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- Tue Sep 05, 2017 2:16 pm
- Forum: Clinical Research
- Topic: ClinicalTrials.gov
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ClinicalTrials.gov
For more information on clinical trials surrounding NMO please visit: www.clinicaltrials.gov and search "Neuromyelitis Optica"
- Tue Sep 05, 2017 2:14 pm
- Forum: Clinical Research
- Topic: What is clinical research?
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What is clinical research?
Clinical research is seeking to find better ways to prevent, diagnose, treat, and eventually cure NMO. These advances come with improved understanding of the causes and effects of the disease. Clinical trialsare designed to determine which medicines or procedures best benefit patients, and which ma...
- Tue Sep 05, 2017 2:07 pm
- Forum: Clinical Research
- Topic: CIRCLES: Biorepository
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CIRCLES: Biorepository
If you or someone you know has been diagnosed with NMO, please help us with blood samples and/or clinical data donations to our Biorepository, or blood bank. Blood samples and clinical data are vital for NMO research. Many developments in NMO treatment come from doctors and researchers analyzing blo...
- Tue Sep 05, 2017 2:03 pm
- Forum: Clinical Research
- Topic: MedImmune: N-MOmentum study (MEDI-551)
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MedImmune: N-MOmentum study (MEDI-551)
N-MOmentum study: MEDI-551 The N-MOmentum study is been conducted to test if the drug MEDI-551 will have proven benefits of reducing the risk of NMO or NMOSD attack. The drug is MEDi-551, this is the active drug. It will be giving 300mg intravenously twice, at Day 1 and at Day 15 and then every 6 mo...
- Tue Sep 05, 2017 1:58 pm
- Forum: Clinical Research
- Topic: Sakura Star Study – Chugai Pharmaceuticals NMO Clinical Trial
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Sakura Star Study – Chugai Pharmaceuticals NMO Clinical Trial
Sakura Star Study – Chugai Pharmaceuticals NMO Clinical Trial One of those medicines, we call SA237, is a monoclonal antibody against an IL-6 receptor. And I will talk actually a bit more about IL-6 later. This molecule is in a clinical study we call Sakura Star study or the code of the study is SA3...
- Tue Sep 05, 2017 1:50 pm
- Forum: Clinical Research
- Topic: The PREVENT Study – Alexion Pharmaceuticals NMO Clinical Trial
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The PREVENT Study – Alexion Pharmaceuticals NMO Clinical Trial
PREVENT stands for Prevention of Relapses and Evaluation of Eculizumab in Neuromyelitis Optica Treatment. The goal of the PREVENT trial is to study the ability of a medication called eculizumab to prevent relapses of neuromyelitis optica – NMO and NMO spectrum disorder. Eculizumab is an antibody pro...
- Tue Sep 05, 2017 1:38 pm
- Forum: Forum: Real Attacks
- Topic: What is a NMO Flare?
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What is a NMO Flare?
Individuals with NMO develop optic neuritis, which causes pain in the eye and vision loss, and transverse myelitis, which causes weakness, numbness, and sometimes paralysis of the arms and legs, along with sensory disturbances and loss of bladder and bowel control. NMO patients can also sometimes de...
- Tue Sep 05, 2017 11:24 am
- Forum: Forum: Share your Story
- Topic: Something Wasn't Right: Heather Sowalla's Story
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Something Wasn't Right: Heather Sowalla's Story
Something Wasn’t Right I was the perfect example of the shiny student off to bigger and better things from the small country town where I grew up. I had a very bright future ahead of me. It was my last year of high school, and I was cramming in as many courses into my workload as possible while enga...