Clinical trial • Phase I/II • Respiratory|Rare Disease|Other
MR0005, GR0015 for Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (AATD)-associated lung disease|Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (AATD)-associated liver disease
Phase I/II trial of MR0005, GR0015 for Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (AATD)-associated lung disease|Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (AATD)-associated live…
Overview
- Trial Therapeutic Area
- Respiratory|Rare Disease|Other
- Trial Disease
- Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (AATD)-associated lung disease|Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (AATD)-associated liver disease
- Trial Stage
- Phase I/II
- Drug Modality
- Gene therapy
Key dates
- Initial CTIS Submission Date
- 13-02-2024
- First CTIS Authorization Date
- 02-12-2024
Trial design
open-label, none/not specified-controlled, adaptive Phase I/II trial in Netherlands, Ireland.
- Open Label
- Yes
- Comparator
- None/Not specified
- Adaptive
- True, dose-escalation (Phase 1 dose-exploration) with a 28-day DLT observation period and subsequent dose-expansion (Phase 2) to determine optimal biologic dose (OBD); protocol permits cohort escalation/expansion and stopping/hold decisions as per safety findings (e.g. urgent safety measure to halt 60 mg x2 cohort).
- Single Multiple Or Escalation Dose Combined
- Yes
- Target Sample Size
- 150
- Trial Duration For Participant
- 5475
Eligibility
Recruits 150 No vulnerable populations selected. Study enrolls adults 18–70 who must be able to understand the study and provide informed consent; consent is provided by the participant (no assent procedures described)..
- Pregnancy Exclusion
- Part A: Positive serum pregnancy test or breastfeeding at screening (female participants). ; Patt B: 27. Positive serum pregnancy test or breastfeeding at screening (female participants).
- Vulnerable Population
- No vulnerable populations selected. Study enrolls adults 18–70 who must be able to understand the study and provide informed consent; consent is provided by the participant (no assent procedures described).
Inclusion criteria
- {"criterion_text":"- Part A: Males or females 18 – 70 years of age inclusive at the time of consent.\n- Part A: Able to understand the study and provide informed consent.\n- Part A: Willingness to not use any investigational product for the duration of the study. Exclusion Criteria\n- Part B: 1. Males or females 18 – 70 years of age inclusive at the time of consent.\n- Part B: 2. Diagnosis of AATD and homozygous for the PiZ mutation (confirmed by genetic testing).\n- Part B: 3. Evidence of METAVIR F1, F2, or F3 liver fibrosis based on a central read of a baseline liver biopsy during the screening period or a histological diagnosis made no more than 6 months before enrollment and stage confirmed by central read.\n- Part B: 4. A postbronchodilator FEV1 ≥40% of predicted at screening. (PFTs obtained within 1 year of signing the ICF may be used for eligibility.)\n- Part B: 5. Willingness to abstain from alcohol use, herbal medications, and daily use of NSAIDs and to not engage in strenuous exercise beyond their typical routine from start of screening period through 28 days post IMP administration.\n- Part B: 6. Willingness to participate in this study and a long-term extension study with the understanding that the total study participation is 15 years.\n- Part B: 7. Females of childbearing potential must be willing to use highly effective contraception (defined in Appendix 1) from the signing of the ICF through at least 6 months after administration of BEAM-302; males must be willing to use highly effective contraception from the time of dosing through at least 4 months after.\n- Part B: 8. Able to understand the study and provide informed consent.\n- Part A: Diagnosis of AATD and homozygous for the PiZ mutation (confirmed by genetic testing).\n- Part B: 9. FibroScan ≤12 kPa.\n- Part B: 10. Willingness to not use any investigational product for the duration of the study.