Key result
Delandistrogene moxeparvovec shows manageable cardiac safety in DMD over 5 years with no persistent injury.
Why the study?
Delandistrogene moxeparvovec stabilizes or slows Duchenne muscular dystrophy progression, but comprehensive cardiac safety data across clinical trials required assessment.
Does delandistrogene moxeparvovec have a manageable cardiac safety profile in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy?
Does delandistrogene moxeparvovec have a manageable cardiac safety profile in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy?
Delandistrogene moxeparvovec demonstrates a manageable cardiac safety profile with no signs of persistent treatment-related cardiac injury in predominantly younger, ambulatory patients with DMD over up to 5 years of follow-up.
Cardiac monitoring warranted with delandistrogene moxeparvovec in DMD; extends early trial data but leaves open long-term risks.
INTRODUCTION: In patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), the gene transfer therapy delandistrogene moxeparvovec delivers a functional form of dystrophin, which has been shown to stabilize or slow disease progression. METHODS: We assessed cardiac safety of delandistrogene moxeparvovec in clinical trials with ≤ 5 years of follow-up. Data were collected from clinical trials 101 (NCT03375164, n = 4), 102 (NCT03769116, n = 41), ENDEAVOR (NCT04626674, n = 48), and EMBARK (NCT05096221, n = 125), which excluded patients with left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) < 40%. Adverse events and cardiac echocardiography were assessed regularly in all trials. Troponin I was assessed regularly in ENDEAVOR and EMBARK. Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI; without gadolinium enhancement) was assessed within an EMBARK substudy. RESULTS: Of 218 patients (baseline mean age [range], 6.4 [3.2-20.2] years; mean LVEF [range], 63.8% [48.9-78.0%]), 210 (96%) were ambulatory; 216 received delandistrogene moxeparvovec treatment. Two myocarditis cases were reported within 4 days after delandistrogene moxeparvovec infusion; both resolved within 3 weeks. Except in the two myocarditis cases, troponin I fluctuations were asymptomatic. Thirteen patients with baseline and postbaseline echocardiography data had elevated troponin I at baseline; 1 year post infusion, only one of these patients had LVEF < 50%. LVEF in all four patients with 5-year follow-up remained > 50%. Although cardiac MRI without gadolinium revealed no relevant differences in heart function between patients 1 or 2 years after delandistrogene moxeparvovec versus patients 1 year after placebo infusion, subclinical fibrosis cannot be ruled out. CONCLUSION: Results from delandistrogene moxeparvovec trials with 1 to 5 years of follow-up suggest a manageable cardiac safety profile in this study population of predominantly younger, ambulatory patients with DMD who had no signs of persistent treatment-related cardiac injury.
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Veerapandiyan et al. (2026) studied Duchenne muscular dystrophy (n=218). Delandistrogene moxeparvovec vs. Placebo was evaluated on Cardiac safety (adverse events, echocardiography, troponin I).
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