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NCT07704099RecruitingPhase 2

Safety and Efficacy of KER-065 in Participants With Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

A Multicenter, Phase 2, Open-Label Study Evaluating the Safety and Efficacy of KER-065 in Participants With Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 4 Nov 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics (PK), pharmacodynamics (PD), and efficacy of KER-065 administered to adult and pediatric ambulatory and nonambulatory male participants with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) on stable background therapy.

Status (registry)
Recruiting
Phase (registry)
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
36 (estimated)
First submitted
9 Jul 2026
Start date
25 Sept 2026
Primary completion date
26 Aug 2028
Lead sponsor
Keros Therapeutics, Inc.
NCT number
NCT07704099

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional · Phase 2
  • Planned participants: 36
  • From 25 Sept 2026 to the primary completion date, 26 Aug 2028
  • 4 sites in 2 countries
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

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Who cannot take part

Copied verbatim from ClinicalTrials.gov and grouped by topic. Only the trial team decides who can take part.

Prior treatment

  • Exposure to any approved or investigational dystrophin restoration gene therapy product.
  • Exposure to any approved or investigational dystrophin restoration product other than gene therapy (Except for exon-skipping therapy for Cohort A2).
  • Exposure to any approved or investigational histone deacetylase inhibitor, antimyostatin therapy, therapy targeting transforming growth factor-beta ligands, or cell-based therapy.
  • Treatment with immunosuppressant therapy (other than CS)

Other illness

  • Clinical symptoms or signs of cardiomyopathy or heart failure.
  • History of fracture of the upper limb
    • Nonambulatory Participants Only (Cohort N1):

Other

  • Use of any other pharmacological treatment, except for CS
  • Elbow-flexion contractures \> 30° in both upper extremities.
  • Forced vital capacity (FVC) of \< 50% or requirement for daytime or nocturnal ventilation, except for nocturnal non-invasive ventilation AND inability to perform consistent FVC measurements within ± 15% during paired testing.

Who the study is looking for

  • Diagnosis of DMD, defined as the presence of phenotypic features at screening consistent with DMD AND documented mutation in the dystrophin gene consistent with the diagnosis of DMD using a clinically validated genetic test.
  • Receiving a stable regimen of systemic CS (including, but not limited to, prednisone, prednisolone, deflazacort, or vamorolone) for at least 90 days before screening.
  • Body weight of ≥ 25.0 kg.
    • Ambulatory Participants Only (Cohort A1 and A2):
  • Ambulatory, defined as able to walk independently without assistive devices.
  • Able to TTR in \< 10 seconds.
  • Has a NSAA score ≥ 15 points.
  • Cohort 2 only: Documentation of a stable dose of an approved exon-skipping therapy.
    • Nonambulatory Participants Only (Cohort N1):
  • Nonambulatory, characterized as being unable to ambulate for a minimum of 3 months before first dose with onset of nonambulatory status AND a NSAA walk score of 0 and inability to perform the 10MWR.
  • PUL v2.0 entry item score of 3 to 5, inclusive.

Age in the registry: 9 years to - · Sex: Male · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (4)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
LTD TIM - Tbilisi Institute of Medicine
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TbilisiGeorgiaNot yet recruiting
Institute of Neurology and Neuropsychology LTD
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TbilisiGeorgiaNot yet recruiting
Optimal Clinical Trials
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AucklandNew ZealandRecruiting
NZCR-Christchurch
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ChristchurchNew ZealandRecruiting

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