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Gene Therapy With Modified Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cells for the Treatment of Patients With Mucopolysaccharidosis Type I, Hurler Variant

Phase 1
Active, not recruiting
Conditions
Mucopolysaccharidosis IH
Interventions
Genetic: Frozen autologous CD34+ hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells genetically modified with the lentiviral vector IDUA LV, encoding for the α-L-iduronidase cDNA, in their final formulation medium.
Registration Number
NCT03488394
Lead Sponsor
IRCCS San Raffaele
Brief Summary

This is a phase I/II study evaluating safety and efficacy of autologous hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells genetically modified with IDUA lentiviral vector encoding for the human α-L-iduronidase gene for the treatment of patients affected by Mucopolysaccharidosis Type I, Hurler variant

Detailed Description

Pediatric patients with mucopolysaccharidosis type I will be treated with genetically modified autologous hematopoietic stem cells collected from mobilized peripheral blood (or bone marrow if mobilization is not feasible) and transduced with IDUA lentiviral vector encoding for the human α-L-iduronidase gene.

Patients will be followed for 5 years after gene therapy. After completing participation in this study, subjects will be offered enrollment into an approved long term follow-up (LTFU) study which will enable continued follow-up for up to 15 years post-treatment (per regulatory guidelines for follow up of patients treated with ATMPs).

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
8
Inclusion Criteria
  • Written informed consent by parent/legal guardian
  • Sex: Males and Females
  • Age: ≥ 28 days and ≤ 11 years old
  • Biochemically and molecularly proven MPS IH
  • Lansky index >80%
  • Indication to hematopoietic stem cell transplant
  • Lack of a non-heterozygous (for mutated IDUA) HLA-matched sibling donor or a ≥7/8 (4 digits high-resolution typing) HLA-matched cord blood donor with a cellularity ≥5 x 10^7 Total Nucleated Cells (TNC)/Kg after 1-month search.(This criterion will not apply to patients whose country of origin does not offer unrelated donor cord blood transplantion).
  • Adequate cardiac, renal, hepatic and pulmonary functions
Exclusion Criteria
  • Use of other investigational agents within 4 weeks prior to study enrolment (within 6 weeks if use of long-acting agents)
  • Severe, active viral, bacterial or fungal infection at eligibility evaluation
  • Patients affected by neoplasia or family history of familial cancer syndromes
  • Cytogenetic alterations associated with high risk of developing hematological malignancies
  • History of uncontrolled seizures
  • Patients with end-organ damage or any other severe disease which, in the judgment of the investigator, would make the patient inappropriate for entry into this study
  • Positivity for HIV (serology or RNA), and/or HbsAg and/or HBV DNA and/or HCV RNA and/or Treponema Pallidum or Mycoplasma active infection
  • Patients with DQ/IQ <70
  • Previous allogeneic hematopoietic stem cells transplantation or gene therapy with a different product
  • Contraindications to PeIMP (G-CSF, Plerixafor, Busulfan, Fludarabine, Rituximab)

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
TreatmentFrozen autologous CD34+ hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells genetically modified with the lentiviral vector IDUA LV, encoding for the α-L-iduronidase cDNA, in their final formulation medium.Gene therapy (autologous, CD34+ cell enriched cells fraction containing HSCs, transduced with the IDUA LV encoding for the human IDUA gene and cryopreserved in cryoformulation medium)
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Overall survival5 year

Number of subjects alive at the end of the trial

Safety of the administration of autologous haematopoietic stem cells transduced with IDUA LV - Absence of Replication Competent Lentivirus0-5 years after gene therapy

Percentage of subjects without Replication Competent Lentivirus

Safety of the administration of autologous haematopoietic stem cells transduced with IDUA LV - Absence of malignancy or abnormal clonal proliferation0-5 years after gene therapy

Percentage of subjects without abnormal clonal proliferation

IDUA activity in blood1, 3 and 5 years post treatment

IDUA activity measured on peripheral blood dried spot

Overall safety and tolerability (AE)0-5 years after gene therapy

The number of AEs (expected/unexpected and/or related/not related) and SAEs (expected/unexpected and/or related/not related) and the percentage of subjects experiencing AEs (expected/unexpected and/or related/not related) and SAEs (expected/unexpected and/or related/not related) will be summarized by severity and within body system involved. Narratives will also be presented. The rate of occurrence of these events will also be estimated.

Achievement of haematological engraftmentwithin day +45 after gene therapy

First day of neutrophil count more than 500/mm3 and platelets more than 20,000/mm3 on 3 consecutive days (in the absence of transfusions).

Safety of the administration of autologous haematopoietic stem cells transduced with IDUA LV - Short term tolerability0-24 hours from injection

Percentage of subjects not experiencing short-term adverse events of any grade and systemic reactions

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Achievement of supraphysiologic IDUA activity in blood1, 3 and 5 years after gene therapy

IDUA activity measured on peripheral blood dried spot up to supraphysiologic levels as compared with healthy donors. A supraphysiologic IDUA level is defined as \>24.31 μmol/L/h, which is the 97.5 percentile of the IDUA distribution in healthy children.

Anti-IDUA antibody immune response0-5 years after gene therapy

Presence and titer of anti-IDUA antibody on serum

Normalization of urinary GAGs1, 3 and 5 years after gene therapy

Proportion of subjects achieving normalization of urinary GAG levels (heparansulfate and dermatansulfate) measured by HPLC

Normalization of spleen and liver1, 3 and 5 years after gene therapy

Proportion of subjects achieving normal spleen and liver assessed by clinical examination (palpation) and/or ultrasound

IDUA activity in plasma1, 3 and 5 years after gene therapy

IDUA activity measured on plasma samples from peripheral blood.

Growth velocity1, 3 and 5 years after gene therapy

length/height for age and cm/year percentiles

Engraftment of transduced cells at levels above 30%by year 1 and after 3 and 5 years from gene therapy

Engraftment will be assessed by vector-specific quantitative PCR on peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) and/or bone marrow (BM). Adequate engraftment is defined as ≥ 0.30 VCN/genome

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Ospedale San Raffaele

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Milano, Italy

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