Clinical research
Being tested in people in registered clinical trials. Being in trials is not evidence that a treatment works or is safe.
Ce que teste cet essai
The trial that started clinical gene editing. Years before CRISPR was a tool, patients with HIV had their own immune cells taken out, had a gene edited with zinc finger nucleases, and had them returned. It showed that a permanent, targeted edit could be made in a patient's cells and given back safely.
A Phase 1 study of autologous CD4 T cells with CCR5 disrupted by zinc finger nucleases in people with HIV. Published in the New England Journal of Medicine, it reported that infusion was safe and that modified cells persisted, establishing the clinical feasibility of therapeutic genome editing.
Sources
- New England Journal of Medicine · 2014
Gene editing of CCR5 in autologous CD4 T cells of persons infected with HIV ↗
Ce que signifie (et ne signifie pas) un résultat d'essai
Les résultats en phase précoce proviennent d'un petit nombre de participants et d'un suivi de courte durée. Ils peuvent évoluer avec davantage de personnes et de temps, et un essai en cours de recrutement, actif ou même terminé n'a pas établi qu'un traitement est efficace. Les critères d'inclusion sont stricts ; l'éligibilité est décidée par le site de l'essai, jamais par un site web.