Death after High-Dose rAAV9 Gene Therapy in a Patient with Duchenne's Muscular Dystrophy

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We treated a 27-year-old patient with Duchenne's muscular dystrophy (DMD) with recombinant adeno-associated virus (rAAV) serotype 9 containing dSaCas9 (i.e., "dead" Staphylococcus aureus Cas9, in which the Cas9 nuclease activity has been inactivated) fused to VP64; this transgene was designed to up-regulate cortical dystrophin as a custom CRISPR-transactivator therapy. The dose of rAAV used was 1×1014 vector genomes per kilogram of body weight. Mild cardiac dysfunction and pericardial effusion developed, followed by acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and cardiac arrest 6 days after transgene treatment; the patient died 2 days later. A postmortem examination showed severe diffuse alveolar damage. Expression of transgene in the liver was minimal, and there was no evidence of AAV serotype 9 antibodies or effector T-cell reactivity in the organs. These findings indicate that an innate immune reaction caused ARDS in a patient with advanced DMD treated with high-dose rAAV gene therapy. (Funded by Cure Rare Disease.).

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CommentIn: N Engl J Med. 2023 Dec 7;389(23):2210-2211. - PMID 38055267

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:389

Enthalten in:

The New England journal of medicine - 389(2023), 13 vom: 28. Sept., Seite 1203-1210

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Lek, Angela [VerfasserIn]
Wong, Brenda [VerfasserIn]
Keeler, Allison [VerfasserIn]
Blackwood, Meghan [VerfasserIn]
Ma, Kaiyue [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Shushu [VerfasserIn]
Sylvia, Katelyn [VerfasserIn]
Batista, A Rita [VerfasserIn]
Artinian, Rebecca [VerfasserIn]
Kokoski, Danielle [VerfasserIn]
Parajuli, Shestruma [VerfasserIn]
Putra, Juan [VerfasserIn]
Carreon, C Katte [VerfasserIn]
Lidov, Hart [VerfasserIn]
Woodman, Keryn [VerfasserIn]
Pajusalu, Sander [VerfasserIn]
Spinazzola, Janelle M [VerfasserIn]
Gallagher, Thomas [VerfasserIn]
LaRovere, Joan [VerfasserIn]
Balderson, Diane [VerfasserIn]
Black, Lauren [VerfasserIn]
Sutton, Keith [VerfasserIn]
Horgan, Richard [VerfasserIn]
Lek, Monkol [VerfasserIn]
Flotte, Terence [VerfasserIn]

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Antibodies
Case Reports
Dystrophin
Journal Article

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Date Completed 15.12.2023

Date Revised 15.12.2023

published: Print

CommentIn: N Engl J Med. 2023 Dec 7;389(23):2210-2211. - PMID 38055267

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1056/NEJMoa2307798

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NLM362506116