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The trial, which is ongoing in the U.K. since late last year as the FDA sought more details on Verve’s in vivo treatment for heart disease. and New Zealand, has been on hold in the U.S.
Preliminary results from a phase 1 trial run by Regeneron and CRISPR specialist Intellia Therapeutics – co-founded by Nobel Prize winner Jennifer Doudna – showed steep reductions in a biomarker of ATTR amyloidosis disease activity with a single dose of the NTLA-2001 drug. — Eric Topol (@EricTopol) June 26, 2021.
The study, of Intellia’s treatment for hereditary angioedema, is the second Phase 3 trial the biotech has begun testing its “in vivo” gene editing medicines.
By Luisa Sterkel & Joana Loureiro , Tenthpin Consultants The promise and potential of cell and gene therapies (CGT) has emerged in the recent past and currently over 1.500 CGT are registered for clinical trials holding great hope for the treatment of challenging and uncurable diseases.
Interius BioTherapeutics has received approval from Australia’s Human Research Ethics Committee to begin the first-in-human trial of an investigational in vivo CAR-T therapy designed to treat B-cell malignancies.
Myeloid Therapeutics has raised $73m to support the continued clinical development of its lead cell therapy programme, MT-101, in Phase I/II trials for T cell lymphoma. MT-302 is a TROP2-targeting in vivo chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) that has been designed to express in the myeloid compartment.
The robust expertise of IASO in monitoring possibly best-in-class CARs leveraging its fully-human antibody discovery platform (IMARS), quickly conducting clinical trials and its in-house GMP facility for producing plasmid, virus vector and CAR-T cells intends to make its new therapies available to larger population across the world.
The trial, which is investigating healthy adults with a minimum body mass index of 30 kg/m2, will see VK2735 administered as an oral tablet once daily for 28 days. The Phase I study is an extension of a previously completed Phase I trial that evaluated the subcutaneous administration of VK2735.
The latest approval is based on findings from the Phase III clinical trials, HGB-207 (Northstar-2) and HGB-212 (Northstar-3), and the long-term follow-up LTF-303 study. The latest approval is based on findings from the Phase III clinical trials, HGB-207 (Northstar-2) and HGB-212 (Northstar-3), and the long-term follow-up LTF-303 study.
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Formerly known as CTX001, exa-cel is an investigational, autologous, ex vivo CRISPR/Cas9 gene-edited therapy. The BLAs are supported by data obtained from the ongoing Phase III CLIMB-111 and CLIMB-121 trials, along with an ongoing long-term follow-up CLIMB-131 trial. It is being assessed for the treatment of SCD or TDT patients.
The FDA has cleared a clinical trial of an ex vivo prime editing candidate in patients with a rare disease, Prime Medicine announced Monday. The technique taps CRISPR technology to rewrite defective genes without breaking DNA double helix strands.
The latest development is based on findings from the single-arm, open-label Phase II/III ALD-102 (Starbeam) and Phase III ALD-104 clinical trials. A one-time gene therapy, Skysona leverages ex-vivo transduction with the Lenti-D lentiviral vector for adding the ABCD1 gene’s functional copies into the hematopoietic stem cells of the patient.
Significant collaborative R&D programmes that are likely to be affected include Takeda’s partnership with Codexis for AAV-based gene therapy for Fabry disease and Takeda’s $3.6bn dollar deal with Poseida for the development of nonviral in vivo gene therapy programmes for the hereditary bleeding disorder haemophilia A.
Clinical-stage genome editing company Intellia Therapeutics has received clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Investigational New Drug (IND) application to start a pivotal phase III trial of NTLA-2001 for the treatment of transthyretin (ATTR) amyloidosis with cardiomyopathy.
Avrobio’s ex vivo lentiviral gene therapy platform led to durable responses measured in years, and significant reductions in disease-related biomarkers that far exceed today’s standard of care.
A single dose of a gene-editing drug being developed by Intellia Therapeutics almost eliminated attacks in patients with hereditary angioedema (HAE) in a clinical trial, pointing to the potential of CRISPR-based drugs delivered in vivo to treat diseases.
Gene-testing specialist Editas Medicine has halted development of its lead clinical programme for congenital eye disorders after it generated lacklustre results in a phase 1/2 trial. The post After disappointing trial, Editas puts lead CRISPR drug up for sale appeared first on. 30% of all LCA cases.
In trials, Casgevy was shown to help prevent episodes of debilitating pain, known as vaso-occlusive crises, that often plague patients affected by sickle cell disease. In June 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced its acceptance of the Biologics License Application (BLA) for exa-cel.
In 2010, two patients with end-stage refractory chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) were administered Novartis’ autologous anti-CD19 chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR-T) therapy, Kymriah (tisagenlecleucel), as part of a Phase I trial.
