A Study Evaluating the Safety and Efficacy of the BD211 Drug Product in β-Thalassemia Major Participants

A Phase 1 Open Label Study Evaluating the Safety and Efficacy of Gene Therapy in Subjects With β-Thalassemia Major by Transplantation of Autologous CD34+Stem Cells Transduced With a Lentiviral Vector Encoding βA-T87Q-Globin

This is a Phase 1,open label,safety,and efficacy study in subjects with non-β0/β0 TDT β-thalassemia Major by transplanting BD211 drug product which is for autologous use only,via a single IV administration.

Study Overview

• Status: Recruiting
• Conditions: Hematologic Diseases
• Intervention / Treatment: Genetic: BD211 Drug Product

Detailed Description

After collection of mobilised peripheral blood samples, the patient's autologous cells,enriched for CD34+ HSCs, undergo ex vivo transduction with lentiviral vector encoding βA-T87Q-globin to BD211 finished product,which is then infused intravenously into the patient after myeloablative busulfan conditioning to prepare bone marrow "niches" for engraftment of the HSCs.

After discharge, subjects will be followed monthly, at a minimum, for 6 months and thereafter every 3 months for the remainder of the 24 months post-transplant.

Evaluation will include Routine and special biological testing at regular intervals, collection of AEs and concomitant medications, and evaluation of disease specific biological and clinical parameters.

Subjects will then be enrolled in a long-term follow-up protocol with annual evaluations for an additional 13 years post-transplant.

The long-term follow-up study will focus on long-term safety, with an emphasis on integration site analysis, and long-term efficacy.

This study will end when the last subject completes the Month 24 visit or discontinues from the study.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Estimated): 10
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Sanbin Wang, Dr.; Phone Number: +86-871-2637866; Email: sanbin1011@163.com

Study Locations

• China
  • Yunnan
    • Kunming, Yunnan, China, 650000
      • Recruiting
      • 920th Hospital of Joint Logistics Support Force of People's Liberation Army of China
      • Contact: Sanbing Wang, Dr.; Phone Number: 13187424131; Email: sanbin1011@163.com

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 5 years to 35 years (Child, Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

1.5 to 35 years of age.

2.Be eligible for allogeneic HSCT based on institutional medical guideline, but without a matched related donor.

3.Transfusion-dependent β-Thalassemia Major, regardless of the genotype, with the diagnosis confirmed by Hb studies. Subjects must be stable and maintained on an appropriate iron chelation regimen. Transfusion dependence is defined as requiring at least 100 mL/kg/year of packed red blood cells(pRBCs).

4.Have been treated and followed for at least the past 2 years in a specialized center that maintained detailed medical records, including transfusion history.

5.Be willing and able, in the Investigator's opinion, to comply with the study procedures outlined in the study protocol. If a pediatric subject, the subject's parent/legal guardian also must be willing and able to comply with the study procedures outlined in the study protocol.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Availability of a willing matched HLA-identical sibling hematopoietic cell donor.
2. Positive for presence of human immunodeficiency virus, human T-lymphotropic virus, vesicular stomatitis virus G antibody.
3. Clinically significant, active bacterial, viral, fungal, or parasitic infection.
4. A white blood cell (WBC) count<3x109/L and/or platelet count<120x109/L
5. Receipt of an allogeneic transplant.
6. Receipt of erythropoietin within 3 months before HSCT harvest.
7. Contraindication to anesthesia for bone marrow harvesting.
8. Any of prior or current malignancy, myeloproliferative or immunodeficiency disorder.
9. Active relapsing malaria
10. Immediate family member with a known or suspected Familial Cancer Syndrome.
11. Diagnosis of significant psychiatric disorder of the subject that could seriously impede the ability to participate in the study.
12. Pregnancy or breastfeeding in a postpartum female or absence of adequate contraception for fertile subjects.
13. Any other condition that would render the subject ineligible for HSCT, as determined by the attending transplant physician.
14. History of major organ damage.including Liver, Heart, Kidney disease, pulmonary hypertension ,severe iron overload, which in the opinion of the physician is grounds for exclusion.
15. Participation in another clinical study with an investigational drug within 30 days of screening.
16. Hydroxyurea therapy within 3 months before hematopoietic stem cell collection.
17. An assessment by the Investigator that the subject or parents of the subject will not comply with the study procedures outlined in the study protocol.
18. Subjects who have the desire to become a parent within the 27-month study period.
19. Prior receipt of gene therapy.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Prevention
• 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: Mobilization,harvest,transduction,conditioning,treatment,engraftment; Subjects will participate in this study for a total of approximately 27 months, consisting of an up to 3 months pre-transplant period(consisting of a screening period followed by autologous cell harvest, followed by a waiting period during which the harvested cells are transduced and undergo release testing, followed by treatment with busulfan IV, and a single infusion of BD211 Drug Product) and a 24-month post-transplant evaluation period. Following completion of this study, all subjects will be asked to provided consent to participate in a follow-up study for another 13 years, which will focus on long-term safety, with an emphasis on integration site analysis, and long-term efficacy.

