disease. Read more here.…
BrainStorm Announces Treatment of Final Patient in US Multicenter Double Blinded Phase 2 ALS Trial
The study was designed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of transplantation of Autologous Mesenchymal Stem Cells Secreting Neurotrophic Factors. Read more here.…
Magnet Test Finds Cortex Overexcitable in All ALS
Scientists know that in people with some forms of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, the motor cortex springs into action more often than it should. Now researchers conclude that the same occurs in people with ALS due to the C9ORF72 expansion. Read more here.…
Johns Hopkins University, Cedars-Sinai and Massachusetts General Hospital Announce Groundbreaking AL
Today, the launch of an Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis research project of Answer ALS, the largest single coordinated and comprehensive effort to end ALS, was announced. Read more here.…
NEALS Research Ambassador, Brian Parsons, on compassionate care
Parsons, 49, has successfully lobbied for rights of families of terminally ill patients. Read more here.…
MediciNova Announces First Advanced ALS Patient Using Non-Invasive Ventilation Support Enrolled in P
MediciNova amended the protocol to expand its recruitment to include advanced ALS patients in the trial, and this amendment was approved by FDA. Read more here.…
Ice Bucket Challenge Benefits ALS Research at Barrow
Researchers at Barrow Neurological Institute have announced the launch of a novel and potentially breakthrough ALS study that is being funded in part by money raised through the challenge. Read more here.…
Divvying Up the Ice-Bucket Dollars: Challenge Speeds Trials, Research
As donors get wet again, Alzforum asks, how is 2014’s ice bucket challenge money being spent? Read more here.…
2015 NEALS Ice Bucket Challenge
NEALS will be participating in the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge again this August and #EveryAugustUntilACure! To keep up the research momentum, please continue to spread ALS awareness and consider making a donation to NEALS in the month of August.