Phase III Study of Edasalonexent in Boys With Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

Summary

The PolarisDMD study is a Phase 3, global study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of edasalonexent in pediatric patients with a genetically confirmed diagnosis of DMD. Male patients from 4-7 years of age (up to 8th birthday) will be enrolled. Edasalonexent is an orally administered small molecule that inhibits NF-kB, which is the key link between loss of dystrophin and disease pathology and plays a fundamental role in the initiation and progression of skeletal and cardiac muscle disease in DMD.

Timeline

Start

2018-10-02

Primary completion

2020-09-22

Completion

2020-09-22

Publications

• Finkel RS, McDonald CM, Lee Sweeney H, Finanger E, Neil Knierbein E, Wagner KR, Mathews KD, Marks W, Statland J, Nance J, McMillan HJ, McCullagh G, Tian C, Ryan MM, O'Rourke D, Muller-Felber W, Tulinius M, Burnette WB, Nguyen CT, Vijayakumar K, Johannsen J, Phan HC, Eagle M, MacDougall J, Mancini M, Donovan JM; (For the PolarisDMD Study Group). A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Global Phase 3 Study of Edasalonexent in Pediatric Patients with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy: Results of the PolarisDMD Trial. J Neuromuscul Dis. 2021;8(5):769-784. doi: 10.3233/JND-210689.

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