NIH sponsors a clinical trial for an investigational monoclonal antibody to treat enterovirus D68, causing severe respiratory and neurological diseases like AFM, with no FDA-approved treatments.

The NIH sponsors a clinical trial to examine the safety of an investigational monoclonal antibody for treating enterovirus D68 (EV-D68), which triggers severe respiratory and neurological diseases like acute flaccid myelitis (AFM), resembling polio. Scientists aim to understand AFM, which surges every other year in the US since 2014, and there are no FDA-approved treatments for severe EV-D68 infection or AFM.

June 27, 2024
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