Clinical trial • Phase II • Neurology | Musculoskeletal
SAT-3247 OXALATE for Duchenne muscular dystrophy
Phase II trial of SAT-3247 OXALATE for Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
Overview
- Trial Therapeutic Area
- Neurology | Musculoskeletal
- Trial Disease
- Duchenne muscular dystrophy
- Trial Stage
- Phase II
- Drug Modality
- Small molecule
- Paediatric Trial
- Yes
Key dates
- Initial CTIS Submission Date
- 11-12-2025
- First CTIS Authorization Date
- 22-01-2026
Trial design
Randomised, three arms: sat-3247 60 mg (participants allocated to 60 mg arm will take 1 x 10 mg sat-3247 tablet + 1 x 50 mg sat-3247 tablet on weekdays plus placebo tablets on weekends as described); sat-3247 120 mg (participants allocated to 120 mg arm will take 2 x 10 mg sat-3247 tablets + 2 x 50 mg sat-3247 tablets on weekdays with placebo tablets on weekends as described); placebo (participants allocated to placebo will take 2 x 10 mg placebo tablets + 2 x 50 mg placebo tablets every day for 12 weeks). all administered once daily by mouth (po) for 12 weeks in a blinded manner.-controlled Phase II trial in Belgium, Poland, Spain.
- Randomised
- Yes
- Comparator
- Three arms: SAT-3247 60 mg (participants allocated to 60 mg arm will take 1 x 10 mg SAT-3247 tablet + 1 x 50 mg SAT-3247 tablet on weekdays plus placebo tablets on weekends as described); SAT-3247 120 mg (participants allocated to 120 mg arm will take 2 x 10 mg SAT-3247 tablets + 2 x 50 mg SAT-3247 tablets on weekdays with placebo tablets on weekends as described); Placebo (participants allocated to placebo will take 2 x 10 mg placebo tablets + 2 x 50 mg placebo tablets every day for 12 weeks). All administered once daily by mouth (PO) for 12 weeks in a blinded manner.
- Target Sample Size
- 32
- Trial Duration For Participant
- 112
Stratification factors
- Prior DMD treatments (gene therapy, exon skipper, givinostat, or none)
- Baseline corticosteroid regimen (either daily or weekend dose regimen)
Eligibility
Recruits 32 paediatric patients.
- Vulnerable Population
- Participants are children (male ambulatory DMD patients aged ≥7 to <10 years). Parent(s) or legal guardian(s) must provide written informed consent; participants will be asked to provide written or verbal assent according to local requirements. Assent and consent documentation and subject information materials (including child information) are provided in local languages (EN/FR/NL for Belgium; PL for Poland; ES for Spain) and caregiver/parent ICFs and assent forms are included in study documents.
Inclusion criteria
- {"criterion_text":"- Has a definitive diagnosis of DMD based on documented clinical findings and prior genetic testing with a confirmed mutation in the DMD gene\n- If participant is taking (or has taken within 4 weeks prior to enrollment) herbal remedies and supplements which can impact muscle strength and function (e.g., Co-enzyme Q10, creatine, etc.), these are maintained on a stable regimen for the duration of the trial.\n- Participants that have previously received delandistrogene moxeparvovec (brand name Elevidys) either in a prior clinical trial or in the commercial setting > 18 months prior to screening whose muscle function tests have stabilized or demonstrated decline ≥ 3 months prior to Screening, as determined by investigator and documented in chart notes, will be eligible. a.\tEnrollment of participants previously treated with gene therapy, whether delandistrogene moxeparvovec or another investigational gene therapy product, will be capped at 25% and stratified between cohorts\n- Participants that have previously received an exon skipper > 6 months prior to Screening whose muscle function tests have stabilized or demonstrated declined ≥ 3 months prior to Screening, as determined by investigator and documented in chart notes, will be eligible.\n- If participating in a physical therapy/strength training regimen, must be stable for ≥ 2 months prior to the Screening Visit and for the duration of the trial.\n- Male DMD patients who are ambulatory and aged ≥ 7 to < 10 years at the time of screening\n- Completed two four-stair climb assessments at Visit 1 with a mean of 8 seconds or less (≤1 s variance).\n- Have a time to rise of at least 3 seconds but less than 10 seconds.\n- Healthy, as determined by investigator including medical history, psychiatric history, and no clinically significant findings on physical examination, laboratory tests, and cardiac monitoring.\n- Ability for participant and caregiver to communicate satisfactorily with the investigator and to participate in, and comply with the requirements of, the entire trial including scheduled visits, procedures/assessments, questionnaires, laboratory tests, and study restrictions\n- Participant’s parent(s) or legal guardian(s) have provided written consent to participate after reading the information and consent form, and after having the opportunity to discuss the trial with the investigator or their delegate; participants will be asked to give written or verbal assent according to local requirements.\n- Stable dose of daily systemic glucocorticoids (i.e., prednisolone, deflazacort, or vamorolone) according to the standard of care for ≥ 3 months prior to the Screening Visit and for the duration of the trial. a.\tPatients who are not receiving glucocorticosteroids are also eligible if stopped ≥ 3 months prior to the Screening Visit.\n- Stable doses of prescription medicines including ACE inhibitors, β-blockers, and diuretics (excluding glucocorticosteroids) and over-the-counter medicines and/or herbal supplements for supportive care ≥ 1 month prior to the Screening Visit and for the duration of the trial."}
