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Onasemnogene Abeparvovec: First Global Approval
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Onasemnogene abeparvovec (onasemnogene abeparvovec-xioi; formerly AVXS-101; ZOLGENSMA ® ) is an adeno-associated viral vector-based gene therapy designed to deliver a functional copy of the human survival motor neuron (SMN) gene to the motor neuron cells of patients with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). It has been developed by AveXis, a Novartis company, and was approved in May 2019 in the USA for the treatment of paediatric patients aged 14 vector genomes per kg of bodyweight, administered as a single intravenous infusion over 60 min. Regulatory assessments for this formulation of onasemnogene abeparvovec are underway in the EU and Japan; an intrathecal formulation is currently undergoing clinical development in the USA. This article summarizes the milestones in the development of onasemnogene abeparvovec leading to this first approval for the treatment of paediatric patients aged < 2 years with SMA and bi-allelic mutations in SMN1.
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“Food and Drug Administration granted final approval for Zolgensma, a genetic therapy for pediatric patients suffering from spinal muscular atrophy (1, 2).”
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“Gene therapies are routinely administered in infancy for spinal muscular atrophy, (Hoy, 2019) and there is emerging data to suggest that administration in infancy might be similarly effective in muscular dystrophy.”
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“22 Hemgenix and Roctavian are among latest AAV5-based gene therapies for Hemophilia B and Hemophilia A respectively.”
From roadmap to a sustainable end-to-end individualized therapy pathway
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“OA is indicated for the treatment of SMA patients under 2 years of age with biallelic mutations in the SMN1 gene [10] or body weight less than 21 kg, independent age [11].”
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“…FDA for the treatment of the early childhood blindness disease Leber congenital amaurosis (Kumaran et al., 2018) and spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) (Hoy, 2019), and almost all gene editing work applied in the clinic relies on AAV vectors to deliver a genetic payload (Dunbar et al., 2018; High and…”
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“…onasemnogene abeparvovec, a gene therapy applied by a one-time intravenous infusion of an adeno-associated virus vector for SMN1 correction has been approved by the FDA for patients with SMA below 2 years of age with bial-lelic mutations of the SMN1 gene and up to three copies of the SMN2 gene [9].”
Is Duchenne gene therapy a suitable treatment despite its immunogenic class effect?
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“One main challenge for type II SMA patients treated with these drugs is ongoing muscle fatigue, limited mobility, and other skeletal problems.”
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“However, an AAV vector with a similar administration route-dependent CNS exposure [21] is already in clinical use [52], and warrants the continued discussion of how the administration route could impact the CNS delivery, particularly with a targeting motif like scFv 46.”
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“Nevertheless, Zolgensma is currently indicated for the treatment of patients who have SMA type I or up to 3 copies of the SMN2 gene, and the most crucial issue is whether the safety of high-dose virus vector and systemic administration requires further evaluation (Hoy, 2019).”
BackgroundEngineering precision therapies: lessons and motivations from the clinic
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“Nusinersen, an antisense oligonucleotide administered intrathecally that increases the expression of SMN protein [6– 8], risdiplam, an orally administered small molecule modifying SMN2 gene splicing [9], and onasemnogene abeparvovec, a nonreplicating recombinant adenovirus- associated virus serotype 9 (AAV9) containin…”
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“Onasemnogene abeparvovec (Zolgensma) is another gene replacement therapy that delivers the functional copy of survival of motor neuron 1 (SMN1) gene using AAV9 for the treatment of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a devastating neuromuscular disease (Hoy, 2019; Day et al., 2021; Figure 1A).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Hoy, S. M.
- Affiliations
- Springer Nature (New Zealand) (NZ)
- Corresponding author
- Hoy, Sheridan M.
- Venue
- Drugs
- Published
- 2019-07
- Volume
- 79
- Issue
- 11
- Pages
- 1255-1262
- ISSN
- 0012-6667 (ISSN-L)
- 1179-1950
- OpenAlex
- W2955699452
- Cited by
- 337
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 31 · 2025: 36 · 2024: 54 · 2023: 42 · 2022: 38 · 2021: 68 · 2020: 58 · 2019: 9
- FWCI
- 23.71
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Drugs (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Genetics (clinical) › Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Virus-based gene therapy research
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Genetics (clinical) › Lysosomal Storage Disorders Research
- Keywords
- onasemnogene abeparvovec, Zolgensma, spinal muscular atrophy, gene therapy, adeno-associated virus vectors, SMN1, survival motor neuron protein, pediatric patients, regulatory approval, drug development milestones
- MeSH terms
- Dependovirus, Genetic Vectors, Humans, Infant, Infant, Newborn, Infusions, Intravenous, Motor Neurons, Muscular Atrophy, Spinal, Mutation, United States, United States Food and Drug Administration, Genetic Therapy, Drug Approval, SMN Complex Proteins
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