Conditions: Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
Keywords: DMD
Allocation: RANDOMIZED | Intervention model: PARALLEL
Enrollment: 12
Healthy volunteers: no

Brief summary:
This study is designed to assess the efficacy, safety, tolerability, and pharmacokinetics (PK) of AVI-4658 (eteplirsen) in both 50.0 mg/kg and 30.0 mg/kg doses administered over 24 weeks in subjects diagnosed with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD).

Detailed description:
For details regarding the roll-over extension study 4658-us-202, please refer to NCT01540409.

Arms:
arm 1: 1. 50 mg/kg eteplirsen for 28 weeks
2. 30 mg/kg eteplirsen for 28 weeks arm 2: 3a. Placebo 50 mg/kg phosphate buffered saline solution identical in appearance to eteplirsen for 24 weeks followed by 50 mg/kg of eteplirsen for 4 weeks.

3b. Placebo 30 mg/kg phosphate buffered saline solution identical in appearance to eteplirsen for 24 weeks followed by 30 mg/kg of eteplirsen for 4 weeks.

Interventions: intervention 1: AVI-4658 (Eteplirsen) intervention 2: Placebo
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: Treatment group 1 (n=4): 50.0 mg/kg eteplirsen once weekly x 24 weeks via a 60-minute i.v. infusion Treatment group 2 (n=4): 30.0 mg/kg eteplirsen once weekly x 24 weeks via a 60-minute i.v. infusion Treatment group 3 (n=4): matching placebo once weekly x 24 weeks via a 60-minute i.v. infusion; treatment group 3a will match two placebo subjects to 50.0 mg/kg eteplirsen; treatment group 3b will match two placebo subjects to 30.0 mg/kg eteplirsen intervention 2: sterile, isotonic, clear, colorless phosphate buffered saline solution of eteplirsen at a concentration of 100 mg/mL in single-use vials containing a nominal volume of 1.0 mL without preservatives.

Protocol document: