New hope for SMA babies: risdiplam trial launches in newborns

NCT ID NCT05808764

First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

This study is testing the drug risdiplam in newborn babies with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a serious muscle-weakening disease. The goal is to see how the drug moves through the body and if it is safe for infants under 20 days old. Ten babies will take part, and researchers will monitor side effects and drug levels in the blood.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

spinal muscular atrophy

As listed by the trial registrant

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

Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children Hospital of Chicago

    Chicago, Illinois, 60611, United States

  • CHR Citadelle

    Liège, 4000, Belgium

  • Children'S Hospital of Eastern Ontario

    Ottawa, Ontario, K1H 8L1, Canada

  • Clinic for Special Children.

    Gordonville, Pennsylvania, 17529, United States

  • Fondazione Policlinico Univeristario A. Gemelli

    ROMA, Emilia-Romagna, 00168, Italy

  • Fondazione Serena Onlus - CENTRO CLINICO NEMO

    Milano, Emilia-Romagna, 20162, Italy

  • Hopital Universitaire des Enfants Reine Fabiola

    Brussels, 1020, Belgium

  • Instytut Pomnik - Centrum Zdrowia Dziecka

    Warsaw, 04-730, Poland

  • OUS (Oslo University Hospital), Rikshospitalet

    Oslo, 0372, Norway

  • UMC Utrecht

    Utrecht, 3508, Netherlands

  • Universitatsklinikum Essen

    Essen, 45147, Germany

  • University Of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109, United States

  • Uniwersyteckie Centrum Kliniczne

    Gdansk, 80-952, Poland