January 11, 2022

Sarepta Announces Topline Results from Part 2 of Study SRP-9001-102 Evaluating Duchenne Gene Therapy Candidate

Sarepta Therapeutics has shared an update from Part 2 of Study SRP-9001-102, an ongoing clinical trial evaluating Sarepta’s gene therapy candidate SRP-9001 in participants with Duchenne. SRP-9001 is an investigational gene transfer therapy intended to…

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January 6, 2022

REGENXBIO Announces FDA Clearance of IND for Clinical Trial of RGX-202 Gene Therapy Candidate for Duchenne

PPMD is excited to share that REGENXBIO has announced that they have received clearance from the FDA on their Investigational New Drug (IND) application for RGX-202, a micro-dystrophin gene therapy product. With this clearance REGENXBIO…

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December 20, 2021

Update on Pfizer’s Phase 1B Open-Label Mini-Dystrophin Gene Therapy Trial for Duchenne

Today we learned that there has been a devastating loss of a young man that was participating in Pfizer’s Phase 1B Open-Label study. This study is evaluating PF- 06939926 which is Pfizer’s AAV9 Gene Therapy…

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November 22, 2021

REGENXBIO Announce Orphan Drug Designation Granted to RGX-202, a Novel Gene Therapy Candidate for Duchenne

PPMD is pleased to share that REGENXBIO Inc. announced this morning that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted Orphan Drug Designation for RGX-202, a  gene therapy approach for the treatment of Duchenne muscular…

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November 16, 2021

Pediatric Gene Therapy and Medical Ethics (PGTME) holds 2nd Annual Lecture Series

As gene therapy continues to advance through clinical trials, many new concepts, terms and issues arise, including those related to research design, patient autonomy, sibling and family involvement, fairness in access and the quality of…

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November 8, 2021

Recap: Recent Research Updates

Welcome to FALL Time flies! Over the past few months, we have seen a number of announcements regarding drug development, changes to clinical trials, and new trials opening or on the horizon. For many, it…

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November 2, 2021

Pfizer’s Phase 3 Gene Therapy Trial, CIFFREO: Community Questions Answered

Gene Therapy is on everyone’s mind these days. We wonder about opportunities, clinical sites, neutralizing antibodies and most recently details of a small number of Serious Adverse Events (SAE) and what these learnings might mean…

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October 18, 2021

WATCH: SRP-9001 Micro-Dystrophin Gene Therapy Clinical Update (Webinar Recording)

Last week, Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy was joined by Sarepta Therapeutics for a webinar to discuss the details of the EMBARK clinical trial (SRP-9001-301). If you missed the live event, the recording can be found below.*…

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October 1, 2021

Duchenne Gene Therapy Update

As many in the community are aware, on Monday, September 28, Pfizer released a statement to the public announcing a change in their Phase III gene therapy trial for Duchenne. We applaud their efforts to…

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September 28, 2021

Pfizer Announces Amendment to Ongoing Gene Therapy Phase III Trial

Today Pfizer announced that they have submitted a protocol amendment to their ongoing Phase III trial of their gene therapy candidate (fordadistrogene movaparvovec).  Across Pfizer’s studies, three Severe Adverse Events (SAE) have occurred leading Pfizer…

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