Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

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A Year of DMD Gene Therapy Trial Failures

October 29th 2024

The outcomes of the EMBARK and CIFFREO trials in boys aged 4 to 7 have raised concerns in the Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) community and prompted layoffs at Pfizer.

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Studies Highlight Heavy Burden on Caregivers of Patients With DMD

October 28th 2024

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Zinc Supplements Fall Short for Boys With Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

October 25th 2024

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Genotypes May Influence When Patients With DMD Have Loss of Ambulation

October 9th 2024

Currently, 4 exon-skipping drugs are FDA approved for DMD: eteplirsen (Exondys 51), golodirsen (Vyondys 53), casimersen (Amondys 45), and viltolarsen (Viltepso) | Image credit: CrazyJuke - stock.adobe.com
WVE-N531 Shows Promising Efficacy in DMD at Interim FORWARD-53 Analysis

September 26th 2024

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January 24th 2024

DMD Guidance Could Benefit From Update, Experts Say

Maggie L. Shaw
MEDLINE, the Turning Research Into Practice database, Google Scholar, and organization guidelines were searched for their ongoing applicability to the management of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) and to determine if there is a need to develop new treatment recommendations.
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January 12th 2024

Health State Utility Scores for DMD-Related Impairment Need to Better Reflect Patient Input

Maggie L. Shaw
Patient-reported outcomes data regarding measures of health-related quality of life, also known as health state utilities, in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) are scarce, with current knowledge in this area concentrated in caregiver feedback.
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January 5th 2024

Sarepta Therapeutics Seeks to Expand Delandistrogene Moxeparvovec Indications

Maggie L. Shaw
Delandistrogene moxeparvovec-rokl (Elevidys; Sarepta Therapeutics) is currently approved to treat Duchenne muscular dystrophy in 4- and 5-year-old patients who have a confirmed DMD gene mutation.
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January 2nd 2024

Proposed Guidance for DMD-Related Respiratory Function Evaluation in the UK

Maggie L. Shaw
A multidisciplinary team has proposed respiratory care guidance for pediatric and adult patients living with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) in the United Kingdom (UK), with these recommendations meant to optimize DMD care day to day and in acute episodes.
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December 29th 2023

Descriptions of Physical Limitations, Symptoms of DMD From the Patient, Caregiver Perspective

Skylar Jeremias
A recent study encapsulates how patients and caregivers characterize the impact of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) on patients’ physical limitations and symptom burden, potentially helping to inform patient-centered strategies for assessing clinical outcomes in DMD research.
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December 21st 2023

Top 5 Most-Read DMD Articles of 2023

Maggie L. Shaw
This year’s top content in the Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) space focused on a novel gene therapy approval, the high cost of care for this genetic disorder, and steps forward in other treatments.
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December 15th 2023

FDA Extends Review Time for Investigational Duchenne Agent Givinostat

Marco Meglio
Givinostat, a histone deacetylase inhibitor from Italfarmaco, was supported by data from the phase 3 EPIDYS study, a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter trial investigating the agent vs placebo.
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December 7th 2023

New Investigation Analyzes Magnetic Resonance Measures of DMD for Disease Progression

Maggie L. Shaw
Investigators evaluated longitudinal MRI and spectroscopy outcomes and ambulatory function among 180 patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) to establish the utility and reproducibility of magnetic resonance measures of muscle quality at different disease stages.
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November 22nd 2023

EMBARK Data Support Delandistrogene Moxeparvovec for DMD Across All Study End Points

Marco Meglio
Over a 52-week treatment period, the gene therapy demonstrated robust evidence for a clinically meaningful benefit, including across several prespecified functional secondary end points vs placebo.
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November 17th 2023

Data on Delandistrogene Moxeparvovec Can Inform Future Gene Therapies

Maggie L. Shaw
The FDA approved delandistrogene moxeparvovec-rokl (Elevidys, Sarepta Therapeutics) in June to treat Duchenne muscular dystrophy in ambulatory pediatric patients aged 4 through 5 who have a confirmed DMD gene mutation.
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November 15th 2023

Heart Failure Undertreated in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

Maggie L. Shaw
With improved survival becoming more common among individuals who have Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), cardiomyopathy is also increasing in prevalence among this population.
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November 9th 2023

Key Insights Into BMD, DMD Could Revolutionize Clinical Care and Trials

Maggie L. Shaw
This retrospective review compared appendicular lean mass (ALM) and ALM index among patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) or Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD).
The disease is characterized by the regression of muscle function, and patients with the rare, fatal disorder will slowly lose ambulation and suffer from respiratory failure | Image Credit: Dr_Microbe - stock.adobe.com
November 2nd 2023

FDA Approves Vamorolone to Treat Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

Erin Hunter
The drug’s mode of action is different than other types of corticosteroids because it’s based on the differential effects on glucocorticoid and mineralocorticoid receptors.
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October 25th 2023

Exon-Skipping Therapy for DMD Linked to High Care Costs, Health Care Resource Utilization

Maggie L. Shaw
This comprehensive comparative analysis examined the economic and health care resource utilization implications of initiating glucocorticoid and exon-skipping therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD).
Aravindhan Veerapandiyan, MD | Image Credit: Arkansas Children's Hospital
October 21st 2023

Phase 1/2 Findings Highlight RGX-202’s Safety, Impact on Key Duchenne Biomarkers

Isabella Ciccone, MPH
RGX-202, a gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy, was well tolerated with no therapy-related serious adverse effects in 3 patients who received the level 1 dosage.
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October 19th 2023

Case Report of Patient Death Following High-Dose Gene Therapy for DMD

Maggie L. Shaw
In this case study, a patient who had Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) and received high-dose transgene therapy to upregulate cortical dystrophin subsequently developed acute respiratory distress syndrome and died.
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October 9th 2023

Avidity Biosciences Gains FDA Orphan Drug Designation for Patients With DMD

Pearl Steinzor
Sarah Boyce, president and CEO at Avidity Biosciences, discusses her leading role at the company, as well as antibody oligonucleotide conjugate drug, AOC 1044, currently in development for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) with mutations amenable to exon 44 skipping (DMD44).
FDA Approves Delandistrogene Moxeparvovec, First Gene Therapy to Treat Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
June 22nd 2023

FDA Approves Delandistrogene Moxeparvovec, First Gene Therapy to Treat Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

Mary Caffrey
The therapy, to be marketed as Elevidys, is approved for the treatment of ambulatory pediatric patients aged 4 through 5 years with DMD who have a confirmed mutation in the DMD gene.
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September 21st 2022

Balancing Hopes for a Cure for SMA, DMD With Realistic Expectations

Jared Kaltwasser
A new study looks at the balancing act physicians and families must carry out when managing expectations at a time of great scientific advancement in spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) and Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD).
Researchers Outline Promising Future for SMA, DMD With Emergence of Gene Therapies, ASOs
September 12th 2020

Researchers Outline Promising Future for SMA, DMD With Emergence of Gene Therapies, ASOs

Jaime Rosenberg
Researchers provided an overview of what they deem a hopeful future for spinal muscular atrophy and Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
Researchers Try to Update Prevalence of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
June 15th 2020

Researchers Try to Update Prevalence of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

Skylar Jeremias
Studies with better data are still needed to fully understand the epidemiology of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), according to a recently published review.
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