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Default Neurologix Phase II recruiting...GAD

Neurologix Initiates Recruitment for Phase 2 Parkinson's Disease Trial

Tuesday August 19, 8:00 am ET
Multicenter Study of Novel Gene Transfer Approach
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/080819/20080819005335.html?.v=1

FORT LEE, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Neurologix, Inc. (OTCBB:NRGX - News), a biotechnology company engaged in the development of innovative gene therapies for the brain and central nervous system, announced today that it has received Institutional Review Board approvals to begin recruiting and enrolling participants for its Phase 2 clinical trial of the company’s gene transfer approach to the treatment of advanced Parkinson’s disease. The study is designed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of a novel non-dopaminergic approach for reestablishing motor function in Parkinson’s patients who are sub-optimally responsive to drug therapies.

The randomized, double-blind, sham-procedure controlled trial will involve up to 10 leading academic research centers across the United States, with the first sites being Massachusetts General Hospital and Wake Forest University Health Sciences. Neurologix expects to enroll a total of 40 study participants in the trial. Twenty participants will receive an infusion of the gene-based treatment bilaterally via a catheter temporarily placed in each subthalamic nucleus (STN) (a deep brain structure that is the main target of surgery to treat Parkinson’s disease) by stereotactic surgery. The other 20 participants will receive sterile saline solution into a partial thickness burr hole made into the skull, with no brain infusion.


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