\n- Part A: Blood total AAT level <11 μM or equivalent protein in mg/dL.\n- Part A: Patients receiving augmentation therapy in regions where augmentation is not standard of care (SoC) must be willing to washout augmentation therapy for at least 6 weeks prior to signing the ICF and for the length of the study (unless clinically indicated per Section 6.5.1).\n- Part A: A postbronchodilator FEV1 ≥40% (Phase 1) or ≥35% (Phase 2) of predicted and an FEV1/FVC <70% at screening. (PFTs obtained within 1 year of signing the ICF may be used for eligibility.)\n- Part A: Evidence of emphysema on a historic CT scan or a DLCO ≤70% of the predicted value (corrected for hemoglobin) at screening. (PFTs obtained within 1 year of signing the ICF may be used for eligibility.)\n- Part A: Willingness to abstain from alcohol use, herbal supplements, and daily use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and to not engage in strenuous exercise beyond their typical routine from start of screening period through 28 days post IMP administration.\n- Part A: Willingness to participate in this study and a long-term extension study with the understanding that the total study participation is 15 years.\n- Part A: Females of childbearing potential must be willing to use highly effective contraception (defined in Appendix 1) from the signing of the ICF through at least 6 months after administration of BEAM-302; males must be willing to use highly effective contraception from the time of dosing through at least 4 months after.\n- Part A: Able to understand the study and provide informed consent."}
Exclusion criteria
- {"criterion_text":"- Part A: Lung or liver transplant or on waiting list for lung or liver transplant or status post lung volume reduction surgery.\n- Part A: Has a known history of alcohol abuse or daily heavy alcohol consumption (females: more than 14 units of alcohol per week; males: more than 21 units of alcohol per week [unit: 1 glass of wine (125 mL) = 1 measure of spirits = ½ pint of beer]).\n- Part A: Current illicit drug use.\n- Part A: Positive serology for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) (HIV-1 or HIV-2).\n- Part A: Estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) <60 mL/min by CKD-EPI equation (Miller, 2022).\n- Part A: Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) <1500 cells/mm3 OR platelet count <150,000 cells/mm3 OR hemoglobin <10 g/dL for males or <9 g/dL for females.\n- Part A: Active COVID infection as defined as clinical symptoms plus antigen test positivity or positive PCR test within 7 days prior to consent. (Must be symptom free and PCR negative before joining the study.)\n- Part A: Previous treatment with any cell, gene, or viral vector-derived experimental therapy.\n- Part A: Received an LNP treatment (eg, LNP mRNA-based COVID vaccinations) in the 1 month prior to enrollment.\n- Part A: Prior medically significant vaccine-related reaction (eg, severe hypersensitivity, myocarditis) to an LNP-based product (eg, mRNA-based COVID vaccinations).\n- Part A: Use of any investigational product within 30 days (or 5 half-lives, whichever is longer) prior to enrollment.\n- Part A: COPD exacerbation (defined in Appendix 2) within 6 weeks of signing informed consent.\n- Part A: Initiation or increase in the dose of a medication that, in the judgment of the investigator, has known potential risk of increasing liver function tests (LFTs; eg, statins, ACE inhibitors, and antifungals) within 5 weeks prior to screening through the completion of the 28-day DLT period.\n- Part A: Use of systemic steroids above a stable dose equivalent to 10 mg/day daily of prednisone within the 5 weeks prior to screening or during the screening period.\n- Part A: Positive serum pregnancy test or breastfeeding at screening (female participants).\n- Part A: Known allergies to any component of BEAM-302.\n- Part A: Contraindication to short-term corticosteroid use or conditions that could worsen in the presence of corticosteroids as assessed and determined by the investigator.