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The Musella Foundation gave a $30,000 grant to help jumpstart the development of this drug - OKN-007 - back in 2013. This is your donation dollars hard at work!
They have been running a clinical trial of the drug for newly diagnosed as well as recurrent Glioblastomas. Early reports look interesting https://ascopubs.org/doi/abs/10.1200/JCO.2020.38.15_suppl.2538 for recurrent glioblastoma, the median progression free survival was only 1.4 months but overall survival was 21 months. There was no control group but historically, patients with recurrent glioblastoma rarely live over a year. 21 months would be outstanding.
They will soon be starting more clinical trials, for diffuse midline glioma, DIPG, high grade gliomas and others. They just announced that they will soon open an expanded access program, even before these new trials start. May be worth considering.