Lava, Sebastiano A. G. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8391-5462
Laurence, Craig
Mallory, Janet
Della Pasqua, Oscar
Di Deo, Alessandro
Villa, Chet
Lang, Sean
Quail, Michael
Burch, Michael
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Documents that mention this clinical trial
Repurposing Empagliflozin for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy-Associated Cardiomyopathy: Protocol for a Pharmacokinetics, Safety and Proof-of-Concept Trial in Children
https://doi.org/10.1007/s40119-026-00456-6
Documents that mention this clinical trial
Repurposing Empagliflozin for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy-Associated Cardiomyopathy: Protocol for a Pharmacokinetics, Safety and Proof-of-Concept Trial in Children
https://doi.org/10.1007/s40119-026-00456-6
Article History
Received: 9 April 2026
Accepted: 13 May 2026
First Online: 30 May 2026
Declarations
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: Chet Villa has received consulting fees from Sarepta, Capricor, Edgewise, MLBio, and Regenx. However, none of these pertain to the topic of this current manuscript. Sebastiano A.G. Lava is an Editorial Board member of Cardiology and Therapy . Sebastiano A.G. Lava was not involved in the selection of peer reviewers for the manuscript nor any of the subsequent editorial decisions. Craig Laurence, Janet Mallory, Oscar Della Pasqua, Alessandro Di Deo, Sean Lang, Michael Quail, and Michael Burch have nothing to disclose.
: The study has received ethical approval and is registered under International Standard Randomised Controlled Trial Number ISRCTN 12497973, as well as at ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT06643442). The REDMeD Trial will be conducted in accordance with the Helsinki Declaration of 1964 and its later amendments. The study protocol for the REDMeD trial was reviewed and approved by the London—Hampstead Research Ethics Committee (25/LO/0361) and by the UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, MHRA (IRAS number 1009946). Survey participants consented to the anonymized use of their information. Written consent was obtained by parents, oral assent by children, according to their age and development.