Enoxacin for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)

Summary

The study will assess the safety of the drug enoxacin at specific dose levels in adults with ALS.

Timeline

Start

2021-03-26

Primary completion

2023-11-15

Completion

2023-11-15

Publications

• Background Haramati S, Chapnik E, Sztainberg Y, Eilam R, Zwang R, Gershoni N, McGlinn E, Heiser PW, Wills AM, Wirguin I, Rubin LL, Misawa H, Tabin CJ, Brown R Jr, Chen A, Hornstein E. miRNA malfunction causes spinal motor neuron disease. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2010 Jul 20;107(29):13111-6. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1006151107. Epub 2010 Jun 29.
• Background Emde A, Eitan C, Liou LL, Libby RT, Rivkin N, Magen I, Reichenstein I, Oppenheim H, Eilam R, Silvestroni A, Alajajian B, Ben-Dov IZ, Aebischer J, Savidor A, Levin Y, Sons R, Hammond SM, Ravits JM, Moller T, Hornstein E. Dysregulated miRNA biogenesis downstream of cellular stress and ALS-causing mutations: a new mechanism for ALS. EMBO J. 2015 Nov 3;34(21):2633-51. doi: 10.15252/embj.201490493. Epub 2015 Sep 1.
• Background Reichenstein I, Eitan C, Diaz-Garcia S, Haim G, Magen I, Siany A, Hoye ML, Rivkin N, Olender T, Toth B, Ravid R, Mandelbaum AD, Yanowski E, Liang J, Rymer JK, Levy R, Beck G, Ainbinder E, Farhan SMK, Lennox KA, Bode NM, Behlke MA, Moller T, Saxena S, Moreno CAM, Costaguta G, van Eijk KR, Phatnani H, Al-Chalabi A, Basak AN, van den Berg LH, Hardiman O, Landers JE, Mora JS, Morrison KE, Shaw PJ, Veldink JH, Pfaff SL, Yizhar O, Gross C, Brown RH Jr, Ravits JM, Harms MB, Miller TM, Hornstein E. Human genetics and neuropathology suggest a link between miR-218 and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis pathophysiology. Sci Transl Med. 2019 Dec 18;11(523):eaav5264. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aav5264.

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