Sarepta’s ESSENCE Trial Gets FDA Panel Nod For Protocol Changes
Executive Summary
US agency’s experts unanimously support allowing use of in-dwelling ports to aid infusions in trial of two Duchenne muscular dystrophy compounds, while also endorsing the two-year, double-blind, placebo-controlled design, which was influenced by the clinical experience with Exondys 51 (eteplirsen).
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