A Pilot Study of the Restoration of Functional Laminin 332 in JEB Patients With Nonsense Mutations After Topical and Intravenous Gentamicin Treatment

Who is this study for? Patients with Junctional Epidermolysis Bullosa
What treatments are being studied? Gentamicin Sulfate
Status: Recruiting
Location: See location...
Intervention Type: Drug
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Phase 1/Phase 2
SUMMARY

Herlitz junctional epidermolysis bullosa (H-JEB), an incurable, fatal, inherited skin disease, is caused by loss-of-function mutations in the LAMA3, LAMB3 or LAMC2 genes, resulting in loss of laminin 332 and poor epidermal-dermal adherence. Eighty percent of H-JEB patients have LAMB3 mutations and about 95% of these are nonsense mutations. The investigators recently demonstrated that gentamicin readily induced nonsense mutation readthrough and produced full-length laminin beta3 in several nonsense mutations tested. Importantly, the gentamicin-induced laminin beta3 restored laminin 332 assembly, secretion, and deposition into the dermal-epidermal junction (DEJ). Newly induced laminin 332 reversed abnormal H-JEB cellular phenotypes. Herein, the investigators propose the first clinical trial of gentamicin (by topical and intravenous administration) in JEB patients with nonsense mutations. The milestones will include restored laminin 332 and hemidesmosomes at the DEJ, improved wound closure, and the absence of significant gentamicin side effects.

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Healthy Volunteers: f
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• 1\. JEB patients with nonsense mutations in the LAMB3 gene in either one or two alleles.

Locations
United States
California
University of Southern California
RECRUITING
Los Angeles
Contact Information
Primary
Mei Chen, Ph.D.
chenm@usc.edu
3238650621
Backup
David Woodley, M.D.
dwoodley@usc.edu
3238650956
Time Frame
Start Date: 2018-06-01
Estimated Completion Date: 2020-08-31
Participants
Target number of participants: 6
Treatments
Experimental: Gentamicin Sulfate
IV Arm:~7.5 mg/kg gentamicin once daily for 14 days.~Topical Arm:~0.5% gentamicin ointment applied twice daily for 14 days to selected skin sites.
Sponsors
Leads: University of Southern California

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