This trial is designed to expand the currently available data on the safety and efficacy of alipogene tiparvovec treatment in lipoprotein lipase deficiency (LPLD) and to further the understanding of possible mechanisms of action of the therapy.
LPLD is a rare autosomal recessive disorder, characterized by the presence of marked chylomicronemia and hence hypertriglyceridemia. Clinically the most severe manifestation of chylomicronemia, is acute pancreatitis, which can be lethal. There is no effective therapy available to modulate the course of the illness and prevent complications for these patients. The current clinical management consists of severe reduction of dietary fat that is hard if not almost impossible to comply with. LPLD subjects continue to experience pancreatitis attacks, and are admitted to intensive care units on several occasions. Alipogene tiparvovec corrects or restores lipoprotein lipase (LPL) function long term, and hence reverses some symptoms, halts the disease progression and prevents further complications. Alipogene tiparvovec gene therapy ensures that a catabolically beneficial variant of the human LPL gene, LPL\[S447X\] is expressed and active in the relevant tissues in humans. Delivery of the gene is realized via intramuscular injection of an adeno-associated viral vector, pseudotyped with AAV1 capsids.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
5
intra muscular, 1 x E12 gc per kg body weight, injected in a single series of intramuscular injections
oral, 2 g/day, day -3 till week 12
oral, 3 mg/kg/day, day -3 till week 12
ECOGENE-21 Clinical Trial Center / Centre de santé et de services sociaux de Chicoutimi
Chicoutimi, Quebec, Canada
Centre des Maladies Lipidiques de Québec
Québec, Quebec, Canada
Reduction of triglyceride (TG) concentrations
Time frame: 12 weeks
Reduction of chylomicrons and/or chylomicron-TG ratio
Time frame: 12 weeks
To determine the biological activity and expression of the lipoprotein lipase [LPLS447X] transgene product
Time frame: 14 weeks
To assess the safety profile
Time frame: 14 weeks
To assess shedding of viral vector
Time frame: 14 weeks
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single intravenous bolus of methylprednisolone (1 mg/kg bodyweight)