Phase 1–2 Trial of Antisense Oligonucleotide Tofersen for SOD1 ALS
Author(s) -
Jonathan Mill,
Merit Cudkowicz,
Pamela J. Shaw,
Peter M. Andersen,
Nazem Atassi,
Robert C. Bucelli,
Angela Genge,
Jonathan D. Glass,
Shafeeq Ladha,
Albert Ludolph,
Nicholas J. Maragakis,
Christopher McDermott,
Alan Pestronk,
John Ravits,
François Salachas,
Randall Trudell,
Philip Van Damme,
Lorne Zinman,
C. Frank Bennett,
Roger Lane,
Alfred Sandrock,
Heiko Runz,
Danielle Graham,
Hani Houshyar,
Alexander McCampbell,
Ivan Nestorov,
Ih Chang,
Manjit McNeill,
Laura Fanning,
Stephanie Fradette,
Toby A. Ferguson
Publication year - 2020
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/nejmoa2003715
Subject(s) - medicine , placebo , sod1 , amyotrophic lateral sclerosis , adverse effect , randomization , confidence interval , cerebrospinal fluid , pharmacokinetics , clinical endpoint , hazard ratio , anesthesia , gastroenterology , clinical trial , pathology , alternative medicine , disease
Tofersen is an antisense oligonucleotide that mediates the degradation of superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1) messenger RNA to reduce SOD1 protein synthesis. Intrathecal administration of tofersen is being studied for the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) due to SOD1 mutations.
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