Genetic: BD211 Drug Product; Transplantation of Autologous CD34+Stem Cells Transduced to BD211 finished Product with a Lentiviral Vector coding βA-T87Q-Globin.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Evaluate the success and kinetics of HSC engraftment.	Three consecutive absolute neutrophil counts≥500 cells/uL, three consecutive platelet values ≥20 e9/L, measure blood samples monthly after BD211 drug product infusion.	At multiple timepoints after infusion for 24 months.
Incidence of transplant-related mortality through 100 days post-transplant.		Up to 100 days post-HSCT.
Overall survival of maintenance phase.		Up to 24 months post-HSCT.
Post-transplant blood samples for replication competent lentivirus (RCL) testing.	The testing of any subject positivity will be considered an SAE and suspend the inclusion of new subjects.	At multiple timepoints after infusion for 24 months.
Assessment of Clonal dominance or leukemia/lymphoma and other malignancies.	Using peripheral blood of subjects for integration site analysis via LAM-PCR & deep sequencing.	At multiple timepoints after infusion for 24 months.
Incidence of treatment- related adverse events.	According to the requirements of the National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Standards for Adverse Events (NCI CTCAE) version 5.0, monitor laboratory parameters and the frequency and severity of clinical AEs.	Up to 24 months after BD211 drug product infusion.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Quantify gene transfer efficiency and expression of BD211 drug product.	Expression of βA-T87Q-globin chain in whole blood by assessing the ratio of βA-T87Q-globin to α-globin, as well as βA-T87Q-globin fractions in all β-chains over time by HPLC.	Up to 24 months after engraftment.
Quantify the hematopoietic chimerism resulting from treatment with BD211 drug product.	Measuring lentiviral vector copy number per diploid genome(c/dg) for evaluation.	Up to 24 months after engraftment.
Measure the effects of transplantation with BD211 on the expression of disease-specific biological parameters and clinical events, including amounts of HbAT87Q in peripheral blood in grams per deciliter (g/dL).		Up to 24 months after engraftment.
Reduction from baseline of RBC transfusion requirements (mL/kg) per month and year post-transplant.		Up to 24 months after engraftment.
Duration of transfusion independence (months).		Up to 24 months after engraftment.
Weighted average Hemoglobin during transfusion independence in grams per deciliter (g/dL).		Up to 24 months after engraftment.
Changes from baseline in iron burden by assessing liver iron content (mg Fe/g dry weight).		Up to 24 months after engraftment.
Changes from baseline in iron burden by assessing cardiac iron content using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) T2* value (milliseconds, ms).		Up to 24 months after engraftment.

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Shanghai BDgene Co., Ltd.
• Collaborators: 920th Hospital of Joint Logistics Support Force of People's Liberation Army of China
• Investigators: Study Chair: Sanbin Wang, Dr., 920th Hospital of Joint Logistics Support Force of People's Liberation Army of China

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): July 10, 2021
• Primary Completion (Estimated): February 23, 2025
• Study Completion (Estimated): February 23, 2025

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: June 7, 2021
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: August 14, 2021
• First Posted (Actual): August 23, 2021

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): April 22, 2024
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 19, 2024
• Last Verified: October 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: TDT; β-thalassemia major
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Genetic Diseases, Inborn; Anemia; Anemia, Hemolytic, Congenital; Anemia, Hemolytic; Hemoglobinopathies; Hematologic Diseases; Thalassemia; beta-Thalassemia
• Other Study ID Numbers: 920IEC/AF/61/2019-01.0

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

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