MDA’s Ambassadors are pivotal to our mission: empowering people living with muscular dystrophy, ALS, and related neuromuscular diseases to achieve their potential. We do that through care, research, and advocacy. Because the mission is big, we need big partners who can help evangelize what MDA is, what we do, and, most importantly, who we do it for. Enter, . . .
Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD) is a rare genetic disorder involving mutations of the dystrophin gene. BMD exhibits similar signs and symptoms to another condition, Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), which is caused by different mutations in the same gene. Although both conditions affect skeletal muscles used for movement, as well as heart muscles, they differ in . . .
Researchers at Boston Children’s Hospital/Brandeis University are seeking unaffected siblings of boys with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) to participate in a survey about their perspectives on disclosure and communication within the family. The information gained from this study will be used to guide parents on how to best communicate information about DMD to their family members. . . .
Researchers at Stanford Neuroscience Health Center are seeking 3-year-old boys living with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), particularly in California, to participate in an early phase clinical trial (a new cohort of the ENDEAVOR trial) to evaluate efficacy of Sarepta’s investigational gene replacement therapy SRP-9001 to treat DMD. SRP-9001 uses an adeno-associated virus (AAVrh74) to introduce a . . .
On Oct. 28, 2021 the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) announced the awarding of 18 new grants totaling over $1.6 million toward neuromuscular disease (NMD) research. These new grants represent a continued commitment by MDA to fund groundbreaking research that will one day lead to treatments and cures for the diseases in its program. The newly . . .
When Stephanie and Wayne Donato received the diagnosis of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) for their son Maximus, who was 4 at the time, in 2017, “we were completely blindsided,” Stephanie says. The couple quickly realized there were a lot of people they needed to tell, and they started with their own family. The Donatos also . . .
On September 24, Capricor Therapeutics announced positive results at the World Muscle Society Virtual Congress from its phase 2 HOPE-2 trial of the investigational therapy CAP-1002 for treatment of people in advanced stages of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). The primary and secondary endpoints of the study, the improvement of upper limb and cardiac function, were met, . . .
Researchers at Rare Disease Research, LLC are seeking boys between the ages of 6 months and 2 years who are living with Duchenne muscular dystrophy caused by a nonsense mutation (nmDMD) to participate in a phase 2 clinical trial to evaluate the safety and duration of effect of ataluren (brand name Translarna) to treat nmDMD. Ataluren . . .
Researchers at Cumberland Pharmaceuticals Inc. are seeking boys and men living with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) to participate in a phase 2 clinical trial to evaluate the safety, efficacy, and duration of effect of oral ifetroban to treat heart disease associated with DMD. Ifetroban is designed to reduce fibrosis and fat deposition in the heart and . . .
Researchers at FibroGen are seeking boys living with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) to participate in a phase 3 clinical trial to evaluate efficacy of the investigational drug pamrevlumab (FG-3019) in combination with systemic corticosteroids to treat DMD. Pamrevlumab is designed to decrease fibrosis in the muscles, thereby protecting the heart and lungs. This has the potential . . .
