2026 / Care, Ambulation, Clinical Care, Corticosteroids, Duchenne

Motor function and growth outcomes with early corticosteroid initiation in DMD: an adjusted cross-trial comparison

Publisher: Muscle & Nerve

by: Emma Ciafaloni, Abigail Zion, Joanne M. Donovan, Megan Freed, Katherine Anderson, Michela Guglieri, Richard S Finkel, Robert C Griggs, Hanane Akbarnejad, James Signorovitch

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Participants of a clinical trial who were steriod naive were compared to participants who were started on daily corticosteroids. Those with daily steroids had better 12-month motor function outcome measures.

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