Spinraza Clinical Trial Update: Boy With Type 1 SMA Progressing Well FEBRUARY 10, 2017 Wendy HendersonBY WENDY HENDERSON IN SOCIAL CLIPS. Click Here to receive SMA News via e-mail This video from Nemours Children’s Hospital shows the effects of the drug nusinersen (Spinraza) on a young spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) patient. Find out more about nusinersen (Spinraza) in the webinar. Three-year-old Asher Camp from Florida was diagnosed with type 1 SMA when he was six months old, and was subsequently enrolled in the clinical trial for nusinersen. As you can see, the transformation since taking the drug is remarkable and he is now doing things his doctors and parents never dreamt he would be able to. The team at Nemours Children’s Hospital are continuing to work with the drug to establish if it could prevent the progression of SMA if given at an earlier age. Nusinersen (Spinzara) was approved by the FDA for use for children and adults with SMA on December 23, 2016, and gives hope to thousands of families across the country.