Santhera's Positive Phase III Trial (DELOS) in Patients with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

24-Apr-2015 - Switzerland

Santhera Pharmaceuticals announced that the full results of the double-blind placebo-controlled Phase III trial (DELOS) demonstrating efficacy and safety of Raxone®/Catena® (INN: idebenone) in patients with DMD have been published in The Lancet.

The results of the DELOS trial demonstrated that Raxone/Catena significantly reduced the annual decline in Peak Expiratory Flow (PEF as percent predicted, PEF%p) by 66% compared to patients taking placebo. Other respiratory function endpoints such as Forced Vital Capacity (FVC) and Forced Expiratory Volume (FEV1) corroborated these results and showed a consistent pattern with treatment differences supporting efficacy of Raxone/Catena over placebo in the preservation of respiratory function. Researchers concluded that Raxone/Catena represents a new treatment option for DMD patients.

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