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Repurposing Study II: Evaluating Combinations of Drugs to Treat Fragile X

FRAXA Research Foundation 2016 Grants • 2017 Grants • 2018 Grants • Current Research Grants • Drug Repurposing • Healx February 8, 2018July 26, 2018FDA, FRAXA-DVI, Healx

FRAXA Research Foundation initially partnered with Healx in 2016 to identify existing drugs with potential to treat Fragile X syndrome, using machine learning algorithms and computational biology. The study produced results, and now FRAXA and Healx have launched a new round of studies to evaluate combinations of compounds, including both drugs and natural products.

Fragile X Clinical Trial of AZD7325 in Adults

FRAXA Research Foundation 2017 Grants • 2018 Grants • Biomarkers • Cincinnati Children's Hospital • Clinical • Clinical Trials • Current Research Grants • Erickson, Craig • Recruiting February 1, 2018December 26, 2019AstraZeneca, AZD7325, GABA, glutamate, NIH

With a $51,000 grant from FRAXA Research Foundation, Dr. Craig Erickson conducting a double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial of AZD7325 in adults ages 18-50 with Fragile X syndrome at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. The compound being studied is an investigational new drug from AstraZeneca that targets GABA (A) receptors.

Combinatorial Drug Treatment in a Model of Fragile X Syndrome using Novel Biomarkers

FRAXA Research Foundation 2016 Grants • 2017 Grants • Biomarkers • Current Research Grants • Lovelace, Jonny • Razak, Khaleel • Treatment Targets • University of California at Riverside October 3, 2017March 22, 2018EEG, hypersensitivity, matrix metalloproteinase, mGluR5, minocycline, MMP9, sound

With a $90,000 grant from FRAXA Research Foundation awarded over 2016-2017, University of California researchers Khaleel Razak, PhD, and Jonathan W. Lovelace, PhD, are exploring drug combinations to limit hypersensitivity to sounds in Fragile X mice.

Genome-wide Screen for FMR1 Reactivation in Human FXS Neural Cells

FRAXA Research Foundation 2017 Grants • 2018 Grants • Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) • Current Research Grants • Genetic Rescue • Pouladi, Mahmoud • Utami, Kagistia October 2, 2017January 16, 2019

Drs. Mahmoud Pouladi and Kagistia Utami at the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) in Singapore have won a $67,500 research grant from FRAXA Research Foundation. Their goal is to reactivate the gene which is silenced in people who have Fragile X syndrome.

MicroRNA Mediated Astroglial GLT1 Dysregulation in Fragile X

FRAXA Research Foundation 2017 Grants • 2018 Grants • Current Research Grants • Disease Mechanisms • Higashimori, Haruki • Men, Yuqin • Treatment Targets • Tufts University • Yang, Yongjie September 30, 2017August 22, 2018astrocytes, autism, glutamate, Pierce Family Fragile X Foundation

Almost all brain research focuses on neurons – nerve cells. However, the brain has many more glial cells which support, nourish, and protect the neurons. FRAXA Research Foundation awarded a 2017 grant $90,000 to support Dr. Yang’s studies of how changes in glial cells contribute to Fragile X syndrome. This grant is funded by a grant from the Pierce Family Fragile X Foundation.

Correcting Fragile X Syndrome Deficits by Targeting Neonatal PKCepsilon Signaling in the Brain

FRAXA Research Foundation 2017 Grants • 2018 Grants • Banerjee, Probal • College of Staten Island • Current Research Grants • Disease Mechanisms • Treatment Targets September 30, 2017January 14, 2019

FRAXA Research Foundation has made a 2017 grant of $90,000 to Probal Banerjee, PhD, at the College of Staten Island (CUNY). He is exploring a therapeutic strategy based on correcting abnormalities in the PKCepsilon signaling pathway in Fragile X.

Quantitative Assessment of the Serotonin System in a Mouse Model of Fragile X Syndrome

FRAXA Research Foundation 2017 Grants • 2018 Grants • 2019 Grants • Canal, Clinton E. • Current Research Grants • Disease Mechanisms • Drug Repurposing • Mercer University September 27, 2017April 20, 2019autism, serotonin

FRAXA Research Foundation awarded a grant of $90,000 over two years to Clinton Canal, PhD. Dr. Canal, previously a research assistant professor at Northeastern University, has just launched his own lab at Mercer University in Atlanta, GA, to focus on Fragile X research.

Preclinical Testing of Sleep-Wake Patterns as an Outcome Measure for Fragile X

Theodore Coutilish 2016 Grants • 2017 Grants • 2018 Grants • Biomarkers • Current Research Grants • Treatment Targets • University of Wisconsin • Westmark, Cara May 23, 2017August 29, 2018Alzheimer's, amyloid precursor protein, autism, EEG, seizure, sleep, sound

FRAXA Research Foundation awarded $122,000 over 2016-2018 to Dr. Cara Westmark at the University of Wisconsin at Madison for studies of sleep disorders in Fragile X syndrome.

Altered Sleep in Fragile X Syndrome: Basis for a Potential Therapeutic Target

FRAXA Research Foundation 2016 Grants • 2017 Grants • 2018 Grants • Biomarkers • Current Research Grants • Disease Mechanisms • National Institute of Mental Health • Smith, Carolyn B. • Treatment Targets September 5, 2016January 3, 2019NIH, sleep

With a $90,000 grant from FRAXA Research Foundation over 2016-2018, Dr. Carolyn B. Smith and Dr. Rache Sare at the National Institute of Mental Health investigated the basis of sleep problems in Fragile X syndrome.