\n- Part A: Unwilling or unable to comply with protocol-required visit schedule and visit requirements or provide written informed consent.\n- Part A: Malignancy within 2 years except for basal or squamous cell carcinoma or carcinoma in situ of the cervix that has been successfully treated.\n- Part A: Serious intercurrent illness, infectious disease, abnormal laboratory result at screening, or medical condition including malignancy or extenuating circumstances that, in the opinion of the investigator, could impair the assessment of safety results or preclude compliance with the study.\n- Part B: 1. Lung or liver transplant or on waiting list for lung or liver transplant or status post lung volume reduction surgery.\n- Part B: 2. Current or recent smoking history (regular smoking within 12 months prior to signing the ICF) or not willing to abstain from smoking (including vaporizers/e-cigarettes, marijuana) for the duration of the study.\n- Part A: Clinical evidence of severe bronchiectasis as per the discretion of the investigator (eg, excessive sputum production or recurrent infections requiring antibiotic use [>4x/year]).\n- Part B: 3. Clinical evidence of severe bronchiectasis as per the discretion of the investigator (eg, excessive sputum production or recurrent infections requiring antibiotic use [>4x/year])\n- Part B: 4. INR ≥1.2 at screening. If deemed appropriate by the investigator and/or prescribing physician, the patient may stop taking anticoagulants for an appropriate washout period or reversal with vitamin K and if indicated, a repeat INR within <1.2 would be acceptable.\n- Part B: 5. Finding on ultrasound or other that would preclude a safe biopsy at the discretion of the investigator.\n- Part B: 6. COPD exacerbation (defined in Appendix 2) within 6 weeks of signing informed consent.\n- Part B: 7. On long-term oxygen (ie, requiring continuous oxygen for everyday activities).\n- Part B: 8. Total bilirubin levels >ULN; if documented Gilbert’s Syndrome, total bilirubin >2 × ULN.\n- Part B: 9. ALT and AST >1.5X ULN.\n- Part B: 10. eGFR <60 mL/min by CKD-EPI equation (Miller, 2022).\n- Part B: 11. Seropositive for hepatitis B (positive surface Ag).\n- Part B: 12. Active hepatitis C by HCV antibody. If HCV antibody positive, must be HCV RNA PCR negative.\n- Part A: On long-term oxygen (ie, requiring continuous oxygen for everyday activities).\n- Part B: 13. Symptomatic heart failure (per New York Heart Association guidelines), unstable angina, myocardial infarction, severe cardiovascular disease (ejection fraction <40%, transient ischemic attack, or cerebrovascular accident) within 6 months prior to screening.\n- Part B: 14. Previous diagnosis of liver cirrhosis or complications of cirrhosis (eg, varices, ascites, hepatic encephalopathy).\n- Part B: 15. A history of torsades de pointes, ventricular rhythm disturbances (eg, ventricular tachycardia or fibrillation), heart block (excluding first-degree block), congenital long QT syndrome, new ST segment elevation or depression or new Q wave on ECG, or QTcF >450 msec.\n- Part B: 16. Has a known history of alcohol abuse or daily heavy alcohol consumption (females: more than 14 units of alcohol per week; males: more than 21 units of alcohol per week [unit: 1 glass of wine (125 mL) = 1 measure of spirits = ½ pint of beer]).\n- Part B: 17. Current illicit drug use.\n- Part B: 18. Positive serology for HIV (HIV-1 or HIV-2).\n- Part B: 19. ANC <1500 cells/mm3 OR platelet count <150,000 cells/mm3 OR hemoglobin <10 g/dL for males or <9 g/dL for females.\n- Part B: 20. Active COVID infection as defined as clinical symptoms plus antigen test positivity or positive PCR test within 7 days prior to consent. (Must be symptom free and PCR negative before joining the study.)\n- Part B: 21. Previous treatment with any cell, gene, or viral vector-derived experimental therapy.\n- Part B: 22. Received an LNP treatment (eg, LNP mRNA-based COVID vaccinations) in the 1 month prior to enrollment.\n- Part A: Body mass index >30.\n- Part B: 23. Prior medically significant vaccine-related reaction (eg, severe hypersensitivity, myocarditis) to an LNP-based product (eg, mRNA-based COVID vaccinations).