Articles with the topic: clinical-trial

KINECT-HD trial shows valbenazine improves involuntary movements in Huntington's disease

KINECT-HD trial shows valbenazine improves involuntary movements in Huntington's disease

In a much-needed bit of good news for the Huntington's disease community, Neurocrine Bioscience's KINECT-HD trial showed that treatment with valbenazine significantly reduced the involuntary movements called chorea

Professor Ed WildDecember 14, 2021

Updates from the EHDN Meeting 2021

Updates from the EHDN Meeting 2021

Last month, HDBuzz attended the online European Huntington's Disease Network (EHDN) meeting. Read our summary of all the latest clinical trial updates.

Dr Rachel HardingOctober 28, 2021

Real talk: Q&A with Roche about GENERATION-HD1

Real talk: Q&A with Roche about GENERATION-HD1

The HDBuzz team sat down (virtually) for an in depth Q&A session with the team at Roche to answer questions about tominersen and the recent halting of the GENERATION-HD1 trial

Dr Sarah Hernandez and Dr Leora FoxSeptember 28, 2021

Unpacking recent gene therapy press

Unpacking recent gene therapy press

Voyager Therapeutics is shifting towards a new technology to deliver gene therapy and away from a planned HD clinical trial. But this could lead to less invasive drugs in the long run, and many other companies are working on HD gene therapies.

Dr Leora Fox and Dr Sarah HernandezAugust 16, 2021

A first for CRISPR gene editing could have wider applications for human disease

A first for CRISPR gene editing could have wider applications for human disease

A successful early trial of a drug for Familial Transthyretic Amyloidosis showed that CRISPR gene editing could be safely used in the human body. What does this mean for gene editing in HD?

Daniel O’ReillyJuly 21, 2021

Huntington's disease therapeutics conference 2021 - Day 3

Huntington's disease therapeutics conference 2021 - Day 3

Catch up on all of the latest updates from day 3 of the 2021 CHDI Huntington’s disease therapeutics conference #HDTC2021

Dr Rachel Harding, Dr Leora Fox, and Professor Ed WildApril 29, 2021

Huntington’s disease therapeutics conference 2021 - Day 1

Huntington’s disease therapeutics conference 2021 - Day 1

Catch up on all of the latest updates from day 1 of the 2021 CHDI Huntington’s disease therapeutics conference #HDTC2021 including presentations from Wave, Roche and Triplet.

Dr Rachel Harding, Dr Leora Fox, and Dr Jeff CarrollApril 28, 2021

Huntington’s disease clinical trial round up

Huntington’s disease clinical trial round up

Catch up on all the latest Huntington's disease clinical trial news in this one stop shop article covering all of the recent developments in making medicines for Huntington's disease

Dr Rachel HardingApril 26, 2021

Good news from uniQure: gene therapy trial on track, and promising data in animals

Good news from uniQure: gene therapy trial on track, and promising data in animals

The first group of 10 participants have been dosed in uniQure’s clinical trial of an HD gene therapy, and three new manuscripts describe safe, widespread huntingtin lowering in animals.

Dr Leora FoxApril 15, 2021

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