Phase 2 Trial of Ibudilast in Progressive Multiple Sclerosis
Author(s) -
Robert J. Fox,
Christopher S. Coffey,
Robin Conwit,
Merit Cudkowicz,
Trevis Gleason,
Andrew Goodman,
Eric C. Klawiter,
Kazuko Matsuda,
Michelle McGovern,
Robert T. Naismith,
Akshata Ashokkumar,
Janel Barnes,
Dixie Ecklund,
Elizabeth Klingner,
Maxine Koepp,
Jeffrey D. Long,
Sneha Natarajan,
Brenda Thornell,
Jon Yankey,
Robert Bermel,
Josef P. Debbins,
Xuemei Huang,
Patricia Jagodnik,
Mark J. Lowe,
Kunio Nakamura,
Sridar Narayanan,
Ken Sakaie,
Bhaskar Thoomukuntla,
Xiaopeng Zhou,
Stephen Krieger,
Enríque Alvarez,
Michelle Apperson,
Khurram Bashir,
Bruce A. Cohen,
Patricia K. Coyle,
Silvia Delgado,
L. Dana DeWitt,
Angela Flores,
Barbara S. Giesser,
Myla Goldman,
Burk Jubelt,
Neil Lava,
Sharon Lynch,
Harold L. Moses,
Daniel Ontaneda,
Jai Perumal,
Michael K. Racke,
Pavle Repovic,
Claire Riley,
Christopher Severson,
Shlomo Shinnar,
Valerie Suski,
Bianca Weinstock-Guttman,
Vijayshree Yadav,
Aram Zabeti
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa1803583
Subject(s) - phase (matter) , medicine , multiple sclerosis , psychiatry , physics , quantum mechanics
There are limited treatments for progressive multiple sclerosis. Ibudilast inhibits several cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterases, macrophage migration inhibitory factor, and toll-like receptor 4 and can cross the blood-brain barrier, with potential salutary effects in progressive multiple sclerosis.
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