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What is BDNF? Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) is an experimental treatment for ALS. BDNF has undergone a Phase III trial which failed to show an effect but is currently being trialled using a new delivery system, an intrathecal (spinal) pump. Read more...Click to read more below


Reasons Taken

1 patients in the community are taking or have taken BDNF.

Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Slow my ALS progress 1 100%

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Why Patients Stopped Taking BDNF (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 1 100% Did not seem to work: 100%


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