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BDNF Treatment Report

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 patient in the community are taking or have taken BDNF.

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

Other treatments patients are taking for Slow my ALS progress include Riluzole, CoQ10 Coenzyme Q10, and Lithium Carbonate.

Duration

How long current patients have been taking BDNF or how long patients were taking BDNF before stopping.

Stopped Taking BDNF

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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%

Report created on November 08, 2009.