NS Pharma, Inc. (NS Pharma), a subsidiary of Nippon Shinyaku Co., Ltd. (Nippon Shinyaku), announced that the Galactic53 study of VILTEPSO® (generic name: viltolarsen) – a treatment for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (Duchenne) – has been published in the journal Scientific Reports. The paper, „Safety and efficacy of viltolarsen in ambulatory and nonambulatory males with Duchenne muscular dystrophy“, contains data from an open-label multicenter study, which was the first to evaluate the effects of viltolarsen on pulmonary function in participants with Duchenne.
Ten ambulatory and ten nonambulatory participants ages eight years and older – with a confirmed deletion of the dystrophin gene that could be treated by exon 53 skipping – received 80 mg/kg of the drug intravenously once weekly for 48 weeks. Safety was evaluated as the primary endpoint, and pulmonary and motor function were evaluated as secondary efficacy endpoints. The pulmonary endpoints were compared to natural history data with matched patient backgrounds as a control group.
