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Profiling tofersen as a treatment of superoxide dismutase 1 amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

Miguel Oliveira SantosMamede de Carvalho
Published in: Expert review of neurotherapeutics (2024)
VALOR study failed to meet the primary endpoint (change in the revised Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Functional Rating Scale score from baseline to week 28, tofersen arm vs. placebo), but a significant reduction in plasma neurofilament light chain (NfL) levels was observed in tofersen arm (60% vs. 20%). PrefALS study has proposed plasma NfL has a potential biomarker for presymptomatic treatment, since it increases 6-12 months before phenoconversion. There is probably a delay between plasma NfL reduction and the clinical benefit. ATLAS study will allow more insights regarding tofersen clinical efficacy in disease progression rate, survival, and even disease onset delay in presymptomatic SOD1 carriers.
Keyphrases
  • amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
  • randomized controlled trial
  • clinical trial
  • nitric oxide
  • hydrogen peroxide
  • combination therapy
  • study protocol
  • double blind