August 29, 2022

Chad Coberly, CEO of Tetra Therapeutics, a Shionogi Group Company, presented about BPN14770, a PDE4 inhibitor, during the Industry Updates keynote session at the 18th International Fragile X Conference.

May 21, 2025

We’re on a mission to enroll 600 participants with FXS born in 2003 through 2020. We’re halfway there and we need your help!

February 18, 2025

In our first webinar in the NFXF’s 2025 Webinar Series, we hear updates from each of the current NIH-funded Fragile X Centers of Excellence. Why is this year’s Advocacy Day especially important? Congress is gearing up to make crucial decisions about our nation’s priorities and how to fund them. The NIH is one of those federal funding bodies supporting Fragile X research for over two decades.

September 16, 2024

Dr. Elizabeth Berry-Kravis and Dr. Walter Kaufmann presented two of the “most-cited” publications from the American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A and answered questions during a moderated Q&A.

May 6, 2025
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Harmony Biosciences shares that they have reached their enrollment goal for the Phase 3 RECONNECT trial and screening into the trial has officially closed.

April 2, 2025

A message about Shionogi’s EXPERIENCE clinical trials from Dr. Juan-Carlos Gomez, Chief Medical Officer at Shionogi & Co., Ltd.

October 31, 2024

You Spoke, We Listened: The Completely At Home RECONNECT Clinical Trial –Participate in Research Without the Stress of Traveling

January 29, 2025
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You may have heard about EXPERIENCE (Evaluation of Fragile X Experience in Cognition Expression) clinical trials as the Tetra studies or the studies of BPN14770 in Fragile X syndrome. EXPERIENCE is now being managed by Shionogi and clinical trial sites across the U.S. are still enrolling qualified male participants aged 9-45.

October 15, 2024

We live in a day and age of social sharing, and that is not going anywhere. However, when we participate in a clinical trial, we have to understand that we cannot share everything in order to protect the integrity of the trial.

July 19, 2021

In the latest from the NFXF Webinar Series, panelists discuss the advances made in understanding Fragile X Syndrome through FORWARD, the Fragile X Online Registry With Accessible Research Database.

March 12, 2025
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Kaerus Bioscience has completed its Phase 1 trial with its novel BK channel modulator, KER-0193, being developed for Fragile X Syndrome!

December 13, 2017
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This report, from Summer Scholar Marwa Zafarullah, is based on a study to help us better understand the impact of the CGG repeats on the different clinical premutation phenotypes and the molecular mechanisms behind the development of Fragile X-associated disorders.

February 21, 2024

During this 45-minute Lunch & Learn webinar, Dr. Erickson discussed details of a single-dose medication study in Fragile X syndrome (FXS), including how the study was done, what the results showed, and moreover, why the results are important, what they mean for the FXS community, and next steps to move us forward.

February 12, 2024

In the second webinar in the NFXF’s 2024 Webinar Series, Dr. Tracy King and representatives from each of the current NIH-funded Fragile X Centers of Excellence shared updates and answered questions about their progress to date.

October 2, 2023
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We are proud to be part of the Everylife Foundation’s newest report, which uses real-world data to evaluate healthcare usage in seven rare diseases and its relationship to timely diagnosis and the diagnostic odyssey.

July 26, 2023

In this three-minute video, Dr. Liz Berry-Kravis shares what participants are asked to do during the trial, who is eligible, and how to learn more.

July 7, 2023
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More research is needed to better understand the progression of FMRP expression across the lifespan and how FMRP is related to all aspects of functioning.

June 8, 2023
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Allos Pharma announced they held a meeting with the FDA to optimize the design of their Phase 3 trial designed to support an NDA to address FXS.

May 17, 2023

From our NFXF Webinar Series, Dr. Berry-Kravis joined us and shared a brief presentation about what we’ve learned about the problems that face adults living with Fragile X syndrome from the FORWARD data.

January 18, 2023

In the first webinar in the NFXF’s 2023 Webinar Series, Dr. Tracy King and representatives from each of the current NIH-funded Fragile X Centers of Excellence shared updates and answered questions about their progress to date.

October 28, 2022
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Healx shares the closing of their IMPACT-FXS trial with plans to open a new study in early 2023.

July 17, 2022

This proposal is submitted on behalf of the NFXF Clinical Trials Committee. The committee will present examples of recent announcements and headlines focused on treatment development in Fragile X syndrome.

July 15, 2022

This presentation covers results from completed clinical trials and development programs for new medications in fragile X syndrome.

July 15, 2022

The Fragile X research landscape is always evolving. Understanding how the past has influenced the present is important, but what about our future?

September 16, 2019

Diane and her son Joshua volunteered for a clinical trial a little over a year ago. In this heartwarming video, his mom shares how their family made the decision to participate, and what the experience has been like so far.

August 2, 2019

Hilary Rosselot, NFXF executive director and research facilitation lead, gives advice and guidance to participating in research studies and clinical trials.

October 17, 2018
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Early Check, a new research study, is now available for newborn babies in North Carolina. Fragile X syndrome is included in the screening.