–SAT-3247 treatment improved muscle repair and
regeneration in canine model of DMD
– SAT-3247 treatment also improved muscle force
in this canine model of DMD
– Satellos remains on track to initiate a Phase
1 clinical trial in Q3 2024
Satellos Bioscience Inc. (“Satellos” or the “Company”) (TSX:
MSCL, OTCQB: MSCLF), a public biotech company developing new small
molecule therapeutic approaches to improve the treatment of muscle
diseases and disorders, today announced preliminary results from a
single case study of SAT-3247 treatment in a canine model of
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD or Duchenne). This model
represents a severe dystrophy that closely reflects disease
progression observed in people with DMD. SAT-3247 is in development
as a novel regenerative medicine approach to treating DMD. These
data were presented at the Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy (PPMD)
30th Annual Conference this past weekend.
"We are encouraged by these initial data showing treatment with
SAT-3247 improved regeneration and muscle force in a canine model
of Duchenne," said Frank Gleeson, Co-founder and CEO of Satellos
Bioscience. "As Satellos' first results in a large animal study, we
are pleased that these findings continue to validate the
improvement in muscle repair and regeneration that we have
consistently seen in the mdx mouse model. This pilot study offers
further support that SAT-3247 treatment may be capable of restoring
muscle repair and regeneration that is impaired in people living
with Duchenne."
After treatment with SAT-3247 the animals showed an increase in
Regenerative Index (RI), a measure of the number of newly
regenerated muscle fibers versus the number of damaged and dying
muscle fibers.
“Increases in the Regenerative Index suggest that muscle repair
and regeneration is occurring,” commented Phil Lambert, Ph.D.,
Chief Scientific Officer of Satellos Bioscience. “While
preliminary, these results further build and support our
understanding of the unique mechanism of action of SAT-3247. We
continue to work diligently to advance this novel small molecule
drug candidate into a first-in-human clinical trial this
quarter.”
The highlighted results released at the PPMD conference and
available on the Company’s website here are from one of two
dystrophic animals in a pilot study in which each animal was
treated for four months with a daily oral dose of SAT-3247. A
summary of the results for the single case study animal reported is
as follows:
- After four months of SAT-3247 treatment, skeletal muscle
displayed an approximate four hundred and fifty percent (450%)
increase in Regenerative Index; and
- After two months of SAT-3247 treatment, skeletal muscle
displayed up to a one hundred percent (100%) increase in muscle
force.
About SAT-3247
SAT-3247 is designed as a once-daily, oral small molecule drug
that targets the root cause of muscle loss in degenerative
diseases, initially in Duchenne. SAT-3247 presents a novel
mechanism of action to restore impaired muscle regeneration caused
by the absence of functional dystrophin.
About Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
Duchenne muscular dystrophy is an inherited disease caused by
mutations in the dystrophin gene that no longer allow the
dystrophin protein to function properly. Consequently, as
discovered by Satellos, muscle repair and regeneration are
impaired. Satellos designed SAT-3247 to restore the process of
muscle repair and regeneration by regulating a
dystrophin-independent pathway with the goal of increasing muscle
function. SAT-3247 is intended to work as a standalone therapeutic
without regard to a patient’s genetic mutation or ambulatory
status. Our approach has the potential to complement approaches
designed to restore dystrophin production.
About Satellos Bioscience Inc.
Satellos is a publicly traded biotechnology company dedicated to
developing life-improving medicines to treat degenerative muscle
diseases. Satellos has incorporated breakthrough research in muscle
stem cell polarity into a proprietary discovery platform, called
MyoReGenX™, to identify degenerative muscle diseases where deficits
in this process affect muscle regeneration and are amenable to
therapeutic intervention. With this platform, Satellos is building
a pipeline of novel therapeutics to correct muscle stem cell
polarity and promote the body’s innate muscle repair and
regeneration process. The Company’s lead program is an oral, small
molecule drug candidate in development as a potential
disease-modifying treatment for Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
Satellos is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. For more
information, visit www.satellos.com.
Notice on Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes forward-looking information or
forward-looking statements within the meaning of applicable
securities laws regarding Satellos and its business, which may
include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the
anticipated benefits to patients from a small molecule treatment
for Duchenne; the advancement of our lead drug candidate into
clinical trials; our belief that assessing regenerative status in
skeletal muscle could potentially provide a meaningful way to
predict functional outcomes in future clinical trial,, the
pharmacodynamic properties and mechanism-of-action of our lead drug
candidate; the potential of our approach in other degenerative
muscle diseases or in muscle injury or trauma; the general benefits
of modulating stem cell polarity by administering small molecule
drugs; its/their prospective impact on Duchenne patients, patients
with other degenerative muscle disease or muscle injury or trauma,
and on muscle regeneration generally; the utility of regenerating
muscle by modulating polarity; adoption of Satellos’ approach by
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