PBFT02 is a gene therapy for frontotemporal dementia intended to deliver a functional copy of the GRN gene to the brain. This study will assess the safety, tolerability and efficacy of this treatment in patients with frontotemporal dementia and mutations in the granulin precursor (GRN) or chromosome 9 open reading frame 72 (C9ORF72) genes
PBFT02 is an adeno-associated viral vector serotype 1 carrying GRN, the gene encoding for human progranulin, formulated as a solution for injection into the cisterna magna. This is a global interventional, multicenter, open-label, single-arm study of PBFT02 delivered as a one-time dose administered into the cisterna magna to participants with FTD-GRN or C9orf72. Participants aged ≥ 35 and ≤ 75 years with early symptomatic FTD-GRN or with symptomatic FTD-C9orf72 may be enrolled into the study. PBFT02 will be studied in three cohorts of FTD-GRN participants and two cohorts of FTD-C9orf72 participants. This is a 5-year study, with a 2-year main study, followed by a 3-year safety extension.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
30
PBFT02
Michigan Alzheimer's Disease Center
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
RECRUITINGUniversity of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
RECRUITINGVanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, Tennessee, United States
RECRUITINGUniversity of Texas at Houston
Houston, Texas, United States
RECRUITINGEastern Health-Box Hill Hospital
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
RECRUITINGHospital das Clinicas da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)
Minas Gerais, Brazil
RECRUITINGHospital das Clinicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Sao Paulo (HCFMUSP)
São Paulo, Brazil
RECRUITINGUniversity of Toronto, Toronto Western Hospital
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
RECRUITINGMontreal Neurological Institute-Hospital
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
RECRUITINGCentro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra
Coimbra, Portugal
RECRUITINGNumber of Participants with Treatment-Related AEs and SAEs
Assess the number of treatment-related adverse events (AEs) and serious adverse events (SAEs)
Time frame: Up to 5 years (multiple visits)
Change in Nerve Conduction Velocity and Amplitude from Baseline on Nerve Conduction Studies
Assess changes in nerve conduction velocity in the distal segments of the sural, radial, and median sensory nerves and peroneal motor nerve as measured on conventional nerve conduction studies.
Time frame: From baseline to 5 years (multiple visits)
Change in Cellular and Humoral Response Against the Vector and Transgene in Serum
Assess ELISpot and antibody titers against AAV1 and against human progranulin
Time frame: From baseline to 5 years (multiple visits)
Change from baseline in CSF and plasma PGRN levels
Assess effect of treatment with PBFT02 on CSF and plasma PGRN levels following administration of a single ICM dose.
Time frame: From baseline to 5 years (multiple visits)
Change from baseline in plasma and CSF neurofilament light chain (NfL) levels
Assess the effect of treatment with PBFT02 on PGRN level in CSF and plasma
Time frame: From baseline to 5 years (multiple visits)
Change in Brain anatomy as assessed by MRI
Assess the effect of treatment with PBFT02 on Brain volume, white matter integrity, and cortical thickness as assessed by MRI
Time frame: From baseline to 5 years (multiple visits)
Change in FTLD disease progression
Assess changes in the Clinical Dementia Rating Scale for Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration plus National Alzheimer's Coordinating Center FTLD Behavior \& Language Domains (CDR® plus NACC FTLD SB)
Time frame: From baseline to 5 years (multiple visits)
Change in ALS disease progression in participants with FTD C9orf72
Assess changes in ALS disease progression using the Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Functional Rating Scale-Revised (ALSFRS-R), percent predicted slow vital capacity (SVC) and in muscle strength as measured by handheld dynamometry (HHD)
Time frame: From baseline to 5 years (multiple visits)
Change in vital status
Assess the impact of PBFT02 on survival
Time frame: From Baseline to 5 years (multiple years)
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