Brainstorm Cell Therapeutics (NSDQ:BCLI) said today that the first patients have been enrolled in its Phase III trial evaluating NurOwn as a treatment for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, at Massachusetts General Hospital and UC Irvine Medical Center.

The trial, which is slated to enroll 200 patients, is designed to include the pre-specified patient subgroups who saw superior outcomes in the NurOwn Phase II ALS trial. BrainStorm said it expects top-line data from the trial in 2019.

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