NCT05670730CompletedPhase 1/2
Study of AOC 1044 in Healthy Adult Volunteers and Participants With Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) Mutations Amenable to Exon 44 Skipping
A Phase 1/2, Randomized, Placebo-controlled, Double-blind, Study to Evaluate the Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacokinetics, and Pharmacodynamic Effects of Single and Multiple Ascending Doses of AOC 1044 Administered Intravenously to Healthy Adult Volunteers and Participants With DMD Mutations Amenable to Exon 44 Skipping
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 14 Jul 2025
Brief summary (registry, in English)
AOC 1044-CS1 (EXPLORE44) is a Phase 1/2 study to evaluate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacodynamic effects of single and multiple ascending doses of AOC 1044 in healthy adult volunteers and participants with DMD mutations amenable to exon 44 skipping. Part A is a single dose design with multiple cohorts (dose levels) in healthy adult volunteers. Part B is a multiple-ascending dose design with 3 cohorts (dose levels) in participants with Duchenne.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Phase (registry)
- Phase 1/2
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 70 (actual)
- First submitted
- 6 Dec 2022
- Start date
- 9 Nov 2022
- Primary completion date
- 25 Nov 2024
- Lead sponsor
- Avidity Biosciences, Inc.
- Diseases
- Duchenne muscular dystrophy
- NCT number
- NCT05670730
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional · Phase 1/2
- Participants enrolled: 70
- From 9 Nov 2022 to the primary completion date, 25 Nov 2024
- 10 sites in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Prior treatment
- Current or recent use of prescription or nonprescription drugs
- Positive drug/alcohol test at Screening or Day -1
- Participation in a clinical study in which an investigational product was received within 1 month of screening or 5 half-lives of the investigational product
- Prior treatment with any cell or gene therapy
- Prior treatment with another exon 44 skipping agent within 6 months prior to informed consent
- Recently treated with an investigational drug
Other illness
- Uncontrolled hypertension or diabetes
- History of multiple drug allergies
Lab values
- Clinically significant abnormalities in laboratory results, ECGs, or vitals
- Serum hemoglobin \< lower limit of normal
Other
- Elevated blood pressure (BP) \>130/80 mmHg at Screening
- Blood or plasma donation within 16 weeks of planned AOC 1044 administration Note: Other protocol defined Inclusion/Exclusion criteria may apply
- Part B:
- Biceps brachii muscles unsuitable for biopsy
Who the study is looking for
- Aged 18 to 55 years, inclusive, at the time of informed consent
- Body mass index (BMI) of 18.5 to 32.0 kg/m2
- Aged 7 to 27 years, inclusive, at the time of informed consent
- Clinical diagnosis of DMD or clear onset of DMD symptoms at or before the age of 6 years
- Confirmation of DMD gene mutation amenable to exon 44 skipping
- Weight ≥ 23 kg
- Ambulatory or non-ambulatory
- Ambulatory participants: LVEF ≥50% and FVC≥50%
- Non-ambulatory participants: LVEF ≥45% and FVC≥40%
- PUL 2.0 entry item A ≥3
- If on corticosteroids, stable dose for 30 days before screening and throughout the study
Criteria the registry did not label
- Part A:
Age in the registry: 7 years to 55 years · Sex: Male · Accepts healthy volunteers
Sites (10)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rare Disease Research - Atlanta Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Atlanta | United States | Unknown status |
| Abigail Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Columbus | United States | Unknown status |
| Rare Disease Research NC Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Hillsborough | United States | Unknown status |
| University of Iowa Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Iowa City | United States | Unknown status |
| UCSD Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | La Jolla | United States | Unknown status |
| Arkansas Children's Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Little Rock | United States | Unknown status |
| Stanford University Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Palo Alto | United States | Unknown status |
| Gillette Children's Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Saint Paul | United States | Unknown status |
| Worldwide Clinical Trials (Part A only) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | San Antonio | United States | Unknown status |
| University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Worcester | United States | Unknown status |
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