Safety of a New Type of Treatment Called Gene Transfer for the Treatment of Severe Hemophilia B

April 2, 2007 updated by: Avigen

A Phase I Safety Study in Subjects With Severe Hemophilia B (Factor IX Deficiency) Using Adeno-Associated Viral Vector to Deliver the Gene for Human Factor IX Into the Liver

In this study a modified virus called adeno-associated virus (AAV) will be used to transfer a normal gene for human clotting factor IX into patients with severe hemophilia B (AAV human Factor IX vector). Gene therapy is a very new medical technique being used in a number of clinical studies for diseases such as cancer and cystic fibrosis. At this time, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved no gene transfer products for commercial use. To date, 8 subjects have received AAV vector in the muscle for a hemophilia B trial by intramuscular injection, and, to date, 6 subjects have been treated with AAV vector in the current hemophilia B liver trial. Eleven cystic fibrosis subjects have received AAV vector into their nasal sinuses or lungs to date. In this study, AAV human Factor IX vector will be injected into the liver using a catheter inserted into a large blood vessel (called the proper hepatic artery or the right hepatic artery).

Study Overview

Status

Terminated

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment

15

Phase

  • Phase 2
  • Phase 1

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United States
    • California
      • Palo Alto, California, United States, 94305
        • Stanford University
    • Pennsylvania
      • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19104
        • The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
      • Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, 15213
        • The Hemophilia Center of Western Pennsylvania

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

Male

Description

  • Males with severe hemophilia B with Factor IX activity level < 1% of normal.
  • Life expectancy of > 1 year.
  • Age > 18 years old.
  • Ability to give informed consent.
  • Greater than twenty exposure days of treatment with Factor IX protein.
  • No history or presence of an inhibitor to Factor IX protein.
  • Subjects must be able to receive Factor IX protein on a home infusion protocol.
  • Subjects must have a normal protime (PT).
  • Hepatitis C infected subjects will be evaluated for liver fibrosis based on liver biopsy data graded on a scale of 0-4 (Poynard et. al., 1997). Subjects who are Hepatitis C antibody and RNA positive and have not had a liver biopsy within the last 36 months will be required to have one.
  • Subjects must have low AAV titer.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Non-Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Avigen

Collaborators

The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
University of Washington
Stanford University
University of Campinas, Brazil
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia
Christian Medical College, Vellore, India
The Hemophilia Center of Western Pennsylvania

Publications and helpful links

The person responsible for entering information about the study voluntarily provides these publications. These may be about anything related to the study.

Helpful Links

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

January 1, 2004

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

January 26, 2004

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 27, 2004

First Posted (Estimate)

January 28, 2004

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

April 4, 2007

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 2, 2007

Last Verified

January 1, 2004

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • BB IND 9398

This information was retrieved directly from the website clinicaltrials.gov without any changes. If you have any requests to change, remove or update your study details, please contact register@clinicaltrials.gov. As soon as a change is implemented on clinicaltrials.gov, this will be updated automatically on our website as well.

Subscribe