First-in-human assessment of PRX002, an anti–α-synuclein monoclonal antibody, in healthy volunteers

Movement Disorders

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 211-218

  Schenk, Dale B ^a   Koller, Martin ^a   Ness, Daniel K ^a   Griffith, Sue G ^b   Grundman, Michael ^c,d   Zago, Wagner ^a   Soto, Jay ^a   Atiee, George ^e   Ostrowitzki, Susanne ^f   Kinney, Gene G ^a  

^a Prothena Biosciences Inc   (United States)

^b ClinPharma Resources   (United States)

^c Global R D Partners   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Worldwide Clinical Trials Drug Development Solutions   (United States)

^f F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

clinical trial; Parkinson's disease; protein aggregation; protein misfolding; synucleinopathy

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SYNUCLEIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PLACEBO; PRX 002; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; SNCA PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ANTIGEN BINDING; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARM EDEMA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG CLEARANCE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELIMINATION HALF-LIFE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERSALIVATION; IMMUNOGENICITY; INJECTION SITE PAIN; MALE; MAXIMUM PLASMA CONCENTRATION; NAUSEA; NEUTROPENIA; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVED RATE CONSTANT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHARMACODYNAMICS; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TIME TO MAXIMUM PLASMA CONCENTRATION; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS INFECTION; VOLUME OF DISTRIBUTION; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFECTS; IMMUNOLOGY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL, HUMANIZED; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85005931200     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.26878     Document Type: Article

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