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HD is a genetically caused brain disorder that causes uncontrollable bodily movements and robs people's ability to walk, talk, eat, and think. The final result is a slow, ugly death. Children of parents with HD have a 50-50 chance of inheriting the disease. There is no cure or treatment.
A long-awaited clinical trial of a drug aimed at improving daily function in the early stages of Huntington’s disease has produced negative results, Prilenia Therapeutics announced on April 25 at the American Academy of Neurology meeting in Boston.
According to Prilenia, the drug, pridopidine, failed to show improvement for trial participants on its primary and secondary measurements of symptoms (endpoints).
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