E.1 Medical condition or disease under investigation |
E.1.1 | Medical condition(s) being investigated |
Adenosine deaminase (ADA) deficiency is an inherited disorder that damages the immune system and causes severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID). Children with SCID lack virtually all immune protection from bacteria, viruses, and fungi. They are prone to repeated and persistent infections that can be very serious or life-threatening. If not treated in a way that restores immune function, children with SCID usually live only a year or two. |
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E.1.1.1 | Medical condition in easily understood language |
Adenosine Deaminase (ADA) is an enzyme, needed by the body to develop lymphocytes of the immune system. Children who are born with mutations in ADA gene have severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID). |
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E.1.1.2 | Therapeutic area | Diseases [C] - Immune System Diseases [C20] |
MedDRA Classification |
E.1.2 Medical condition or disease under investigation |
E.1.2 | Version | 20.0 |
E.1.2 | Level | LLT |
E.1.2 | Classification code | 10066372 |
E.1.2 | Term | ADA deficiency |
E.1.2 | System Organ Class | 100000012248 |
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E.1.3 | Condition being studied is a rare disease | Yes |
E.2 Objective of the trial |
E.2.1 | Main objective of the trial |
1. To examine the safety and efficacy of lentiviral vector mediated gene therapy for ADA-deficient SCID.
2. To assess efficacy of treatment by measurement of ADA cDNA copy number in peripheral blood leukocytes using real-time PCR.
3. To assess efficacy of treatment by measurement of cellular and humoral immune system recovery
4. To assess efficacy of treatment by measurement of ADA activity and reduction in dATP in peripheral blood cells
5. To assess safety of treatment by clinical, haematological and immunological monitoring of patients
6. To assess safety of treatment by analysis of vector integration sites and analysis of clonal proliferation
7. To compare outcomes between patients treated with gene therapy and patients treated with allogeneic HSCT |
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E.2.2 | Secondary objectives of the trial |
1. To improve the overall health of the patient, including reduction in frequency of infections & promote growth.
2. To evaluate the longitudinal clinical effect in terms of improved immunity.
3. To evaluate tolerability of conditioning regimen
4. To evaluate feasibility of the transduction procedure
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E.2.3 | Trial contains a sub-study | No |
E.3 | Principal inclusion criteria |
Patients treated with Gene Therapy
1. Diagnosis of ADA-SCID confirmed by DNA sequencing OR by confirmed absence of <3% of ADA enzymatic activity in peripheral blood or (for neonates) in umbilical cord blood erythrocytes and/or leucocytes or in cultured fetal cells derived from either chorionic villus biopsy or amniocentesis, prior to institution of PEG-ADA replacement therapy
2. Patients who lack a fully HLA-matched family donor
3. Patients (male or female) <5yrs of age OR
Patients (male or female) >5yrs to 15 yrs of age who have preserved thymic function as evidenced by presence of >10 % naïve T cells (CD4+45RA+27+ cells)
4. Parental/guardian signed informed consent
Historical HSCT control group
Inclusion criteria
1. Diagnosis of ADA-SCID confirmed by DNA sequencing OR by confirmed absence of <3% of ADA enzymatic activity in peripheral blood or (for neonates) in umbilical cord blood erythrocytes and/or leucocytes or in cultured fetal cells derived from either chorionic villus biopsy or amniocentesis, prior to institution of PEG-ADA replacement therapy
2. Patients (male or female) from all age
3. Patient treated with allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation
No exclusion criteria
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E.4 | Principal exclusion criteria |
1. Cytogenetic abnormalities on peripheral blood
2. Evidence of active malignant disease
3. Known sensitivity to busulfan
4. If applicable, confirmed pregnancy (to be tested in patients above 12 years old) |
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E.5 End points |
E.5.1 | Primary end point(s) |
1) Overall survival following gene therapy after 1 year post gene therapy
2) Disease free survival as assessed by complete cessation of PEG-ADA 2 years post gene therapy
3) Engraftment of genetically corrected haematopoietic progenitors and/or differentiated cells in peripheral blood and/or in bone marrow (as assessed by evidence of vector copy number or transgene expression in the cells)
4) Reconstitution of cell mediated and humoral immunity 2 years post gene therapy (as assessed by evidence of changes in T cell function and circulating immunoglobulin levels).
