Vertex tests long-term safety of VX-670 for muscle disease
NCT ID NCT06926621
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Aug 11, 2026 · Updated 4 times
Summary
This study tests the long-term safety and effectiveness of an experimental drug called VX-670 in adults with myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1). Participants who completed a previous VX-670 study can join. The drug is given through a vein, and researchers will monitor side effects and how the drug works in the body over time.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- VX-670 (given intravenously)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could support VX-670 as a long-term treatment to control myotonic dystrophy type 1 symptoms.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early Phase 2 extension study with only 44 participants, so results may not apply broadly. Long-term safety and effectiveness are still unproven.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2
Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.
- Participants
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About 44 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Apr 2025
- Expected to finish
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Jan 2029
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Key Inclusion Criteria: • Completed study drug treatment in parent study VX23-670-001 (NCT06185764) Key Exclusion Criteria: • History of any illness or any clinical condition as pre-specified in the protocol Other protocol defined Inclusion/Exclusion criteria may apply.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
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The places running it
15 sites in 8 countries. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
The full official record for this study. This one lists no contact details, but it is the first place any would appear.
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A doctor treating you
A doctor who knows your case can contact a study site on your behalf, and can tell you whether this study is worth pursuing at all.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Altasciences Montreal
Montreal, Canada
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Friedrich Baur Institute
München, Germany
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Hospital Universitario y Politecnico La Fe - Neurology
Valencia, Spain
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Leonard Wolfson Experimental Neurology Centre CRF
London, United Kingdom
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Maastricht UMC
Maastricht, Netherlands
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Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital
Montreal, Canada
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Neuroscience Clinical Trials Unit, Alfred Brain
Melbourne, Australia
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Queen Elizabeth University Hospital - Neurology
Glasgow, United Kingdom
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Royal Hallamshire Hospital - Neurology
Sheffield, United Kingdom
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St. Louis Children's Hospital - Neurology
St Louis, Missouri, 63110, United States
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Universitaire Ziekenhuizen Leuven - Campus Gasthuisberg - Pulmonology
Leuven, Belgium
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Universite Laval - Neurology
Québec, Canada
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University of Ottawa
Ottawa, Canada
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Virginia Commonwealth University - Sanger Hall
Richmond, Virginia, 23298, United States
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Wesley Research Institute
Auchenflower, Australia
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