NCT07172971RecruitingPhase 1
Sodium/Glucose Cotransporter-2 Inhibitors (SGLT2i) Therapy in Duchenne Cardiomyopathy
duCHennE caRdiomyopathy mItigation Sglt2 inHibitor
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 24 Aug 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
This is a pharmacokinetic study (PK Study) to better understand empagliflozin dosing in pediatric Duchenne muscular dystrophy patients. Empagliflozin is currently used off-label in this population due to the mortality benefits seen in adult cardiomyopathy and heart failure. Investigators will perform PK studies in DMD patients of various ages and weights to better understand the PK profile (absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion) and dosing to better treat Duchenne cardiomyopathy.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Phase (registry)
- Phase 1
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 10 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 7 Aug 2025
- Start date
- 1 Jul 2026
- Primary completion date
- 1 Aug 2027
- Lead sponsor
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
- Diseases
- Heart failure, Duchenne muscular dystrophy
- NCT number
- NCT07172971
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional · Phase 1
- Planned participants: 10
- From 1 Jul 2026 to the primary completion date, 1 Aug 2027
- 1 site 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 investigational therapy that may affect cardiovascular function
- Additional genetic or congenital abnormality that may affect cardiovascular function or progression
- Contraindication to or inability to undergo CMR
- Symptomatic heart failure
- History of ketoacidosis or hypersensitivity to SGLT2i therapy
- Type 1 diabetes
- Renal disease or history of frequent urinary tract infections or genitourinary skin infections
Who the study is looking for
- Clinical phenotype of DMD confirmed with muscle biopsy or genotype
- Presence of late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) imaging by CMR
- Either normal or mildly depressed systolic function (LVEF\>40%)
- ≥8 years old and ≤18 years old
Age in the registry: 8 years to 18 years · Sex: Male · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Nashville | United States | Recruiting |
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