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25.02.07, 09:18
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PTC124 to Be Tested at Higher Doses in DMD
PTC Therapeutics of South Plainfield, N.J., will test a higher dose of its
experimental compound PTC124 in approximately 12 boys with Duchenne muscular
dystrophy (DMD) caused by a premature stop codon mutation. The drug is
designed to coax muscle cells to ignore these mutations and make functional
dystrophin.
In October, the company announced that, in a trial of 26 boys with DMD, the
drug appeared safe and well tolerated. Results showed significant decreases
in serum creatine kinase (CK), which leaks out of damaged muscle tissue, and
increases in dystrophin.
In the higher-dose study, boys will take the drug at 20 milligrams per
kilogram of body weight at breakfast and lunch and 40 milligrams per kilogram
at dinner for 28 days. They’ll be followed closely for an additional 28 days
and periodically after that.
Participants must have a documented premature stop codon mutation in the
dystrophin gene, be at least 5 years old and meet other study criteria.
Contact Kerri Donnelly at PTC Therapeutics at (908) 222-7000, ext. 112, or
kdonnelley@ptcbio.com.