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Trial reportNature medicine2025

AAV gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy: the EMBARK phase 3 randomized trial.

Jerry R Mendell, Francesco Muntoni, Craig M McDonald, Eugenio M Mercuri, Emma Ciafaloni, Hirofumi Komaki, Carmen Leon-Astudillo, Andrés Nascimento, Crystal Proud, Ulrike Schara-Schmidt and 15 more

Registry-linked trialAbstract readRandomized Controlled TrialClinical Trial, Phase IIIMulticenter Study
In one paragraph

Trial report in Nature medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05096221 (A Phase 3 Multinational, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Systemic Gene Delivery Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of SRP-9001 in Subjects With Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy), which is not on this map. Cited by 103 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT05096221 phase3completednot on this map

A Phase 3 Multinational, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Systemic Gene Delivery Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of SRP-9001 in Subjects With Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (EMBARK)

TypeinterventionalSponsorSarepta Therapeutics, Inc.Ran2021 to 2024Enrolled126ConditionsDuchenne Muscular DystrophyArmsdelandistrogene moxeparvovec, placebo
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

103 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

25 authors.

Jerry R Mendell *Center for Gene Therapy, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, USA. JMendell@Sarepta.com.ORCID 0009-0006-3966-6303
Francesco Muntoni *Dubowitz Neuromuscular Centre, NIHR Great Ormond Street Hospital Biomedical Research Centre, Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health and Institute of Neurology, University College London and Great Ormond Street Hospital Trust, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-9102-5232
Craig M McDonaldUC Davis Health, Sacramento, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8779-3220
Eugenio M MercuriPediatric Neurology Institute, Catholic University and Nemo Pediatrico, Fondazione Policlinico Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
Emma CiafaloniUniversity of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA.
Hirofumi KomakiTranslational Medical Center, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-0659-1417
Carmen Leon-AstudilloDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1800-4301
Andrés NascimentoNeuromuscular Unit, Neuropaediatrics Department, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Fundacion Sant Joan de Déu, CIBERER - ISC III, Barcelona, Spain.
Crystal ProudChildren's Hospital of the King's Daughters, Norfolk, VA, USA.ORCID 0009-0008-8416-9335
Ulrike Schara-SchmidtDepartment of Pediatric Neurology, Center for Neuromuscular Disorders in Children and Adolescents, University Clinic Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.
Aravindhan VeerapandiyanDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Neurology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Arkansas Children's Hospital, Little Rock, AR, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3065-3956
Craig M ZaidmanDepartment of Neurology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Maitea GuridiF. Hoffmann-La Roche, Ltd., Basel, Switzerland.ORCID 0009-0000-7163-0075
Alexander P MurphyRoche Products, Ltd., Welwyn Garden City, UK.
Carol ReidRoche Products, Ltd., Welwyn Garden City, UK.
Christoph WandelF. Hoffmann-La Roche, Ltd., Basel, Switzerland.
Damon R AsherSarepta Therapeutics, Inc., Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID 0009-0009-3907-9709
Eddie DartonSarepta Therapeutics, Inc., Cambridge, MA, USA.
Stefanie MasonSarepta Therapeutics, Inc., Cambridge, MA, USA.
Rachael A PotterSarepta Therapeutics, Inc., Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5564-8993
Teji SinghSarepta Therapeutics, Inc., Cambridge, MA, USA.
Wenfei ZhangSarepta Therapeutics, Inc., Cambridge, MA, USA.
Paulo FontouraF. Hoffmann-La Roche, Ltd., Basel, Switzerland.
Jacob S ElkinsSarepta Therapeutics, Inc., Cambridge, MA, USA.
Louise R Rodino-KlapacSarepta Therapeutics, Inc., Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8966-5177

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a rare, X-linked neuromuscular disease caused by pathogenic variants in the DMD gene that result in the absence of functional dystrophin, beginning at birth and leading to progressive impaired motor function, loss of ambulation and life-threatening cardiorespiratory complications. Delandistrogene moxeparvovec, an adeno-associated rh74-viral vector-based gene therapy, addresses absent functional dystrophin in DMD. Here the phase 3 EMBARK study aimed to assess the efficacy and safety of delandistrogene moxeparvovec in patients with DMD. Ambulatory males with DMD, ≥4 years to <8 years of age, were randomized and stratified by age group and North Star Ambulatory Assessment (NSAA) score to single-administration intravenous delandistrogene moxeparvovec (1.33 × 10

Indexed as

DependovirusGene Therapy AgentsGenetic TherapyMuscular Dystrophy, DuchenneAdolescentChildChild, PreschoolDystrophinGenetic VectorsHumansMaleTreatment Outcomedelandistrogene moxeparvovecDystrophin

Identifiers

PMID39385046
PMCPMC11750718

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