\n- Part B: 24. Use of any investigational product within 30 days (or 5 half-lives, whichever is longer) prior to enrollment.\n- Part B: 25. Initiation or increase in the dose of a medication that, in the judgment of the investigator, has known potential risk of increasing LFTs (eg, statins, ACE inhibitors, and antifungals) within 5 weeks prior to screening through the completion of the 28-day DLT period.\n- Part B: 26. Use of systemic steroids above a stable dose equivalent to 10 mg/day daily of prednisone within the 5 weeks prior to screening or during the screening period.\n- Patt B: 27. Positive serum pregnancy test or breastfeeding at screening (female participants).\n- Part B: 28. Known allergies to any component of BEAM-302.\n- Part B: 29. Contraindication to corticosteroid use or conditions that could worsen in the presence of corticosteroids as assessed and determined by the investigator.\n- Part B: 30. Unwilling or unable to comply with protocol-required visit schedule and visit requirements or provide written informed consent.\n- Part B: 31. Malignancy within 2 years except for basal or squamous cell carcinoma or carcinoma in situ of the cervix that has been successfully treated\n- Part B: 32. Serious intercurrent illness, infectious disease, abnormal laboratory result at screening, or medical condition including malignancy or extenuating circumstances that, in the opinion of the investigator, could impair the assessment of safety results or preclude compliance with the study.\n- Part A: Current or recent smoking history (regular smoking within 12 months prior to signing the informed consent form [ICF]) or not willing to abstain from smoking (including vaporizers/e-cigarettes, marijuana) for the duration of the study.\n- Part A: Liver disease with any of the following: o\tFibroScan liver stiffness measurement ≥7.5 kilopascals (kPa). (For sites without access to FibroScan, APRI >0.5 can be used as a surrogate exclusion criterion [Yilmaz, 2011]. o\tKnown history of liver cirrhosis or complications of cirrhosis (eg, varices, ascites, hepatic encephalopathy). o\tPresence of ≥F2 liver fibrosis if a patient has previously had a liver biopsy. o\tHave ALT or AST > upper limit of normal (ULN). o\tTotal bilirubin levels > ULN; if documented Gilbert’s Syndrome, total bilirubin > 2 × ULN. o\tINR ≥1.2 at screening. If deemed appropriate by the investigator and/or prescribing physician, the patient may stop taking anticoagulants for an appropriate washout period or reversal with vitamin K and if indicated, a repeat INR within <1.2 would be acceptable. o\tSeropositive for hepatitis B (positive surface Ag). o\tActive hepatitis C according to hepatitis C-virus (HCV) antibody. If HCV antibody positive, must be HCV RNA polymerase chain reaction (PCR) negative.\n- Part A: Symptomatic heart failure (per New York Heart Association guidelines), unstable angina, myocardial infarction, severe cardiovascular disease (ejection fraction <40%, transient ischemic attack, or cerebrovascular accident) within 6 months prior to screening.\n- Part A: A history of torsades de pointes, ventricular rhythm disturbances (eg, ventricular tachycardia or fibrillation), heart block (excluding first-degree block), congenital long QT syndrome, new ST segment elevation or depression or new Q wave on electrocardiogram (ECG), or QT interval corrected using Fridericia’s method (QTcF) >450 msec."}
Endpoints
Primary endpoints
- {"endpoint_text":"- Phase 1 (Dose Exploration) Primary Endpoint: Rates of treatment-emergent adverse events (TEAEs) and serious adverse events (SAEs)\n- Phase 2 (Dose Expansion) Primary Endpoint: Absolute blood levels of total AAT, Z-AAT, and M-AAT","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Phase 1 endpoint measured as rates (percentages) of TEAEs and SAEs reported during study periods; Phase 2 endpoint measured as absolute blood levels of total AAT, Z-AAT, and M-AAT (blood assays)."}
Secondary endpoints
