Retroviral Insertion Site Methodology Study

Methodology Study to Investigate the Utility of Retroviral Insertion Site Analysis in Samples From Subjects Treated With Strimvelis™ Gene Therapy

Adenosine deaminase (ADA) is an enzyme involved in the development and functioning of the immune system. Deficiency of ADA results in severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID), a fatal inherited immune disorder. Strimvelis is a gene therapy that aims to insert ADA function into blood cells and halt or reverse the conditions caused by decreased ADA enzyme levels, such as impaired immune function. It is important to consider long term follow-up of patients who have received Strimvelis, including evaluation of the risk of insertion near certain genes that may lead to unexpected activation of those genes (oncogenesis). The objective of this study is to evaluate the use of a new technique to identify where Strimvelis has become inserted in the genetic sequence, and potential implications for patient care. This new technique is known as sonication linker mediated polymerase chain reaction (SLiM-PCR) for retroviral insertion site (RIS) analysis. The study will recruit at least 15 pediatric or adult patients with ADA-SCID who have been treated with Strimvelis, either in previous clinical trials or as a registered product. Recruitment for the study may remain open for up to 2 years even if 15 subjects are recruited sooner. Study participation will last for up to 5 years. A total of 5 blood samples will be collected from each subject at approximately annual intervals.

Study Overview

• Status: Withdrawn
• Conditions: Immune System Diseases
• Intervention / Treatment: Genetic: Strimvelis

• Study Type: Interventional
• Phase: Phase 4

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Child; Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Male or female, pediatric or adult, subjects with ADA-SCID, who have been previously treated with Strimvelis.
• Capable of giving signed informed consent or signed informed consent provided by the subject's parent or legal guardian.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Presence of concomitant condition(s) that in the Investigator's opinion makes participation in the study unsuitable or may prevent compliance with the protocol requirements.
• Unlikely to comply with the requirements of the protocol (i.e. attendance for blood sampling on an approximately annual basis).
• Transportation of viable samples to the European Union (EU) central laboratory from the subject's home country is not possible.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Basic Science
• Allocation: N/A
• Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Strimvelis treatment receivers; Approximately 15 subjects with ADA-SCID who were previously received Strimvelis will be included in the analysis and a total of 5 blood samples will be collected from each subject at approximately annual interval.	Genetic: Strimvelis; Strimvelis is a gene therapy that aims to restore ADA function in hematopoietic cell lineages and prevent the immunological manifestations. Strimvelis is a cluster of differentiation (CD) 34+ cell enriched dispersion of human bone marrow derived hematopoietic stem cells for infusion which have been transduced with a retroviral vector containing the human ADA gene.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Mean abundance measurement	The accuracy and precision of SLiM-PCR methodology will be assessed using whole blood samples, taken from subjects treated with Strimvelis, spiked with control insertion site deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). The mean abundance will be calculated between subjects at every time point, within subjects over time points and between the same sample within a time point within a subject.	Up to 5 years
Coefficient of variation measurement	The accuracy and precision of SLiM-PCR methodology will be assessed using whole blood samples, taken from subjects treated with Strimvelis, spiked with control insertion site DNA. The coefficient of variation will be calculated between subjects at every time point, within subjects over time points and between the same sample within a time point within a subject.	Up to 5 years

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Measurement of clone abundance of more than 5 percent	Abundance of clones in subject's samples will be measured by SLiM-PCR, where abundance estimates will be derived from the number of individual sheared DNA fragments and the number of DNA barcodes in the linker sequences.	Up to 5 years
Shannon diversity index measurement	The Shannon diversity index is an index that is commonly used to characterize species diversity in a community. The diversity of the clones in subject's samples will be determined using Shannon diversity. Shannon diversity index will be summarized using mean and coefficient of variation.	Up to 5 years

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Fondazione Telethon
• Investigators: Study Director: Fondazione Telethon, Fondazione Telethon

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): June 25, 2020
• Primary Completion (Actual): July 9, 2020
• Study Completion (Actual): July 9, 2020

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: October 11, 2017
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: October 11, 2017
• First Posted (Actual): October 16, 2017

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): January 29, 2024
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: January 26, 2024
• Last Verified: November 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Gene therapy; Adenosine deaminase deficiency; Severe combined immunodeficiency; Sonication Linker Medicated Polymerase Chain Reaction; Previously GSK2696273; Retroviral insertion site; Strimvelis
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Immune System Diseases
• Other Study ID Numbers: STRIM-002

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No