A Phase 2 interventional study of SAT-3247 and Placebo in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne and DMD, sponsored by Satellos Bioscience, Inc.. Active, not recruiting at 20 sites in 8 countries. Open to male participants aged 7 Years to 9 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-10-02.
Sponsored by Satellos Bioscience, Inc. · Phase 2, Interventional, and Treatment
Among 232 studies in Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne with a site in United States — 36 open to participants now, 60 under way, 8 of them phase 3. Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne · United States.
Among the 232 studies in Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne with a site in United States, this one is the 54th largest by planned enrollment of the 171 interventional ones that give a count, is one of 10 that started in 2025, is one of 57 in phase 2, reaches primary completion later than 19 of the 59 other live ones, and was the 224th registered.
481 studies on the registry are indexed under Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne; 108 are open to participants now.
Browse Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne studies →36 of the 232 studies in Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne with a site in United States are open now. Recruiting first, the newest first:
Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. · Sites in United States
University of Florida · Sites in United States
Vanderbilt University Medical Center · Sites in United States
University of Rochester · Sites in United States
Dyne Therapeutics · Sites in United States
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Of the 66 Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne studies recruiting now, 30 (45%) set no upper age limit and 34 (52%) stop at 75 or younger; 60 take children under 18; 12 take healthy volunteers.
This study: 7 Years to 9 Years · male · no healthy volunteers.
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232 studies; the count open now beside each. This study's row is marked.
A study in two phases is counted once above. Listed by phase, each with its combined phases: Phase 1 57 · Phase 2 90 · Phase 3 40 · Phase 4 5
First in 2000; this study’s year is marked. 10 started in 2025.
This study's planned enrollment of 51 is above the median of 26 across 332 interventional studies indexed under Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne.
Median enrollment 25 across the 171 interventional studies, 75 across the 55 observational. Of the 160 that completed or were terminated, 77 (48%) have results posted.
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130 of 232 have an industry lead sponsor. The 10 most frequent:
Satellos Bioscience, Inc. is the lead sponsor of 4 studies on the registry; 2 are open to participants now.
Satellos Bioscience, Inc. has 3 studies filed under Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne — fewer than ten, so there is no comparison to draw.
19 of the studies in Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne with a site in United States that are under way reach primary completion within a year, 1 of them phase 3. Phase 3 first, then by date:
| Study | Primary completion |
|---|---|
| NCT05881408Phase 3Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc.A Gene Transfer Therapy Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of Delandistrogene Moxeparvovec (SRP-9001) in Non-Ambulatory and Ambulatory Participants With Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) | 2027-05-31 |
| NCT06290713University of FloridaVasodilator and Exercise Study for DMD (VASO-REx) | 2026-11 |
| NCT06450639Hoffmann-La RocheA Study to Assess the Efficacy and Safety of Satralizumab in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) | 2026-11-18 |
| NCT03368742Solid Biosciences Inc.Microdystrophin Gene Transfer Study in Adolescents and Children With DMD | 2026-11-30 |
| NCT03655223RTI InternationalEarly Check: Expanded Screening in Newborns | 2026-11-30 |
Among the 232 studies in Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne with a site in United States, from their registry updates:
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Phase 2a trial of SAT-3247 in ambulatory DMD patients aged ≥ 7 and \< 10 years. The trial has two parts. In Part 1, the trial will study two doses of SAT-3247 in a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled weekday regimen for 12 weeks to determine the optimal dose, safety, tolerability, and preliminary efficacy. In Part 2, the trial will study two doses of SAT-3247 for an additional 9 months.
This is a global phase 2a trial of SAT-3247 in ambulatory DMD patients aged ≥ 7 and \< 10 years. The trial has two parts. In Part 1, the trial will study two doses of SAT-3247 in a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled weekday regimen for 12 weeks to determine the optimal dose, safety, tolerability, and preliminary efficacy. In Part 2, the trial will study two doses of SAT-3247 for an additional 9 months. One dose of SAT-3247 and placebo will be studied in the US and Canada; two doses of SAT-3247 and placebo will be studied in UK, EU, Serbia, and Australia.
Enrollment of up to 51 ambulatory DMD participants aged ≥ 7 and \< 10 years of age is planned globally. Randomization will be stratified by baseline corticosteroid regimen and prior DMD concomitant medications.
In Part 1, each participant will receive once daily doses of SAT-3247 or matched placebo for 12 weeks. In Part 2, each participant will receive a once daily dose of SAT-3247 for an additional 9 months.
Participants will be screened within 28 days before initiating dosing of investigational product at Baseline. Following the Screening period, participants will complete a Baseline visit (Visit 2), a follow-up phone call at Week 1, and visits at Week 4 (Visit 3), Week 8 (Visit 4), Week 12 (Visit 5), Week 24 (Visit 6), Week 36 (Visit 7) and Week 48 (Visit 8).
Key Inclusion Criteria:
Key Exclusion Criteria:
Additional entry criteria will be reviewed with the clinical site investigator.
