Needle-Free hope: urine and blood tests may replace painful muscle biopsies for DMD
NCT ID NCT05016908
First seen Nov 25, 2025 · Last updated May 16, 2026 · Updated 19 times
Summary
This study looks for markers in blood and urine that can show how active and severe Duchenne muscular dystrophy is. The goal is to find a less invasive way to track the disease instead of taking muscle biopsies. Researchers will compare samples from people with Duchenne or Becker muscular dystrophy to healthy controls.
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Boston Children's Hospital
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITINGBoston, Massachusetts, 02115, United States
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Massachusetts General Hospital
RECRUITINGBoston, Massachusetts, 02129, United States
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