Exclusion criteria
- {"criterion_text":"- Ambulatory patients expected to experience loss of ambulation within ≤ 12 months.\n- Participants for whom MRI or open muscle biopsy are contraindicated.\n- Surgery (e.g., stomach bypass) or medical condition that might affect absorption of medicines.\n- Have acute gastrointestinal symptoms (e.g., nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, heartburn) or acute infection (such as influenza) or a significant infection or known inflammatory process at Screening.\n- Impaired cardiac function defined as a left ventricular ejection fraction of < 50% on screening cardiac assessments (echocardiogram or MRI) or evidence of symptomatic cardiomyopathy.\n- A forced vital capacity < 60% predicted at the Screening Visit.\n- Presence or history of severe adverse reaction to any excipients (lactose monohydrate, microcrystalline cellulose, colloidal silicon dioxide, copovidone, crospovidone, sodium strearyl fumarate) in the study medication tablets.\n- Participants with any known and discernable history of substance abuse and/or dependence.\n- Participants maintained on a ten day on/ten day off corticosteroid regimen\n- 11\tOngoing participation in any other therapeutic clinical trial or follow-up study for a therapeutic intervention, prior treatment with an investigational gene therapy product (other than delandistrogene moxeparvovec) < 24 months prior to the Screening Visit, or receipt of a stable dose of an approved exon-skipping therapy or any medication indicated for DMD (other than corticosteroids including vamorolone and givinostat in accordance with exception 11b below) within 6 months prior to the Screening Visit. a.\tParticipants that have received a commercially available gene therapy product (i.e., delandistrogene moxeparvovec) > 18 months prior to screening whose muscle function tests have stabilized or demonstrated decline as determined by investigator and documented in the medical record ≥ 3 months prior to screening will be eligible. b.\tParticipants receiving a stable dose of givinostat (brand name Duvyzat) for at least18 months or longer prior to the Screening Visit will be eligible. a.\tParticipants unable to tolerate givinostat who discontinued treatment are eligible to enroll if date of last dose is ≥ 30 days from Screening date. Givinostat should not be discontinued, if tolerated, in order to meet study entry criteria. c.\tUse of deflazacort (brand name Emflaza) or vamorolone (brand name Agamree) in jurisdictions where these are investigational as they have not received health authority marketing authorization will not be exclusionary; however, simultaneous participation in a clinical trial of deflazacort or vamorolone will be excluded.\n- Received SAT-3247 in another study.\n- Severe behavioural or cognitive problems that preclude participation in the study, in the opinion of the investigator.\n- Positive test for hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg), hepatitis C antibody (HCV) or HIV at Screening Visit.\n- Employee of the Sponsor, the CRO and/or study site or their relatives\n- Presence of acute or chronic illness or history of chronic illness (other than DMD) sufficient to invalidate participation in the trial or make it unnecessarily hazardous in the judgment of the investigator.\n- Prior or ongoing medical condition (e.g., concomitant illness, psychiatric condition, behavioral disorder), medical history, physical findings, ECG findings, or laboratory abnormality that, in the investigator's opinion, could adversely affect the safety of the participant, makes it unlikely that the course of treatment or follow up would be completed, or could impair the assessment of study results."}
Endpoints
Primary endpoints
- {"endpoint_text":"- The primary efficacy endpoint is defined as the change from baseline in muscle force measurements as determined by dynamometry at Week 12.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Change from baseline in muscle force measurements as determined by dynamometry at Week 12 (dynamometry measurement of muscle force)."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Safety endpoints include incidence, severity, and relationship to SAT-3247 of adverse events as well as occurrence of clinically significant changes in physical examination, clinical laboratory measures, vital signs, ECG, and C-SSRS","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Incidence, severity and relationship to SAT-3247 of adverse events; monitoring for clinically significant changes in physical examination, clinical laboratory measures, vital signs, ECG, and Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS)."}
Secondary endpoints
