Rituximab

bromley · Post by **bromley** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 10:27 am

http://c.moreover.com/click/here.pl?j449182187&w=464753

dignan · Post by **dignan** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 10:44 am

For me, the interesting part of the article is the update on the clinical trials. This seems like the best hope for a treatment for PPMS in the short-medium term.

"Dr. Stuve's study involves patients with primary progressive disease. Enrollment just finished, comprising 435 patients at 60 sites in the United States and Canada . Another study involving patients with relapsing-remitting disease is enrolling patients and is being by led by researchers at the University of California in San Francisco."

DenverCO · Post by **DenverCO** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 4:01 pm

What trial phase is this in?

dignan · Post by **dignan** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 5:56 pm

Phase II for both PPMS and RRMS trials, although it looks like the PP trials are slightly further along. I'm betting they'll start prescribing this for PP off-label pretty fast if the trial has decent results.