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Hemophilia B Gene Therapy with a High-Specific-Activity Factor IX Variant

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George, Lindsey A., Sullivan, Spencer K., Giermasz, Adam, Rasko, John E.J., Samelson-Jones, Benjamin J., Ducore, Jonathan, Cuker, Adam, Sullivan, Lisa M. +20 more·2017·New England Journal of Medicine

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BACKGROUND: The prevention of bleeding with adequately sustained levels of clotting factor, after a single therapeutic intervention and without the need for further medical intervention, represents an important goal in the treatment of hemophilia. METHODS: vector genomes per kilogram of body weight in 10 men with hemophilia B who had factor IX coagulant activity of 2% or less of the normal value. Laboratory values, bleeding frequency, and consumption of factor IX concentrate were prospectively evaluated after vector infusion and were compared with baseline values. RESULTS: No serious adverse events occurred during or after vector infusion. Vector-derived factor IX coagulant activity was sustained in all the participants, with a mean (±SD) steady-state factor IX coagulant activity of 33.7±18.5% (range, 14 to 81). On cumulative follow-up of 492 weeks among all the participants (range of follow-up in individual participants, 28 to 78 weeks), the annualized bleeding rate was significantly reduced (mean rate, 11.1 events per year [range, 0 to 48] before vector administration vs. 0.4 events per year [range, 0 to 4] after administration; P=0.02), as was factor use (mean dose, 2908 IU per kilogram [range, 0 to 8090] before vector administration vs. 49.3 IU per kilogram [range, 0 to 376] after administration; P=0.004). A total of 8 of 10 participants did not use factor, and 9 of 10 did not have bleeds after vector administration. An asymptomatic increase in liver-enzyme levels developed in 2 participants and resolved with short-term prednisone treatment. One participant, who had substantial, advanced arthropathy at baseline, administered factor for bleeding but overall used 91% less factor than before vector infusion. CONCLUSIONS: We found sustained therapeutic expression of factor IX coagulant activity after gene transfer in 10 participants with hemophilia who received the same vector dose. Transgene-derived factor IX coagulant activity enabled the termination of baseline prophylaxis and the near elimination of bleeding and factor use. (Funded by Spark Therapeutics and Pfizer; ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT02484092 .).

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    “Further studies confirmed that the capsid-specific immune response is dose-dependent and administration of low vector doses of AAV are more likely to induce mild inflammation that is manageable by steroids [86–88].”
  • A single FIX-R338L trial reported thrombosis in a subject who achieved FIX:C >200% of normal by one-stage assay, with multiple contributing prothrombotic comorbidities including obesity, kidney failure, and recent cessation of a direct-Xa oral anticoagulant.

    “a single FIX-R338L trial reported thrombosis in a subject who achieved FIX:C > 200% of normal (by one-stage assay [OSA]) with potentially multiple contributing prothrombotic comorbidities, including, obesity, kidney failure, and recent cessation of a direct-Xa oral anticoagulant145”
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    “both transgene products, FVIII-SQ and FIX-R338L, demonstrate variable activity measurements in OSA versus chromogenic assay (CSA) determinants of factor activity that are reproducible across trials.144,145,149,152”
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George, L. A., Sullivan, S. K., Giermasz, A., Rasko, J. E. J., Samelson-Jones, B. J., Ducore, J., Cuker, A., Sullivan, L. M., Majumdar, S., Teitel, J., McGuinn, C. E., Ragni, M. V., Luk, A. Y., Hui, D., Wright, J. F., Chen, Y., Liu, Y., Wachtel, K., Winters, A., Tiefenbacher, S., Arruda, V. R., van der Loo, J. C. M., Zelenaia, O., Takefman, D., Carr, M. E., Couto, L. B., Anguela, X. M., & High, K. A.
Affiliations
The University of Sydney (AU)
Venue
New England Journal of Medicine
Published
2017-12-07
Volume
377
Issue
23
Pages
2215-2227
ISSN
  • 0028-4793 (ISSN-L)
  • 1533-4406
OpenAlex
W2773253161
Cited by
762
References
32
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FWCI
64.15
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • New England Journal of Medicine (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (P01HL064190, T32HL007439, T32HL007150)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Hematology › Hemophilia Treatment and Research
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Virus-based gene therapy research
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Hematology › Platelet Disorders and Treatments
Keywords
hemophilia B, gene therapy, factor IX, adeno-associated virus vectors, annualized bleeding rate, transgene expression, elevated liver enzymes
MeSH terms
Dependovirus, Adolescent, Adult, Hemophilia B, Factor IX, Genetic Vectors, Hemorrhage, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Genetic Therapy, Transgenes, Young Adult

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