Phase I/II Open Label, Multicentre Clinical Trial to Assess Safety and Efficacy of AAVLK03hOTC for Paediatric Patients With Ornithine Transcarbamylase Deficiency.
Ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency (OTCD) is an inherited metabolic liver disease which means that the body cannot maintain normal levels of ammonia. Ammonia levels can rise (called hyperammonaemic decompensations) which can be life-threatening and may result in impaired neurological development in children. OTCD is a rare genetic disorder characterised by complete or partial lack of the enzyme ornithine transcarbamylase (OTC).
• Patient (male or female) aged ≤16 years at time of written informed consent. For the dose escalation phase patients must be aged 6-16, for the dose expansion phase patients must be aged 0-16 (at the time of written informed consent).
• OTC deficiency confirmed via enzymatic or molecular analysis. This may include identification of pathogenic mutations or liver OTC activity that is \<20% of normal activity.
• Patient has severe disease defined by reduced protein allowance and prescribed at least one ammonia scavenger drug.
• Patient (if capable of signing) and parents or legal representative have signed a written informed consent form.
• Females of childbearing potential must have a negative pregnancy test in serum or urine at the screening and Day 0 infusion visits, and use an adequate contraception method from the screening visit until 4 weeks after the first negative plasma sample monitoring vector genomes copies or the week 52 visit, whatever comes first.
• Sexually active boys must use an adequate contraception method (abstinence or use of condom with spermicide) from at least 14 days prior to the infusion and until 4 weeks after the first negative plasma sample monitoring vector genomes copies or the week 52 visit, whatever comes first.
• Patient's ammonia level at baseline visit (pre-gene therapy infusion) is \<100µmol/L and is within the range of historical ammonia levels obtained when the patient was clinically stable.
• Patient has been on a stable dose of ammonia scavenger and stable protein allowance for the last 4 weeks at the baseline visit.
• Patient is willing to commit to an additional 4 years of long-term safety follow-up.