Underlined terms in the criteria open these too. Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Anti-inflammatory medicines such as prednisone, prednisolone and dexamethasone — not the anabolic steroids used for muscle.
Studies differ in what they allow: check which steroid medicines, routes (tablets, injections, creams, inhalers, eye drops) and doses this study accepts.
A drug or device being studied in a clinical trial.
It may be new, or already approved and being studied for another use, dose or form. Criteria often leave out people who took part in another study of one within a recent period, commonly 30 days or five half-lives.
A biopsy takes a small piece of tissue to examine. “Archival tissue” is a sample already taken, for example at diagnosis, and kept by the hospital.
Whether a stored sample will do depends on when it was taken, how much there is and what the study needs. Ask whether the study accepts your stored sample or needs a new biopsy.
A reason a treatment, test or procedure should not be given to a particular person, such as an allergy, another illness or a medicine they take.
The top of the normal range for a blood test, as set by the laboratory that runs it. Each lab prints its own range next to your result.
“≤ 2.5 × ULN” means the result can be up to two and a half times that top value.
The share of blood the heart’s main pumping chamber (the left ventricle) pushes out with each beat, measured by an echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) or a MUGA scan. About 50–70% is normal.
Corticosteroids (steroids)
Anti-inflammatory medicines such as prednisone, prednisolone and dexamethasone — not the anabolic steroids used for muscle.
Studies differ in what they allow: check which steroid medicines, routes (tablets, injections, creams, inhalers, eye drops) and doses this study accepts.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Investigational drug or device
A drug or device being studied in a clinical trial.
It may be new, or already approved and being studied for another use, dose or form. Criteria often leave out people who took part in another study of one within a recent period, commonly 30 days or five half-lives.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Biopsy and archival tissue
A biopsy takes a small piece of tissue to examine. “Archival tissue” is a sample already taken, for example at diagnosis, and kept by the hospital.
Whether a stored sample will do depends on when it was taken, how much there is and what the study needs. Ask whether the study accepts your stored sample or needs a new biopsy.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Contraindication
A reason a treatment, test or procedure should not be given to a particular person, such as an allergy, another illness or a medicine they take.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
ULN (upper limit of normal)
The top of the normal range for a blood test, as set by the laboratory that runs it. Each lab prints its own range next to your result.
“≤ 2.5 × ULN” means the result can be up to two and a half times that top value.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
LVEF (left ventricular ejection fraction)
The share of blood the heart’s main pumping chamber (the left ventricle) pushes out with each beat, measured by an echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) or a MUGA scan. About 50–70% is normal.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Part 1: SAT-3247 60 mg oral tablets administered daily for 12 weeks. Part 2: SAT-3247 60 mg oral tablets administered daily for an additional 9 months after completing Part 1
Drug: SAT-3247
Part 1: SAT-3247 120 mg oral tablets administered daily for 12 weeks. Part 2: SAT-3247 120 mg oral tablets administered daily for an additional 9 months after completing Part 1; note the 120 mg dose will not be studied in the US and Canada
Drug: SAT-3247
Part 1: placebo oral tablets administered daily for 12 weeks
Drug: Placebo
SAT-3247 is a selective AAK1 inhibitor for oral tablet administration which promotes functional rescue of asymmetric satellite cell division, resulting in the robust production of muscle progenitor cells, subsequent improvement in muscle regeneration, and enhanced muscle function.
matching placebo oral tablets
Safety of SAT-3247
Occurrence of treatment emergent adverse events and relationship to investigational product
Time frame: 12 weeks in Part 1 and up to 12 months in part 2
Tolerability of SAT-3247
occurrence of clinically significant changes in physical exam, clinical laboratory measures, vital signs, and ECG
Time frame: 12 weeks in Part 1 and up to 12 months in Part 2
SAT-3247 effects on muscle strength
change from baseline in muscle force as determined by dynamometry
Time frame: 12 weeks in Part 1 and up to 12 months in Part 2
SAT-3247 effects on muscle quality
change from baseline in intramuscular fat fraction in quantitative magnetic resonance in vastus lateralis (thigh muscle)
Time frame: 12 weeks in Part 1 and up to 12 months in Part 2
SAT-3247 effects on muscle function
changes from baseline in north star ambulatory assessment
Time frame: 12 weeks in Part 1 and up to 12 months in Part 2
SAT-3247 effects on muscle function
changes from baseline in stride velocity 95th Centile
Time frame: 12 weeks in Part 1 and up to 12 months in Part 2
SAT-3247 effects on muscle regeneration
changes from baseline in the regeneration index as measured from an open biopsy of biceps brachii
Time frame: 12 weeks
Started Dec 2025 (actual). Primary completion is estimated for Mar 2027, 15 months after the start.
Of 40 industry-sponsored phase 2 interventional studies under Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne, half reached primary completion within 31 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 20 and three quarters within 42. This study's planned 15 months is below that.
Counting every sponsor, half of 47 studies reached it within 31 months; a quarter within 20 and three quarters within 42.
How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.
From the registry record's own update history. This site started tracking changes on Sep 25, 2026; for anything earlier, see the record history on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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