Duchenne muscular dystrophy: who works on it

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• All targets
• DMD 9
• ATM 0
• SIRT1 0
• EGFR 0
• AMPK 0
• HDAC 0
• mTOR 0
• SGLT2 1
• TNF 0
• CFTR 1
• CTLA-4 0
• G6PD 0
• GLP-1 0
• HTT 1
• IL-23 0
• IL-6 0
• NF1 1
• NRF2 0
• PINK1 0
• PPAR 0
• SMN1 1
• STK11 0
• TTR 1
• YAP 0

24 of 37+ institutions, ordered by recent publications and open trials. This is not a ranking of quality.

Funded research projects that name this disease in their title, terms or summary and have not ended yet: who is funded, where, how much and until when. Organisations only; the funder's page has the details.

• NIH NIAMS · R21

  Failure to resolve an adaptive stress state contributes to Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Severity

  University of Southern California· Los Angeles, United States· US$211,650 awarded in fiscal year 2026· until Aug 2028

• NIH NIA · R44

  IND-enabling program for novel stimulant FBD-400

  Firebird Pharmaceuticals, Inc.· Boston, United States· US$1,654,275 awarded in fiscal year 2026· until May 2028

• NIH NINDS · R56

  Treg-mediated tolerance of dystrophin immunity

  University of California-Irvine· Irvine, United States· US$549,500 awarded in fiscal year 2026· until Aug 2027

• NIH NINDS · U01

  Advancing Ex Vivo Gene Therapy: IND-Enabling Studies for ASAH1-related SMA-PME

  Cedars-Sinai Medical Center· Los Angeles, United States· US$825,159 awarded in fiscal year 2026· until Aug 2028

• NIH NIAMS · R01

  Targeting protein N-terminal methyltransferase in muscle diseases

  Purdue University· West Lafayette, United States· US$587,757 awarded in fiscal year 2026· until Jun 2031

• European Commission (Horizon Europe) · HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-PF-EF

  Syriac Education, Abbasid Times: Reclaiming the Place of Syriac Intellectual Training under Muslim Rulers (SEAT)

  Universita Degli Studi di Catania· Catania, Italy· EU contribution €209,483· until Feb 2029

  The disease is named only in the funder's project summary, not in the title.

• European Commission (Horizon Europe) · HORIZON-ERC-POC

  Targeted Genetic Manipulation of Muscle Stem Cells in vivo Towards New Treatment Strategies Against Muscular Dystrophies (StemAAV)

  Institut Pasteur· Paris, France· EU contribution €150,000· until May 2028

  The disease is named only in the funder's project summary, not in the title.

• European Commission (Horizon Europe) · HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-PF-EF

  SKeletal Muscle - REgulation of FORce and Maturation through Tubulin isotypes (SKM-REFORMAT)

  Universite Lyon 1 Claude Bernard· Villeurbanne Cedex, France· EU contribution €242,261· until Jan 2028

  The disease is named only in the funder's project summary, not in the title.

• European Commission (Horizon Europe) · HORIZON-ERC-POC

  Exploiting Transcriptional Adaptation to Develop New Genetic Compensation-based Therapies (TA2TRSQ)

  Max-Planck-Gesellschaft Zur Forderung Der Wissenschaften Ev· Munchen, Germany· EU contribution €150,000· until Feb 2027

  The disease is named only in the funder's project summary, not in the title.

• European Commission (Horizon Europe) · HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-PF-GF

  Deciphering the role of protein S-palmitoylation in skeletal muscle physiopathology (MyoPALM)

  Universita Degli Studi di Padova· Padova, Italy· EU contribution €320,924· until Aug 2027· 2 countries

10 of 218 running projects, newest first. Listed amounts together: US$115.0m + €16.5m.

Sources: NIH RePORTER (U.S. National Institutes of Health, public domain) and CORDIS (European Commission, CC BY 4.0). Changes: filtered by disease, organisations matched to ROR.

Terminated, withdrawn and suspended trials with the reason the sponsor gave in the registry, quoted word for word.

• Terminated

  A Gene Transfer Therapy Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of Delandistrogene Moxeparvovec (SRP-9001) Following Imlifidase Infusion in Participants With Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) Determined to Have Pre-existing Antibodies to Recombinant Adeno-Associated Virus Serotype (rAAVrh74)

  NCT06241950· Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc.· Updated 6 Nov 2026

  “Study is being terminated due to a business decision.”Registry text, quoted unchanged. Source

• Withdrawn

  Natural History of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Cardiomyopathy (DMD-CMP)

  NCT05558813· Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris· Updated 20 Nov 2025

  “Cancellation of financing by the financier.”Registry text, quoted unchanged. Source

• Terminated

  A Study to Evaluate the Safety and Tolerability of PF-06939926 Gene Therapy in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

  NCT03362502· Pfizer· Updated 15 Sept 2025

  “All participants who have received fordadistrogene movaparvovec in any Pfizer study will now be assessed for long-term safety in 1 combined study: C3391003”Registry text, quoted unchanged. Source

• Terminated

  A Gene Transfer Therapy to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of Delandistrogene Moxeparvovec (SRP-9001) Following Therapeutic Plasma Exchange (Plasmapheresis) in Participants With Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) and Pre-existing Antibodies to AAVrh74

  NCT06597656· Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc.· Updated 4 Sept 2025

  “Study is being terminated due to a business decision.”Registry text, quoted unchanged. Source

Trials whose registry record says individual participant data (IPD) will be shared.

• A Gene Delivery Study to Evaluate the Safety and Expression of Delandistrogene Moxeparvovec in Participants Under the Age of Four With Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD)

  NCT06128564· Hoffmann-La Roche· Source

Find publications on this disease by a MeSH method term, for example a sequencing or imaging method.

• Single-Cell Analysis 2
• Organoids 3
• CRISPR-Cas Systems 13
• Gene Expression Profiling 7
• Sequence Analysis, RNA 1
• Whole Genome Sequencing 4
• Exome Sequencing 5
• Proteomics 13
• Metabolomics 1
• Mass Spectrometry 2
• Immunohistochemistry 3
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging 19
• Machine Learning 2
• Cohort Studies 8

• Proteomics of the skeletal muscle dystrophin complex.

  Adv Clin Chem, Sept 2026

• Proteomic Profiling of Myofiber Repair Annexins and Their Role in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.

  Proteomics, Nov 2025

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