5) Correction of metabolic abnormalities (as assessed by dATP at levels comparable to published data from HSCT treated patients and by evidence of ADA activity in erythrocytes)
6) Analysis of frequency of vector integration into known proto oncogene and analysis of frequency of clonal expansion associated with vector integration near proto oncogene
7) To compare overall survival and event-free survival between patients treated with gene therapy and patients treated with allogeneic HSCT |
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E.5.1.1 | Timepoint(s) of evaluation of this end point |
3 years post-infusion of gene-modified cells. |
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E.5.2 | Secondary end point(s) |
1) Reduction in frequency of infections (evaluated from 1 year after treatment by clinical history, complete physical examinations at 3 years post-gene therapy, haematological tests) and improved weight parameter
2) Long term immune reconstitution as assessed by sustained improvement in thymic function assessed by TRECS after 2 years post-gene therapy
3) Tolerability of conditioning regimen assessed by hematopoietic recovery within 6 weeks as assessed by absolute neutrophil count (ANC) above 0.5 x 109 cells/l
4) Feasibility of the transduction procedure assessed by availability of greater than 0.5 x 106 CD34+ cells/kg after transduction; undetectable RCL (determined retrospectively); and CD45+ cell viability after transduction equal to or greater than 50%, in accordance with the final product release criteria
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E.5.2.1 | Timepoint(s) of evaluation of this end point |
3 years post-infusion of gene-modified cells. |
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E.6 and E.7 Scope of the trial |
E.6 | Scope of the trial |
E.6.1 | Diagnosis | No |
E.6.2 | Prophylaxis | No |
E.6.3 | Therapy | Yes |
E.6.4 | Safety | Yes |
E.6.5 | Efficacy | Yes |
E.6.6 | Pharmacokinetic | No |
E.6.7 | Pharmacodynamic | No |
E.6.8 | Bioequivalence | No |
E.6.9 | Dose response | No |
E.6.10 | Pharmacogenetic | No |
E.6.11 | Pharmacogenomic | No |
E.6.12 | Pharmacoeconomic | No |
E.6.13 | Others | No |
E.7 | Trial type and phase |
E.7.1 | Human pharmacology (Phase I) | Yes |
E.7.1.1 | First administration to humans | Yes |
E.7.1.2 | Bioequivalence study | No |
E.7.1.3 | Other | No |
E.7.1.3.1 | Other trial type description | |
E.7.2 | Therapeutic exploratory (Phase II) | Yes |
E.7.3 | Therapeutic confirmatory (Phase III) | No |
E.7.4 | Therapeutic use (Phase IV) | No |
E.8 Design of the trial |
E.8.1 | Controlled | Yes |
E.8.1.1 | Randomised | No |
E.8.1.2 | Open | Yes |
E.8.1.3 | Single blind | No |
E.8.1.4 | Double blind | No |
E.8.1.5 | Parallel group | No |
E.8.1.6 | Cross over | No |
E.8.1.7 | Other | Yes |
E.8.1.7.1 | Other trial design description |
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E.8.2 | Comparator of controlled trial |
E.8.2.1 | Other medicinal product(s) | No |
E.8.2.2 | Placebo | No |
E.8.2.3 | Other | Yes |
E.8.2.3.1 | Comparator description |
allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation control group |
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E.8.2.4 | Number of treatment arms in the trial | 1 |
E.8.3 |
The trial involves single site in the Member State concerned
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E.8.4 | The trial involves multiple sites in the Member State concerned | No |
E.8.5 | The trial involves multiple Member States | No |
E.8.6 Trial involving sites outside the EEA |
E.8.6.1 | Trial being conducted both within and outside the EEA | No |
E.8.6.2 | Trial being conducted completely outside of the EEA | No |
E.8.7 | Trial has a data monitoring committee | No |
E.8.8 |
Definition of the end of the trial and justification where it is not the last
visit of the last subject undergoing the trial
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The end of the study is defined as the last patient’s last scheduled visit according to the protocol, which will be the 3 year follow-up visit of the last patient entered into the trial.
In case the study is ended prematurely, the sponsor will notify GTAC and the MHRA within 15 days, including the reasons for the premature termination. |
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E.8.9 Initial estimate of the duration of the trial |
E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned years | 10 |
E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned months | |
E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned days | |
E.8.9.2 | In all countries concerned by the trial years | 10 |
E.8.9.2 | In all countries concerned by the trial months | 0 |
E.8.9.2 | In all countries concerned by the trial days | 2 |