Wie sicher ist die Gentherapie? : Zweiter Todesfall nach Therapie der Duchenne-Muskeldystrophie
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Wie sicher ist die Gentherapie? : Zweiter Todesfall nach Therapie der Duchenne-Muskeldystrophie. / Horn, Stefan; Fehse, Boris.
In: INNERE MED, Vol. 65, No. 6, 06.2024, p. 617-623.Research output: SCORING: Contribution to journal › SCORING: Review article › Transfer
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T1 - Wie sicher ist die Gentherapie? : Zweiter Todesfall nach Therapie der Duchenne-Muskeldystrophie
AU - Horn, Stefan
AU - Fehse, Boris
N1 - © 2024. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Medizin Verlag GmbH, ein Teil von Springer Nature.
PY - 2024/6
Y1 - 2024/6
N2 - BACKGROUND: Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a severe monogenic hereditary disease with early manifestation and a progressive course. Treatment options have so far been limited. Gene therapy opens up new options for DMD patients.OBJECTIVES: Against the background of a further death following DMD gene therapy, the side effects and risks of the gene therapeutics already approved or undergoing clinical trials will be evaluated and alternative gene therapeutics will be described. Based thereon, the future of DMD gene therapy will be discussed.CURRENT DATA: For the first time, in June 2023, delandistrogene moxeparvovec (SRP-9001), a gene replacement therapy based on an adeno-associated virus (AAV) vector, was approved in the USA for children aged 4-5 years with DMD. Other promising gene therapies are in preclinical development or clinical trials, including CRISPR/Cas9-mediated strategies to restore dystrophin expression. Two deaths following DMD gene therapy with high-dose AAV vectors were attributed to AAV-mediated immune responses. The pre-existing disease underlying the therapy is most likely involved in the fatal AAV toxicity.CONCLUSIONS: Although gene therapy applications of AAV vectors are generally considered safe, the systemic administration of high vector doses can lead to severe side effects with a potentially fatal outcome in individual patients, especially after activation of the immune system. In the future, new methods for immunosuppression, reduction of AAV dose and alternative vectors will therefore increasingly come to the fore.
AB - BACKGROUND: Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a severe monogenic hereditary disease with early manifestation and a progressive course. Treatment options have so far been limited. Gene therapy opens up new options for DMD patients.OBJECTIVES: Against the background of a further death following DMD gene therapy, the side effects and risks of the gene therapeutics already approved or undergoing clinical trials will be evaluated and alternative gene therapeutics will be described. Based thereon, the future of DMD gene therapy will be discussed.CURRENT DATA: For the first time, in June 2023, delandistrogene moxeparvovec (SRP-9001), a gene replacement therapy based on an adeno-associated virus (AAV) vector, was approved in the USA for children aged 4-5 years with DMD. Other promising gene therapies are in preclinical development or clinical trials, including CRISPR/Cas9-mediated strategies to restore dystrophin expression. Two deaths following DMD gene therapy with high-dose AAV vectors were attributed to AAV-mediated immune responses. The pre-existing disease underlying the therapy is most likely involved in the fatal AAV toxicity.CONCLUSIONS: Although gene therapy applications of AAV vectors are generally considered safe, the systemic administration of high vector doses can lead to severe side effects with a potentially fatal outcome in individual patients, especially after activation of the immune system. In the future, new methods for immunosuppression, reduction of AAV dose and alternative vectors will therefore increasingly come to the fore.
U2 - 10.1007/s00108-024-01711-5
DO - 10.1007/s00108-024-01711-5
M3 - SCORING: Review
C2 - 38748280
VL - 65
SP - 617
EP - 623
JO - INNERE MED
JF - INNERE MED
SN - 2731-7080
IS - 6
ER -