Safety, pharmacokinetic, and functional effects of the nogo-a monoclonal antibody in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a randomized, first-in-human clinical trial.

The neurite outgrowth inhibitor, Nogo-A, has been shown to be overexpressed in skeletal muscle in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS); it is both a potential biomarker and therapeutic target. We performed a double-blind, two-part, dose-escalation study, in subjects with ALS, assessing safety, pharma...

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Main Authors: Vincent Meininger, Pierre-François Pradat, Andrea Corse, Safa Al-Sarraj, Benjamin Rix Brooks, James B Caress, Merit Cudkowicz, Stephen J Kolb, Dale Lange, P Nigel Leigh, Thomas Meyer, Stefano Milleri, Karen E Morrison, Richard W Orrell, Gary Peters, Jeffrey D Rothstein, Jeremy Shefner, Arseniy Lavrov, Nicola Williams, Phil Overend, Jeffrey Price, Stewart Bates, Jonathan Bullman, David Krull, Alienor Berges, Bams Abila, Guy Meno-Tetang, Jens Wurthner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4026380?pdf=render