The approval also includes clearance for a Phase I clinical trial protocol of NXP900. NXP900 plus Osimertinibplus enzalutamide in vivo showed a possible ability to reverse acquired resistance in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.
The trial, which is the first late-stage study of an in vivo CRISPR treatment in the U.S., will start by the end of 2023. Intellia's NTLA-2001 is a treatment candidate for transthyretin amyloidosis cardiomyopathy.
Earlier in the year, the company had announced a move towards developing treatments for hemoglobinopathies like sickle cell disease and beta thalassemia and a focus on in vivo discovery. The US agency previously granted the Orphan Drug Designation to EDIT-301 for its study in beta thalassemia, in May 2022. g/dL and 45.4%
Verve Therapeutics has started dosing patients in a phase 1b trial of its in vivo gene-editing drug for high cholesterol, designed to permanently switch off the PCSK9 gene with a one-shot treatment. dosing of *first patient* with VERVE-101, an in vivo CRISPR base editing medicine. Today: we are announcing.
Novartis has shouldered its way into the in vivo gene editing category via a deal with US biotech Precision BioSciences, focused on a therapy for sickle cell disease (SCD). Other companies – notably Vertex Pharma/CRISPR Therapeutics and bluebird bio – are taking an ex vivo approach to SCD and thalassaemia and are much closer to market.
Ellipses Pharma stated that the dual FLT3 inhibition and Aurora kinase demonstrated to overcome the acquired resistance to selectively inhibit FLT3 in vitro and in vivo. The FDA IND clearance allows the company to expand its ongoing first-in-human Phase I/II clinical trial of EP0042.
AVR-RD-05 makes use of the own hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) of a patient that are transduced ex vivo with a lentiviral vector encoding the human IDS enzyme. Next year, Avrobio is expected to initiate a collaborator-sponsored Phase I/II clinical trial for Hunter syndrome in partnership with the University of Manchester, UK.
Avista's computationally steered, in vivo scAAVengr platform uses a high-throughput method with the integrated quantitative validation of new cell-specific AAVs. Avista's computationally steered, in vivo scAAVengr platform uses a high-throughput method with the integrated quantitative validation of new cell-specific AAVs.
As an autologous cell therapy, manufacturing the infusion product is a highly specialised process involving tumour harvest and the extraction and large-scale ex vivo expansion of TILs. Tumour-infiltrating lymphocyte (TIL) therapy has been investigated as a treatment modality for melanoma for almost 20 years. versus 21.4% respectively.
California-based Sangamo Therapeutics is one such company that believes in the powerful potential of in vivo genome editing and regulation, together known as genome engineering, and has built up a sizable preclinical pipeline of genome regulation treatments for diseases such as Huntington’s disease and Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
The company is currently progressing its lead drug candidate, RYZ101, into clinical trials for various solid tumour indications. A Phase Ib clinical trial of the drug is underway, enrolling subjects with neuroendocrine tumours, and Phase III trials are anticipated to commence next year.
It is designed to enhance the function of regulatory T cells (Tregs) in vivo to treat the systemic and neuro-inflammation underlying autoimmune and neurodegenerative diseases. This had a potent neuroprotective effect on nigral dopaminergic neurons in affected mice.
Rare disease clinical trials are complex due to the additional scientific, medical, operational and regulatory requirements of newly emerging advanced therapies, such as gene therapy,” says Dr. “Thankfully, we can anticipate that many more of these new treatments are expected in the future.”
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The research teams will examine the use of CytoMed’s allogeneic gdTc on multiple AML and breast cancer subtypes in vitro and in vivo. Under the two-year deal, both parties expect to develop new treatment methods for patients’ unmet AML and breast cancer needs at a reasonable price.
I have been recruited by these companies who promise huge payouts when they are acquired if their drug shows promise in clinical trials. Ex vivo (where cells are genetically modified outside the body) cell and gene therapies have generated considerable excitement on their potential to cure previously incurable diseases.
Best practice is to also consider the ‘developability’ of the lead compounds in conjunction with any evidence of potential in-vivo activity, by taking a holistic approach. With all this in mind, how do drug developers know which strategy and approach is right for their molecule at this early stage?
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IO Biotech, an oncology specialist formed and backed by Denmark’s Novo Holdings, has raised €127 million ($155 million) to further develop its cancer vaccine technology that has boosted efficacy of PD-1 immunotherapy in early trials. The post IO Biotech raises $155m to develop breakthrough cancer vaccine appeared first on.
Verve Therapeutics and Eli Lilly and Company have entered an exclusive research partnership to advance the former’s preclinical stage in vivo gene editing programme targeting lipoprotein(a) (Lp(a)) to treat atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). Lilly will provide funding for the Phase I clinical trials.
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