Study of the Safety and Efficacy of an Adeno-Associated Viral Vector Carrying the SMN Gene After a Single Intravenous Administration of Escalating Doses in Children With Spinal Muscular Atrophy (BLUEBELL)

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phasePhase 1, Phase 2
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
AgeUp to 240
SponsorBiocad

About this trial

The goal of this multicenter, open-label, non-comparative, cohort study is to investigate the safety, immunogenicity, and efficacy of ANB-004 in children with spinal muscular atrophy. The study will have a standard 3+3 dose-escalation design.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Informed consent form for participation in the study signed by the subject's legal representative;

Subjects of either sex under the age of 240 days at the time of signing the Information Sheet for the Legal Representative of the Clinical Study Subject with Informed Consent Form;

A diagnosis of 5q-SMA (homozygous deletion of exon 7 of the SMN1 gene or heterozygous deletion of exon 7 + confirmed point mutation of the SMN1 gene) and 2 or 3 copies of the SMN2 gene established based on molecular genetic testing;

Subjects with 2 copies of the SMN2 gene can be included in the study both at the presymptomatic stage of the disease and in the presence of SMA symptoms. If symptoms are present, the age of onset of the disease should be up to 180 days from birth.

Disqualifiers

A diagnosis of HIV infection, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, congenital syphilis in the study subject, as well as a documented diagnosis of HIV infection in the study subject's mother. Note: documented hepatitis B and/or hepatitis C and/or syphilis in the mother of a study subject is not an exclusion criterion in this clinical study, provided that standard breastfeeding rules are followed or the subject is not breastfed due to the low risk of transmission of hepatitis B and C viruses and Treponema pallidum from mother to child with breast milk;

Unwillingness of the legal representative to use alternative feeding methods (nasogastric tube, gastrostomy) in case of swallowing disorders and a risk of aspiration;

Anti-AAV9 antibody titer >1:50 determined by ELISA. Note: if a subject's screening anti-AAV9 antibody titer is >1:50, the anti-AAV9 antibody titer may be determined again. Subjects with anti-AAV9 antibody titers ≤1:50 in the second test may be included in the study;

Need for respiratory support for ≥16 hours per day or tracheostomy ;

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • ANB-004, dose 1
  • ANB-004, dose 2
  • ANB-004, dose 3

Treatment groups

40 Participants
are divided into 3 treatment groups

Sponsors and collaborators