This issue covers August 24, 2026 to August 30, 2026 and was published August 31, 2026. Read the latest week
The week in rare disease
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Besremi, Mimrylo, Lisraya and Imaavy approved, and 179 trial changes across 63 conditions
In the week of Aug 24th we recorded 179 changes to rare disease trials on ClinicalTrials.gov, 4 FDA decisions, and 3 trials that opened to new patients.
- AUG24MonApprovalImaavy, plus 25 changes
- AUG25Tue17trial changes
- AUG26Wed11trial changes, 1 guide
- AUG27ThuApprovalLisraya, plus 54 changes
- AUG28FriApprovalMimrylo, plus 11 changes
- AUG29Sat32trial changes
- AUG30Sun29trial changes
FDA and moneyTrial changesNew guidesGreen tiles mark an approval or a trial opening, grey a refusal or a trial closing, an outline something still to come
Trials that opened and closed
Status changes recorded on ClinicalTrials.gov this week, 31 in all
- Now recruiting. Study to Evaluate the Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacokinetics, and… (Hoffmann-La Roche)Huntington Disease
- Now recruiting. Theory-based Health Behaviour Change Intervention in Individuals of Metabolic… (Chinese University of Hong Kong)Chronic Graft-versus-Host Disease
- Now recruiting. Alleviant ALLAY-HF Study (Alleviant Medical)Chronic Graft-versus-Host Disease
- No longer enrolling. Brentuximab Vedotin in Treating Patients With CD30+ Malignant Mesothelioma… (M.D. Anderson Cancer Center)Mesothelioma
- No longer enrolling. Exploring the Olfactory Mucosa, Blood and Urine for the Identification of… (Fondazione I.R.C.C.S. Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta)Multiple System Atrophy
- No longer enrolling. Study to Evaluate the Safety, Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics and Clinical… (Geron)Myelofibrosis
- No longer enrolling. 3'-Deoxy-3'-[18F] Fluorothymidine PET Imaging in Patients With Cancer (Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute)Hodgkin Lymphoma
- No longer enrolling. Consolidation With Loncastuximab Tesirine After a Short Course of… (Fondazione Italiana Linfomi - ETS)Hodgkin Lymphoma
- No longer enrolling. Study to Assess the Adverse Events, Change in Disease Activity, and How… (AbbVie)Hodgkin Lymphoma
- No longer enrolling. Study to Evaluate the Safety of AB-1003 (Previously LION-101) in Subjects With… (AskBio)Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy
- No longer enrolling. Liver Cancer Registry Platform (iOMEDICO AG)Cholangiocarcinoma
Results, funds and designations
- FDA grants orphan drug designation to ambroxol for Gaucher DiseaseGaucher Disease · FDA
- FDA grants orphan drug designation to immune globulin intravenous (human) for Stiff Person SyndromeStiff Person Syndrome · FDA
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Past weeks
Every issue stays here at its own address. The archive begins with the first week we recorded, the week of April 20th, 2026.
- #28Week of October 26thVoceryq is approved for RRP, three myasthenia gravis trials close to new patients, and Kite's CAR-T reaches past myeloma1 3
- #27Week of October 19thUltomiris approved for IgA nephropathy, 7 new guides1 7
- #26Week of October 12thEnspryng approved for Thyroid eye disease, 10 new guides1 10
- #25Week of October 5th5 new guides5
- #24Week of September 28thCamzyos approved for Obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, adolescents, Emcitate approved for MCT8 deficiency, 9 new guides2 9
- #23Week of September 21stAtebrioz approved for Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva, Gazyva approved for Idiopathic nephrotic syndrome, 9 new guides3 9
- #22Week of September 14thAqneursa approved for Ataxia-telangiectasia, Fayuvi approved for Sanfilippo syndrome type A, 9 new guides2 9
- #21Week of September 7thIsembyld approved for Spinal muscular atrophy, Joenja approved for Activated PI3K delta syndrome (APDS), children 4 to 11, 5 new guides2 5
- #20Week of August 31stZanvastro approved for Alexander disease1
- #19Week of August 24thBesremi approved for Essential thrombocythemia, Mimrylo approved for Polycythemia vera, 1 new guide4 1
- #18Week of August 17thGenglycos approved for Glycogen storage disease type 1a, Pasatru approved for Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva2
- #17Week of August 10thTrial changes across the conditions we follow
- #16Week of August 3rdOrzeyful approved for Narcolepsy type 11
- #15Week of July 27thTrial changes across the conditions we follow
- #14Week of July 20thTrial changes across the conditions we follow
- #13Week of July 13thFabhalta approved for IgA nephropathy1
- #12Week of July 6thTrutakna approved for IgA nephropathy1
- #11Week of June 29thTrial changes across the conditions we follow
- #10Week of June 22ndTrial changes across the conditions we follow
- #9Week of June 15thTrial changes across the conditions we follow
- #8Week of June 8thTrial changes across the conditions we follow
- #7Week of June 1stTrial changes across the conditions we follow
- #6Week of May 25th1 new guide1
- #5Week of May 18th1 new guide1
- #4Week of May 11th1 new guide1
- #3Week of May 4th4 new guides4
- #2Week of April 27th4 new guides4
- #1Week of April 20th2 new guides2