The oral therapy valbenazine significantly reduces involuntary muscle contractions, or chorea, and patient-reported disease burden in people with Huntington’s disease, according to results from the Phase 3 KINECT-HD clinical trial.
Top-line data were announced by Neurocrine Biosciences, the therapy’s manufacturer, in 2021. The full findings have been published in this month's issue of The Lancet Neurology.
The findings form the basis of Neurocrine’s application before the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for valbenazine to treat Huntington’s-associated chorea. Click here to learn more.
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