Gene therapy trial aims to fix heart muscle in rare genetic disease

NCT ID NCT07606274

First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time

Summary

This early-stage trial tests a single dose of a gene therapy called NVC-001 in 21 adults with a genetic form of dilated cardiomyopathy (LMNA mutation). The therapy uses a harmless virus to deliver a modified gene into heart cells, aiming to protect the heart muscle. The main goals are to check safety and see if it can improve heart function.

What this could mean

Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only — not medical advice or a prediction.

Active substance

NVC-001 (a gene therapy using a harmless virus to deliver a modified gene into heart cells)

What this could lead to

If it works, this could point toward a treatment that slows or stops heart muscle damage in people with a specific genetic form of dilated cardiomyopathy.

What could go wrong

This is a very early, first-in-human trial with only 21 participants. The gene therapy may not improve heart function, and there are risks from the infusion and the virus used to deliver the gene.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

dilated cardiomyopathy dilated cardiomyopathy 1A

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

    Los Angeles, California, 90048, United States

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