Can a second treatment help kids with SMA who stalled after gene therapy?
NCT ID NCT05861999
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Sep 11, 2026 · Updated 6 times
Summary
This study tests whether adding risdiplam, a daily oral medicine, can help children under 2 with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) who stopped getting better or started declining after receiving gene therapy. The study will enroll 28 children and measure changes in motor skills over 72 weeks. The goal is to see if risdiplam can improve movement and function beyond what gene therapy alone achieved.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Risdiplam (a liquid medicine taken by mouth)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a way to help children with SMA who have stopped improving after gene therapy regain some motor function.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-phase study with only 28 children, so results may not apply to everyone. Risdiplam may cause side effects, and it is not known if it will reverse the plateau or decline.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 4
Runs after approval, following long-term safety and how well the treatment works in everyday use.
- Participants
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About 28 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Aug 2024
- Expected to finish
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Mar 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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3 to 24 months
- 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.
Inclusion Criteria: * \<2 years of age at the time of informed consent * Confirmed diagnosis of 5q-autosomal recessive SMA, including genetic confirmation of homozygous deletion or compound heterozygosity predictive of loss of function of the Survival of Motor Neuron 1 (SMN1) gene * Confirmed presence of two SMN2 gene copies as documented through laboratory testing * Administration of onasemnogene abeparvovec pre-symptomatically or post-symptomatically * Has received onasemnogene abeparvovec for SMA no less than 13 weeks prior to enrollment * If treated with risdiplam prior to onasemnogene abeparvovec, risdiplam treatment must not have exceeded 3 weeks and must be discontinued 1 day prior to onasemnogene abeparvovec administration. * In the opinion of the investigator, has demonstrated a plateau or decline in function post-gene therapy (with a duration of 26 weeks or less) documented by 2 individual time points in the functions as follows: swallowing AND one additional function/ability (respiratory, motor function, other) per appropriate expectation. Exclusion Criteria: * Previous or current enrolment in investigational study prior to initiation of study treatment * Any unresolved standard-of-care laboratory abnormalities per the onasemnogene abeparvovec prescribing information * Concomitant or previous administration of an SMN2-targeting antisense oligonucleotide * Concomitant or previous use of an anti-myostatin agent * Participants requiring invasive ventilation or tracheostomy * Presence of feeding tube and an OrSAT score of 0 * Hospitalization for pulmonary event within the last 2 months, or any planned hospitalization at the time of screening * Any major illness requiring hospitalization within 1 month before the screening examination or any febrile illness within 1 week prior to screening and up to first dose administration.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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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
18 sites in 6 countries. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin SPZ Abteilung Neuropaediatrie
RECRUITINGBerlin, 13353, Germany
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Children'S Hospital of Philadelphia
RECRUITINGPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States
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Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Center for Advanced Pediatrics
RECRUITINGAtlanta, Georgia, 30329-2309, United States
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Children's Hospital of Colorado
RECRUITINGAurora, Colorado, 80045, United States
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Children's Hospital of the King's Daughter
WITHDRAWNNorfolk, Virginia, 23510, United States
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Great Ormond Street Hospital For Children
RECRUITINGLondon, WC1N 3JH, United Kingdom
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Helen DeVos Children's Hospital at Spectrum Health
RECRUITINGGrand Rapids, Michigan, 49503, United States
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Instytut Pomnik Centrum Zdrowia Dziecka
RECRUITINGWarsaw, 04-730, Poland
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Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel
RECRUITINGPetah Tikva, 4920235, Israel
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Sidra Medicine
RECRUITINGAl Rayyan, Qatar
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Soroka Medical Center
RECRUITINGBeersheba, 8410101, Israel
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Sourasky MC, Dana-Dwek Children's Hospital
RECRUITINGTel Aviv, 6423906, Israel
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Stanford Univ Medical Center
RECRUITINGPalo Alto, California, 94304, United States
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UKGM Standort Gießen
RECRUITINGGiessen, 35392, Germany
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University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
RECRUITINGLittle Rock, Arkansas, 72103, United States
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University of Florida Pediatrics
RECRUITINGGainesville, Florida, 32610, United States
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University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
RECRUITINGDallas, Texas, 75390, United States
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Uniwersyteckie Centrum Kliniczne
RECRUITINGGda?sk, 80-952, Poland
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Valley Children's Hospital
RECRUITINGMadera, California, 93636, United States
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