- {"endpoint_text":"- Changes from baseline in intramuscular fat fraction in muscle quantitative magnetic resonance (qMR) in vastus lateralis at Week 12","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Change from baseline in intramuscular fat fraction measured by quantitative magnetic resonance (qMR) in vastus lateralis at Week 12."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Changes from baseline in proton muscle transverse relaxation time (T2) in vastus lateralis at Week 12.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Change from baseline in proton muscle transverse relaxation time (T2) measured in vastus lateralis at Week 12."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Changes from baseline in Regeneration Index in open muscle biopsy of the biceps brachii at Week 12","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Change from baseline in Regeneration Index assessed from open muscle biopsy of biceps brachii at Week 12 (histopathology assessment)."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Changes from baseline in function as determined by NSAA assessment at Week 12","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Change from baseline in function as measured by North Star Ambulatory Assessment (NSAA) at Week 12."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Changes from baseline in SV95C at Week 12","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Change from baseline in SV95C at Week 12 (measurement method as defined in protocol)."}
Other endpoints
- {"endpoint_text":"- Exploratory end point: change from baseline in inflammatory cytokine profile at Week 12","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Change from baseline in inflammatory cytokine profile measured by laboratory cytokine panel at Week 12."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Exploratory end point: change from baseline in creatine kinase at Week 12","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Change from baseline in creatine kinase (CK) measured in clinical laboratory at Week 12."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Exploratory end point: change from baseline in maximum percent predicted forced vial capacity as measured by spirometry at Week 12","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Change from baseline in maximum percent predicted forced vital capacity measured by spirometry at Week 12."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Exploratory end point: change in biceps brachii muscle fiber size and fiber size distribution as determined from histopathology at 12 weeks","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Change in biceps brachii muscle fiber size and distribution determined by histopathology at 12 weeks."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Exploratory end point: change in the proportion of embryonic myosin positive fibers as determined from histopathology at 12 weeks.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Change in proportion of embryonic myosin-positive fibers determined by histopathology at 12 weeks."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Exploratory end point: change in the number of satellite cells as determined from histopathology at 12 weeks","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Change in number of satellite cells determined by histopathology at 12 weeks."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Exploratory end point: change in endomysial fibrosis and adipose tissue infiltration as determined from histopathology at 12 weeks.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Change in endomysial fibrosis and adipose tissue infiltration determined by histopathology at 12 weeks."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Exploratory end point: change in NSAA score over 12 weeks as compared to natural history","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Change in NSAA score over 12 weeks compared with natural history data."}
Recruitment
- Digital Remote Recruitment
- True, digital/remote methods include Jumo Health licensed digital video content (Jumo Shorts), a Jumo website, interactive adherence poster GIFs, email communications, and Pre-ICF Telephone Data Consent to engage and pre-screen participants remotely.
- Planned Sample Size
- 32
- Recruitment Window Months
- 16
- Consent Approach
- Parent(s) or legal guardian(s) must provide written informed consent. Participants (children aged 7–<10 years) are asked to provide written or verbal assent according to local requirements. Study includes parent/caregiver ICFs, caregiver ICF, child information/assent forms and Pre-ICF Telephone Data Consent documents. Consent/assent materials are provided in local languages (documents available in English, French, Dutch for Belgium; Polish for Poland; Spanish for Spain) and site staff discuss the trial with families before consent.
Methods
- Recruitment posters and trifold materials distributed at sites and patient centers (country-specific materials available for BE, PL, ES).
- Jumo Health digital materials and licensed 'Jumo Shorts' (digital video content) and a Jumo website listed among recruitment materials (digital channel targeted to patients/caregivers).
- Interactive Adherence Posters and GIFs (digital/online materials) and email communications targeted to caregivers/patients.
- Pediatrician letters and site welcome/retention/thank-you notes used to engage clinicians and families (country-specific letters for BE/PL/ES).
- Patient brochures, quick start guides for wearable device use, and clinic-based recruitment and retention materials provided at sites.
