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Capricor to Present Positive Five-Year HOPE-2 OLE Data and HOPE-3 Phase 3 Results for Deramiocel in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy at PPMD 2026 Annual Conference
Deramiocel demonstrates durable skeletal and cardiac muscle benefit over five years in the HOPE-2 OLE studyPUL 2.0 year-over-year decline attenuated to approximately 1 pointFindings to be presented alongside previously reported HOPE-3 Phase 3 results, which met its primary and key secondary endpoints with statistical significanceDeramiocel maintains a favorable safety profile across both studies, with no new safety signalsHOPE-2 OLE data featured in a late-breaking session; HOPE-3 in a cardiac c
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SAN DIEGO, June 26, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Capricor Therapeutics (NASDAQ: CAPR), a biotechnology company developing transformative cell and exosome-based therapeutics for rare diseases, today announced positive five-year data from its ongoing HOPE-2 Open-Label Extension (OLE) study of Deramiocel, the Company's lead cell therapy candidate for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD). The data will be presented at the Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy (PPMD) 2026 Annual Conference, taking place June 25-27, 2026, in Orlando, Florida, alongside previously reported results from the Company's HOPE-3 Phase 3 trial. Five-Year HOPE-2 OLE Results – June 27, 2026, Session: Late-Breaking NewsAmong the patients who remain enrolled in the HOPE-2 OLE study (n=9), treatment with Deramiocel continued to attenuate disease progression over five years, as measured by Performance of the Upper Limb (PUL 2.0). Patients experienced a mean total-score decline of less than 5 points over five years. By comparison, a cohort-matched external comparator of standard-of-care DMD patients showed a modeled decline of roughly 2.4 points per year, which if continued would project to approximately 12 points over five years. A separately published natural-history analysis (Coratti, et al., J Neuromuscular Dis, 2025) reported a decline in non-ambulant patients of approximately 8.1 points over three years, consistent with a meaningful treatment benefit. Cardiac function, as measured by left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) on cardiac MRI, remained stable over the full five-year period, in contrast to the modeled decline of approximately 3.2% per year observed in a propensity-matched external cardiac comparator. Deramiocel continued to demonstrate a favorable safety profile throughout the study, consistent with over 800 intravenous infusions administered to date across the Deramiocel clinical development program. HOPE-3 Phase 3 Results – June 26, 2026, Session: The Heart of the Matter: A Cardiac Care PanelDr. Chet Villa (Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center) will present previously reported results from the HOPE-3 Phase 3 trial at the conference. The multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial enrolled 106 patients with DMD and met its primary endpoint (PUL 2.0, p=0.03) and key secondary cardiac endpoint (LVEF, p=0.04), along with all other Type I error-controlle...
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