Catch up on the latest news and announcements in cell and gene therapies presented at the annual ASGCT meeting.
The cell and gene therapy sectors are growing exponentially, with new players emerging daily and much progress being made both in and out of the lab. This week’s Around the Helix focuses on the latest updates presented at this week’s 2022 American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy Annual Meeting.
A working group established by sponsors Pfizer, Sarepta, Genethon, and Solid Biosciences developing gene therapies for the potential treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy has elucidated at-risk genotypes for anti-transgene serious adverse events shared across programs.
EDIT-301 is currently being evaluated in severe sickle cell disease, with a phase 1/2 trial in transfusion-dependent beta thalassemia upcoming later in the year.
ACLX-001 is being evaluated in a phase 1, open-label clinical trialand is the first to come out of the company’s proprietary ARC-SparX platform.
Further data from Mustang Bio’s phase 1/2 trial will be presented at the EHA 2022 Congress.
CB-010 produced a 100% overall response rate (ORR) in all 5 patients with relapsed or refractory B cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma who received the therapy in the ANTLER phase 1 trial (NCT04637763).
Study sponsor Pfizer recently announced the launch of a phase 3 trial in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
More study is necessary of bluebird bio’s eli-cel and LVV-mediated oncogenesis but the gene therapy offers significant clinical benefit to patients with cerebral adrenoleukodystrophy.
Cabaletta Bio’s DSG3-CAART cell thearpy was found to be well-tolerated with dose-dependent persistence in participants with mucosal-dominant pemphigus vulgaris (mPV).
Investigators are evaluating the safety, tolerability and preliminary efficacy of Carisma Therapeutics' CT-0508 in patients with solid tumors and HER2 overexpression.
Data from the ongoing Phase 1/2 gene therapy clinical trial of AVR-RD-04 demonstrated the therapy’s efficacy in reducing the disease impact of cystinosis, with no treatment-related AEs reported.
Long-Term Case Series Supports CAR-T Therapy in Autoimmune Disease
March 28th 2024A 2-year evaluation of a small cohort of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus, idiopathic inflammatory myositis, and systemic sclerosis showed safety and efficacy which were supportive of additional clinical trials.
Understanding Disease Pathobiology Will be Key to Developing Cell Therapies for Autoimmune Disease
March 26th 2024Bruce Cree, MD, PhD, MAS, a professor of neurology and the clinical research director of the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) Multiple Sclerosis Center discussed the importance of further research into the root cause of MS and other autoimmune diseases.