Orchard Therapeutics Announces Clinical Proof-of-Concept Data for Gene Therapy OTL-300 Demonstrating Efficacy in Transfusion-Dependent Beta-Thalassemia
Study Used the GLOBE Lentiviral Vector and Treated Adult and Pediatric Patients with Severe Phenotypes
At 12 Months Following Treatment, Eight of Nine Patients Had Reduced or Eliminated Need for Transfusions, with Four Pediatric Patients Achieving Transfusion Independence
The presentation will report the updated safety and efficacy results of OTL-300 in nine TDT patients (six pediatric and three adult), with severe phenotypes including β+/β+, β0/β+ and β0/β0, with a minimum of one year of follow-up post-treatment. All patients had high pre-treatment red blood cell transfusion requirements of ≥ 200 ml/kg/yr of packed red blood cells. The study utilized a lentiviral vector containing the human beta-globin gene (GLOBE) and a conditioning protocol with treosulfan and thiotepa. The data presented today and included in this release were analyzed as of
“Patients with transfusion-dependent beta-thalassemia are not able to make enough hemoglobin to survive due to a mutation in the beta-globin gene which causes ineffective red blood cell production. Beta-thalassemia patients, especially those with severe phenotypes such as the β0/β0 genotype, rely on frequent blood transfusions and iron chelation therapy to survive. They may be treated with a bone marrow transplant, however this carries significant risk and can lead to early mortality,” said Dr.
“With each of our first five programs now demonstrating clinical proof of concept, these results in TDT further validate our belief that the process of modifying hematopoietic stem cells using a lentiviral vector to introduce normal copies of the affected gene to a patient, has the potential for durable disease correction across a spectrum of disorders,” said
Safety Data
- All nine patients met the safety endpoint of survival with follow-up ranging from 16 to 43 months (3.6 years). No adverse events related to the product were reported.
- Vector integration profiles had the expected polyclonal genomic distribution seen with other lentiviral vector mediated HSC gene therapy studies, and no evidence of abnormal proliferation or clonal dominance was observed.
Efficacy Results
- The primary efficacy endpoint of transfusion reduction at 12 months following treatment was achieved in eight of nine TDT patients treated with OTL-300.
- Of the six pediatric patients treated, four achieved transfusion independence and one showed a reduction in transfusion requirement.
- All three adult patients had a reduction in their transfusion requirements.
- As published previously in Nature Medicine, one pediatric patient did not have a reduced transfusion requirement compared to pre-treatment levels at 12 months, which was attributed to poor engraftment of the gene-modified cells.
About Beta-Thalassemia
Beta-thalassemia is a genetic blood disorder caused by a mutation in the beta-globin gene which causes ineffective red blood cell production. Over 300 mutations in the beta-globin gene are known, which give rise to different forms of beta-thalassemia, with variable severity. The most damaging mutations cause the almost complete absence of beta-globin resulting in no hemoglobin production. The treatment of these patients requires frequent red blood cell transfusions along with iron chelation therapy to survive or a bone marrow transplant from a compatible donor. The global incidence of TDT is estimated to be about 20,000 births per year, with a global prevalence of approximately 288,000 patients. OTL-300 is an ex vivo, autologous, hematopoietic stem cell-based gene therapy developed for the treatment of TDT that Orchard acquired from GSK in
About Orchard
Orchard’s portfolio of autologous, ex vivo, hematopoietic stem cell gene therapies includes Strimvelis, a gammaretroviral vector based gene therapy and the first such treatment approved by the
Orchard currently has offices in the U.K. and the U.S., including
Forward-Looking Statements
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