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Filter by:This is a single-arm, open-label, multi-site, single-dose Phase 1/2/3 study in subjects with transfusion-dependent β-thalassemia (TDT). The study will evaluate the safety and efficacy of autologous CRISPR-Cas9 Modified CD34+ Human Hematopoietic Stem and Progenitor Cells (hHSPCs) using CTX001.
This phase II trial studies how well fludarabine phosphate, cyclophosphamide, total body irradiation, and donor stem cell transplant work in treating patients with blood cancer. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as fludarabine phosphate and cyclophosphamide, work in different ways to stop the growth of cancer cells, either by killing the cells, by stopping them from dividing, or by stopping them from spreading. Radiation therapy uses high energy x-rays to kill cancer cells and shrink tumors. Giving chemotherapy and total-body irradiation before a donor peripheral blood stem cell transplant helps stop the growth of cells in the bone marrow, including normal blood-forming cells (stem cells) and cancer cells. It may also stop the patient's immune system from rejecting the donor's stem cells. When the healthy stem cells from a donor are infused into the patient they may help the patient's bone marrow make stem cells, red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets. The donated stem cells may also replace the patient?s immune cells and help destroy any remaining cancer cells.
OTL-300 is a gene therapy drug product consisting of autologous hematopoietic stem/progenitor cluster of differentiation (CD) 34+ cells genetically modified with a lentiviral vector (GLOBE) encoding the human beta globin gene. The TIGET-BTHAL is a phase I/II study evaluating safety and efficacy of OTL-300 in subjects with transfusion dependent beta-thalassemia for two years post gene-therapy. Subjects with rare disease who have undergone gene therapy are followed for efficacy and possible delayed adverse events. Thus, this study is designed to follow patients who have received gene therapy on TIGET-BTHAL for an additional six years (for a total of eight years).
Blood stem cells can produce red blood cells (which carry oxygen), white blood cells of the immune system (which fight infections) and platelets (which help the blood clot). Patients with sickle cell disease produce abnormal red blood cells. A blood stem cell transplant from a donor is a treatment option for patients with severe sickle cell disease. The donor can be healthy or have the sickle cell trait. The blood stem cell transplant will be given to the patient as an intravenous infusion (IV). The donor blood stem cells will then make normal red blood cells - as well as other types of blood cells - in the patient. When blood cells from two people co-exist in the patient, this is called mixed chimerism. Most children are successfully treated with blood stem cells from a sibling (brother/sister) who completely shares their tissue type (full-matched donor). However, transplant is not an option for patients who (1) have serious medical problems, and/or (2) do not have a full-matched donor. Most patients will have a relative who shares half of their tissue type (e.g. parent, child, and brother/sister) and can be a donor (half-matched or haploidentical donor). Adult patients with severe sickle cell disease were successfully treated with a half-matched transplant in a clinical study. Researchers would like to make half-matched transplant an option for more patients by (1) improving transplant success and (2) reducing transplanted-related complications. This research transplant is being tested in this Pilot study for the first time. It is different from a standard transplant because: 1. Half-matched related donors will be used, and 2. A new combination of drugs (chemotherapy) that does not completely wipe out the bone marrow cells (non-myeloablative treatment) will be used to prepare the patient for transplant, and 3. Most of the donor CD4+ T cells (a type of immune cells) will be removed (depleted) before giving the blood stem cell transplant to the patient to improve transplant outcomes. It is hoped that the research transplant: 1. Will reverse sickle cell disease and improve patient quality of life, 2. Will reduce side effects and help the patient recover faster from the transplant, 3. Help the patient keep the transplant longer and 4. Reduce serious transplant-related complications.
Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation is currently the only way to cure thalassemia, one of its main obstacles is the rejection after transplantation, chimerism continued to decline, which eventually lead to transplant failure. chimerism is a key indicator of the succession of immune response, which is a key indicator for predicting the failure of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation and provides an important basis for early detection of rejection. Transplantation of continuous chimerism can detect early unstable chimeras and rejection.The chimerism rates after transplantation were continuously monitored using fluorescence labeled multiplex PCR amplification of short tandem repeats (STR-PCR) ,and then follow our STR different rates for early interventional therapy to prevent further reduction in chimerism leading to lead to graft failure.
Accumulation of iron in patients with beta thalassemia major causes free radical formation which leads to damage of biological membranes. Sperm DNA damage may result from these generated antioxidants. We aimed at investigating the current DNA damage in the sperms of adult patients with beta thalassemia major and the effect generated by giving antioxidant treatment for 6 months.
Background: Alpha thalassemia is a blood disorder. It is caused by genetic deletions. Part of the DNA is missing from a group of genes called alpha globin. Alpha thalassemias are some of the most common genetic deletions. We are testing for alpha thalassemia trait. Alpha thalassemia trait is when someone has only two out of the normal four alpha globin genes. In some people, they lead to no symptoms. Others have changes that lead to disease, including mild anemia. Researchers want to learn more about alpha thalassemia and blood vessels. This may allow them to develop new treatments for blood diseases such as sickle cell disease. Objective: To better understand how alpha globin deletions in healthy people affect blood vessels. Eligibility: Healthy volunteers ages 18-39 who self-report African ancestry. Design: Participants will provide a one-time saliva sample. This can be by mail, in-person at a study event, or at NIH. Participants will get a small kit to collect their saliva sample. The kit has easy instructions. The sample does not need to be put in the refrigerator. Participants will spit a small amount of saliva (less than half a teaspoon) into a collection tube. Participants will close the funnel lid tightly, and then unscrew the funnel lid from the tube. They will then close the tube tightly with the small cap provided and shake the tube for 5 seconds. Participants will place the tube in the provided envelope and mail it to NIH. The specimen will be stored and processed in the lab. Participants may be invited to participate in more research studies, whether or not researchers find that they have alpha thalassemia trait.
This is a multi-center, long-term safety and efficacy follow-up study for subjects with transfusion-dependent β-thalassemia (TDT) who have been treated with ex vivo gene therapy drug product in bluebird bio-sponsored parent clinical studies. After completing the parent clinical study (approximately 2 years), eligible subjects will be followed for an additional 13 years for a total of 15 years post-drug product infusion. No investigational drug product will be administered in this study.
This is a phase I/II study evaluating safety and efficacy of autologous hematopoietic stem cells genetically modified with GLOBE lentiviral vector encoding for the human beta-globin gene for the treatment of patients affected by transfusion dependent beta-thalassemia
The purpose of this study is to determine the safety and clinical effects of SCD-101 when given to adults with sickle cell disease.