- {"endpoint_text":"- Secondary endpoints apply to the entire study unless preceded with “Phase 1 (Dose Exploration)” or “Phase 2 (Dose Expansion).”\n- •\tPhase 1 (Dose Exploration): Absolute blood levels of total AAT\n- •\tPhase 2 (Dose Expansion): Rates of TEAEs and SAEs\n- •\tChange from baseline in blood levels of total AAT\n- •\tBlood levels of Z-AAT and M-AAT\n- •\tChange from baseline in blood levels of functional AAT\n- • Area under the plasma concentration-time curve (AUC) from time zero to the time of the last measurable concentration (AUC0-last), AUC from time zero to infinity (AUC∞), maximum concentration (Cmax), time to maximum concentration (Tmax), terminal half-life (t½) for the plasma levels of mRNA, gRNA, and lipids (ALC-0366 and ALC-0159)\n- • Blood anti-BEAM-302 antibodies and anti-ABE antibodies","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Endpoints measured using blood assays: absolute concentrations of total AAT, Z-AAT, M-AAT, functional AAT; safety endpoints measured as rates of TEAEs/SAEs; PK parameters (AUC0-last, AUC∞, Cmax, Tmax, t½) for plasma mRNA, gRNA and specified lipids; immunogenicity measured by blood anti-BEAM-302 and anti-ABE antibody assays."}
Recruitment
- Digital Remote Recruitment
- True, recruitment includes a Social Media Kit and digital patient materials; patient account registration guide indicates use of digital registration/onboarding.
- Planned Sample Size
- 150
- Recruitment Window Months
- 44
- Consent Approach
- Informed consent provided by adult participants (ages 18–70); multiple ICF/SIS documents provided (Adult Main ICF Part A, Adult Main ICF Part B, Pregnant Partner ICF, Retreatment ICF, Limited Safety Follow Up ICF, Optional Future Research ICF). Redacted and country-specific versions available (documents for NL and IE, and a Dutch synopsis translation), indicating availability of materials for country settings. No assent procedures described (adults only).
Methods
- Recruitment arrangements documents for Netherlands and Ireland (country-specific recruitment arrangements).
- K2 recruitment materials: At a Glance summary and Patient Brochure (site/patient-facing printed materials).
- Social media kit (digital recruitment/social media channels) indicated by document title 'K2_Recruitment material_Social Media Kit_Beam'.
- Patient account registration guides and travel guides to support participant logistics (document titles indicate participant support materials).
Geography
- Total Number Of Sites
- 2
- Total Number Of Participants
- 34
Netherlands
- Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
- 01-11-2024
- Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
- 02-12-2024
- Processing Time Days
- 31
- Number Of Sites
- 1
- Number Of Participants
- 14
Sites
- Site Name
- Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum (LUMC)
- Department Name
- Pulmonary Medicine
- Contact Person Name
- Emily van 't Wout
- Contact Person Email
- e.f.a.van_t_wout@lumc.nl
- Number Of Participants
- 14
Ireland
- Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
- 27-01-2025
- Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
- 21-02-2025
- Processing Time Days
- 25
- Number Of Sites
- 1
- Number Of Participants
- 20
Sites
- Site Name
- Beaumont Hospital
- Department Name
- Respiratory Medicine
- Contact Person Name
- Noel Gerry McElvaney
- Contact Person Email
- gmcelvaney@rcsi.ie
- Number Of Participants
- 20
Sponsor
Primary sponsor
- Full Name
- Beam Therapeutics Inc.
- Organisation Type
- Laboratory/Research/Testing facility
- Country Of Registered Address
- United States
Investigational products
- Investigational Product Name
- BEAM-302
- Active Substance
- MR0005, GR0015
- Modality
- Gene therapy
- Routes Of Administration
- INTRAVENIOUS INFUSION
- Route
- Intravenous infusion
- Authorisation Status
- Investigational medicinal product (IMP), MIA number IMP11566/00001
- First In Human
- Yes
- Dose Levels
- 60 mg (reported in urgent safety measure as part of a 60 mg x 2 multi-dose cohort)
- Frequency
- Not specified (multi-dose cohorts described, e.g., 60 mg x 2 reported in urgent safety measure)