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Trial reportHuman gene therapy2011

Phase 2 clinical trial of a recombinant adeno-associated viral vector expressing α1-antitrypsin: interim results.

Terence R Flotte, Bruce C Trapnell, Margaret Humphries, Brenna Carey, Roberto Calcedo, Farshid Rouhani, Martha Campbell-Thompson, Anthony T Yachnis, Robert A Sandhaus, Noel G McElvaney and 7 more

Registry-linked trialOpen access · greenAbstract readClinical Trial, Phase IIMulticenter Study
In one paragraph

Trial report in Human gene therapy, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT01054339 (A Multiple-Site, Phase 2, Safety and Efficacy Trial of a Recombinant Adeno-associated Virus Vector Expressing Alpha-1 Antitrypsin), which is not on this map. Cited by 192 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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192citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
15.2field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT01054339 phase2completednot on this map

A Multiple-Site, Phase 2, Safety and Efficacy Trial of a Recombinant Adeno-associated Virus Vector Expressing Alpha-1 Antitrypsin (rAAV1-CB-hAAT) in Patients With Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency

TypeinterventionalSponsorBeacon TherapeuticsRan2010 to 2015Enrolled9ConditionsAlpha-1 Antitrypsin DeficiencyArmsrAAV1-CB-hAAT
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

192 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 323 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Class I-restricted T-cell responses to a polymorphic peptide in a gene therapy clinical trial for α-1-antitrypsin deficiency.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2017
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  9. Phase 1 gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy using a translational optimized AAV vector.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2012
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  10. AAV-mediated FGF21 gene therapy promotes health span extension by whole-body tissue-specific adaptations.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2026
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  16. A clinician's guide to AAV production - How manufacturing platforms shape vector properties.Medizinische Genetik : Mitteilungsblatt des Berufsverbandes Medizinische Genetik e.V · 2025
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  17. The curious case of AAV immunology.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2025
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132 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors at 7 institutions in 2 countries.

Terence R FlotteUniversity of Massachusetts Medical School, 55 Lake Avenue North,Worcester, MA 01655, USA. Terry.Flotte@umassmed.edu
Bruce C Trapnell
Margaret Humphries
Brenna Carey
Roberto Calcedo
Farshid Rouhani
Martha Campbell-Thompson
Anthony T Yachnis
Robert A Sandhaus
Noel G McElvaney
Christian Mueller
Louis M Messina
James M Wilson
Mark Brantly
David R Knop
Guo-jie Ye
Jeffrey D Chulay
University of Florida · USUniversity of Massachusetts Chan Medical School · USApplied Genetic Technologies (United States) · USCalifornia University of Pennsylvania · USCincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center · USBeaumont Hospital · IENational Jewish Health · US

Funding

VIRAL VECTOR DELIVERY OF ANTISENSE TO ACE MRNA IN CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASEP01HL059412 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA · PI MUZYCZKA, NICHOLAS · 1998 to 2012
$20.2M
Preclinical &Phase I/II Trials Of AAV-AAT VectorsR01HL069877 · NHLBI · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI FLOTTE, TERENCE R. · 2003 to 2013
$3.6M
Phase 2 Study of rAAV1-CB-hAAT for Treatment of Alpha-1 Antitrypsin DeficiencyR01FD003896 · FDA · APPLIED GENETIC TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION · PI CHULAY, JEFFREY D · 2010 to 2013
$1.0M
FDA HHS R01FD003896NHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL059412NHLBI NIH HHS R01HL069877
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recombinant adeno-associated virus (rAAV) vectors offer promise for the gene therapy of α(1)-antitrypsin (AAT) deficiency. In our prior trial, an rAAV vector expressing human AAT (rAAV1-CB-hAAT) provided sustained, vector-derived AAT expression for >1 year. In the current phase 2 clinical trial, this same vector, produced by a herpes simplex virus complementation method, was administered to nine AAT-deficient individuals by intramuscular injection at doses of 6.0×10(11), 1.9×10(12), and 6.0×10(12) vector genomes/kg (n=3 subjects/dose). Vector-derived expression of normal (M-type) AAT in serum was dose dependent, peaked on day 30, and persisted for at least 90 days. Vector administration was well tolerated, with only mild injection site reactions and no serious adverse events. Serum creatine kinase was transiently elevated on day 30 in five of six subjects in the two higher dose groups and normalized by day 45. As expected, all subjects developed anti-AAV antibodies and interferon-γ enzyme-linked immunospot responses to AAV peptides, and no subjects developed antibodies to AAT. One subject in the mid-dose group developed T cell responses to a single AAT peptide unassociated with any clinical effects. Muscle biopsies obtained on day 90 showed strong immunostaining for AAT and moderate to marked inflammatory cell infiltrates composed primarily of CD3-reactive T lymphocytes that were primarily of the CD8(+) subtype. These results support the feasibility and safety of AAV gene therapy for AAT deficiency, and indicate that serum levels of vector-derived normal human AAT >20 μg/ml can be achieved. However, further improvements in the design or delivery of rAAV-AAT vectors will be required to achieve therapeutic target serum AAT concentrations.

Indexed as

alpha 1-Antitrypsinalpha 1-Antitrypsin DeficiencyAntibodiesCreatine KinaseDependovirusDose-Response Relationship, DrugDrug-Related Side Effects and Adverse ReactionsEnzyme-Linked Immunospot AssayGenetic TherapyGenetic VectorsHumansImmunophenotypingInjections, IntramuscularInterferon-gammaalpha 1-AntitrypsinAntibodiesCreatine KinaseInterferon-gamma

Identifiers

PMID21609134
PMCPMC3205788
OpenAlexW1999760686

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