Capricor Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:CAPR) shares are trading higher on Friday. The company announced the long-term benefits of deramiocel for the treatment of duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD).

What Happened: The biotechnology company said deramiocel increased cardiac function based on several different measures.

The study found improvements in left ventricular ejection fraction, left ventricular end systolic volume and left ventricular end diastolic volume. Capricor stated that these measures are considered highly applicable when projecting future outcomes.

The trial also demonstrated increased skeletal function, particularly increased performance of upper limb.

The company based these positive findings off the ongoing HOPE-2 open label extension study. Capricor is expected to present these results at the Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy (PPMD) Annual Conference on Saturday.

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CAPR Price Action: Capricor Therapeutics shares are trading 4.39% higher at $4.84 at the time of writing per data from Benzinga Pro.

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