Safety and Efficacy Evaluation of γ-globin Reactivated Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cells

an Open Label Trial of Evaluation of the Safety and Efficacy of Treatment With γ-globin Reactivated Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cells in Subjects With β-thalassemia Major

This is a non-randomized, open label, single-dose, phase 1/2 study in up to 12 participants with β-thalassemia major.This study aims to evaluate the safety and efficacy of the treatment with γ-globin reactivated autologous hematopoietic stem cells in subjects with β-thalassemia major.

γ-globin reactivated autologous hematopoietic stem cells will be manufactured using Crispr/Cas9 gene editing system. Subject participation for this study will be 1 year. Subjects who enroll in this study will be asked to participate in a subsequent long-term follow up study that will monitor the safety and efficacy of the treatment they receive for up to 15 years post-transplant.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Fully understand and voluntarily sign informed consent. 5-15years old. At least one legal guardian and/or Subjects to sign informed consent.
• Clinically diagnosed as β-thalassemia major, phenotypes including β0β0, β+β0,βEβ0 genotype.
• Subjects with no affection with EBV, HIV, CMV, TP, HAV, HBV and HCV.
• Subjects body condition eligible for autologous stem cell transplant.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Subjects acceptable for allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation and have an available fully matched related donor.
• Active bacterial, viral, or fungal infection.
• Treated with erythropoietin prior 3 months.
• Immediate family member with any known hematological tumor.
• Subjects with severe psychiatric disorders to be unable to cooperate.
• Recently diagnosed as malaria.
• History of complex autoimmune disease.
• Persistent aspartate transaminase (AST), alanine transaminase (ALT), or total bilirubin value >3 X the upper limit of normal (ULN).
• Subjects with severe heart, lung and kidney diseases.
• With serious iron overload, serum ferritin>5000mg/ml.
• Any other condition that would render the subject ineligible for HSCT, as determined by the attending transplant physician or Investigator.
• Subjects who are receiving treatment from another clinical study, or have received another gene therapy.
• Subjects or guardians had resisted the guidance of the attending doctor.
• Subjects whom the investigators do not consider appropriate for participating in this clinical study.