Geography
- Total Number Of Sites
- 7
- Total Number Of Participants
- 32
Belgium
- Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
- 19-12-2025
- Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
- 30-01-2026
- Processing Time Days
- 42
- Number Of Sites
- 2
- Number Of Participants
- 18
Sites
- Site Name
- Universitair Ziekenhuis Gent
- Department Name
- Neuromuscular Reference Centre
- Contact Person Name
- Nicolas DECONINCK
- Contact Person Email
- Nicolas.deconinck@huderf.be
- Site Name
- Centre Hospitalier Regional De La Citadelle
- Department Name
- Reference Center for Neuromuscular Diseases (CRMN)
- Contact Person Name
- Aurore Daron
- Contact Person Email
- Aurore.Daron@citadelle.be
Poland
- Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
- 02-12-2025
- Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
- 30-01-2026
- Processing Time Days
- 59
- Number Of Sites
- 2
- Number Of Participants
- 6
Sites
- Site Name
- Instytut Centrum Zdrowia Matki Polki
- Department Name
- Palliative Care Center for Children Lodz
- Contact Person Name
- Lukasz Przyslo
- Contact Person Email
- lukasz.przyslo@iczmp.edu.pl
- Site Name
- Uniwersyteckie Centrum Kliniczne
- Department Name
- Developmental Neurology
- Contact Person Name
- Maria Mazurkiewicz-Beldzinska
- Contact Person Email
- maria.mazurkiewicz-beldzinska@gumed.edu.pl
Spain
- Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
- 02-12-2025
- Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
- 17-02-2026
- Processing Time Days
- 77
- Number Of Sites
- 3
- Number Of Participants
- 8
Sites
- Site Name
- Hospital Universitari Vall D Hebron
- Department Name
- Neurologia Pediatrica
- Contact Person Name
- Laura Costa Comellas
- Contact Person Email
- laura.costacomellas@vallhebron.cat
- Site Name
- Hospital Universitario Donostia
- Department Name
- Pediatrics
- Contact Person Name
- Maria Itxaso Martí Carrera
- Contact Person Email
- MARIAITXASO.MARTICARRERA@osakidetza.eus
- Site Name
- Hospital Universitario Y Politecnico La Fe
- Department Name
- Neurologia
- Contact Person Name
- Nuria Muelas Gómez
- Contact Person Email
- muelas_nur@gva.es
Sponsor
Primary sponsor
- Full Name
- Satellos Bioscience Inc.
- Organisation Type
- Pharmaceutical company
- Country Of Registered Address
- Canada
Third parties
- {"country":"Germany","full_name":"Labor Dr. Wisplinghoff GbR","duties_or_roles":"lab safety analyses","organisation_type":"Laboratory/Research/Testing facility"}
- {"country":"United States","full_name":"Scout Clinical","duties_or_roles":"participants' travel and reimbursement","organisation_type":"Hospital/Clinic/Other health care facility"}
- {"country":"United States","full_name":"Medassessment Inc.","duties_or_roles":"","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
- {"country":"United States","full_name":"Pharma Start LLC","duties_or_roles":"","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
- {"country":"United States","full_name":"Rules Based Medicine Inc.","duties_or_roles":"cytokine panel","organisation_type":"Laboratory/Research/Testing facility"}
- {"country":"United States","full_name":"Mednet Solutions Inc.","duties_or_roles":"site payments","organisation_type":"Non-Pharmaceutical company"}
- {"country":"United States","full_name":"Medidata Solutions Inc.","duties_or_roles":"video recording","organisation_type":"Non-Pharmaceutical company"}
- {"country":"Germany","full_name":"Clinigen Clinical Supplies Management GmbH","duties_or_roles":"","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
- {"country":"France","full_name":"Sysnav","duties_or_roles":"wearables","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
- {"country":"Germany","full_name":"LabConnect GmbH","duties_or_roles":"","organisation_type":"Laboratory/Research/Testing facility"}
- {"country":"Canada","full_name":"Biospective Inc.","duties_or_roles":"Imaging","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
- {"country":"Italy","full_name":"Innopharma S.r.l.","duties_or_roles":"","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
- {"country":"Australia","full_name":"Agilex Biolabs Pty Limited","duties_or_roles":"PK","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
- {"country":"United States","full_name":"Arup Laboratories Inc.","duties_or_roles":"CK Isoenzymes","organisation_type":"Laboratory/Research/Testing facility"}
- {"country":"United States","full_name":"Diverge Translational Science Laboratory","duties_or_roles":"Biopsy sample histology; Biopsy sample collection; site training","organisation_type":"Laboratory/Research/Testing facility"}
Investigational products
- Investigational Product Name
- SAT-3247 10mg tablet
- Active Substance
- SAT-3247 OXALATE
- Modality
- Small molecule
- Routes Of Administration
- ORAL
- Route
- Oral
- Authorisation Status
- prodAuthStatus:1
- Starting Dose
- Used in combination to compose study doses (60 mg and 120 mg arms) as per arm details
- Dose Levels
- Contributes to 60 mg and 120 mg dosing in study arms
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Maximum Dose
- 120 mg
- Investigational Product Name
- SAT-3247 50mg tablet
- Active Substance
- SAT-3247 OXALATE
- Modality
- Small molecule
- Routes Of Administration
- ORAL
- Route
- Oral
- Authorisation Status
- prodAuthStatus:1
- Starting Dose
- Used in combination to compose study doses (60 mg and 120 mg arms) as per arm details
- Dose Levels
- Contributes to 60 mg and 120 mg dosing in study arms
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Maximum Dose
- 120 mg
- Investigational Product Name
- Placebos for SAT-3247 tablets
- Modality
- Other
- Starting Dose
- Placebo tablets matched to active appearance; used per arm/placebo schedule
- Frequency
- Once daily
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