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Modeling Mortality in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Cardiomyopathy: Identification of Surrogate Outcome Measures for DMD Drug Trials

Evaluating Cardiac Function in Patients With Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 28 Jul 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

Dystrophin associated heart dysfunction is a leading cause of death in patients with Duchenne and Becker Muscular dystrophy (DMD/BMD) and Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy carriers (MDC); however, the evolution of heart dysfunction is not well-understood. The central objectives of this proposal are to elucidate this evolution of heart dysfunction and identify measures from cardiac MRI images that can predict death or significant heart disease in patients with DMD/BMD/MDC. This study will create a large clinical and cardiac MRI registry of dystrophin associated heart dysfunction, will utilize advanced image analysis techniques, including deep learning neural networks, to comprehensively evaluate every patient, and will create a risk toolkit accessible to clinicians around the world; this proposal has the potential to improve the quality of life in patients with dystrophin associated heart dysfunction by allowing for earlier and more intensive therapy in patients with severe disease and by identifying surrogate outcome measures for use in therapeutic trials.

Status (registry)
Recruiting
Study type
Observational
Enrollment
1000 (estimated)
First submitted
24 Jun 2026
Start date
6 Jan 2025
Primary completion date
1 Feb 2029
Lead sponsor
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
NCT number
NCT07674758

What you commit to

  • Study type: Observational
  • Planned participants: 1000
  • From 6 Jan 2025 to the primary completion date, 1 Feb 2029
  • 9 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 investigational therapy that may affect cardiovascular function (would preclude ongoing data collection but prior data would still be used)

Other

  • Additional genetic or congenital abnormality that may affect cardiovascular function or progression

Who the study is looking for

  • Clinical phenotype of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD), or muscular dystrophy carrier (MDC) confirmed with muscle biopsy or genotype

Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (9)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
Lurie Children's
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ChicagoUnited StatesRecruiting
Nationwide Children's
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ColumbusUnited StatesRecruiting
Duke Children's Hospital
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DurhamUnited StatesRecruiting
Riley Children's Hospital
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IndianapolisUnited StatesRecruiting
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
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NashvilleUnited StatesRecruiting
Children's Hospital of Richmond at VCU
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RichmondUnited StatesRecruiting
UC Davis
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SacramentoUnited StatesRecruiting
Seattle Children's
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SeattleUnited StatesRecruiting
Children's National
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Washington D.C.United StatesRecruiting

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