This is an open-label, single-center study to evaluate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics, and preliminary efficacy of intrathecal RC001 in patients with Dravet syndrome aged 2 to 18 years. The study includes a dose-escalation part followed by a fixed dose treatment part, with participant progression based on investigator-assessed safety and efficacy.
Patients aged 2-18 years with Dravet syndrome caused by SCN1A mutations, with onset before 12 months of age characterized by focal seizures, hemiclonic seizures, generalized tonic-clonic seizures, or myoclonic seizures, and with MRI excluding progressive neurological disease either historically or at screening. Enrolled participants will be assigned as follows: 1 participant aged 13-18 years, 1 aged 7-12 years, and 1 aged 2-6 years will undergo intra-subject dose escalation; 5 participants aged 2-12 years will receive fixed-dose multiple administrations.
Seizure frequency requirements: at least 6 cumulative seizures within 12 weeks prior to the day of signing the ICF, and at least 2 seizures within 4 weeks prior to ICF signing. For participants in Stage 2 (fixed-dose multiple administration), seizure frequency must also be ≥4 within 4 weeks after ICF signing.
Documented pathogenic or likely pathogenic variants in the SCN1A gene associated with Dravet syndrome.
Prior treatment with at least one anti-epileptic intervention, including anti-seizure medications (ASM), ketogenic diet, or vagus nerve stimulation (VNS), with inadequate seizure control or discontinuation due to adverse events (AEs).
Presence of other known pathogenic gene mutations causing Dravet syndrome, or SCN1A gain-of-function mutations reported in the literature and/or experimentally validated, including but not limited to: Ala23Glu, Thr162Ile, Thr226Met, Ser228Pro, Val229Leu, Ile236Val, Ile236Thr, Val250Leu, Leu263Val, Thr398Met, Ala420Val, Val422Leu, Ile883Thr, Leu893Phe, Ala989Thr, Thr1174Ser, Trp1204Arg, Ala1339Asp, Pro1345Ser, Pro1345Leu, Ser1346Pro, Ile1347Val, Val1481Ile, Ile1483Met, Gln1489Lys, Ile1498Thr, Ile1498Met, Phe1499Leu, Met1500Val, Arg1575Cys, Val1611Phe, Leu1624Pro, Arg1636Gln, Arg1648Cys, Leu1649Gln, Leu1660Ile, Phe1661Leu, Ala1669Glu, Leu1670Trp, Gly1674Arg, Phe1774Ser, Asp1866Tyr.
Current maintenance treatment with anti-epileptic drugs primarily acting as sodium channel blockers, including but not limited to carbamazepine, oxcarbazepine, lamotrigine, lacosamide, or rufinamide.
Ongoing neuromodulation therapy (e.g., responsive neurostimulation or deep brain stimulation), excluding vagus nerve stimulation (VNS).
Receipt of gene therapy or cell therapy within 1 year prior to screening.
Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University
Lead sponsor
RecoRNA(Guangzhou) Biotechnology Co., Ltd
Collaborator