The first patient has been dosed in the FORTIS Phase 1/2 trial of AT845, a single-dose gene therapy for adults with late-onset Pompe disease (LOPD). AT845 is designed to deliver a healthy copy of the gene that encodes the enzyme acid alpha-glucosidase (GAA) directly to…

A Phase 1/2 trial is recruiting adults in the U.S. who have late-onset Pompe disease to test a gene therapy, AT845, being developed by Audentes Therapeutics, according to an update from the Muscular Dystrophy Association. The company-sponsored FORTIS trial (NCT04174105) will be evaluating the safety…

Rare Disease Day at NIH, organized by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and taking place on March 1, will feature panel discussions, patient stories, research updates, TED-style talks, and a presentation by a Nobel laureate recently recognized for her work on a gene editing tool. The free, virtual…

Spark Therapeutics has dosed the first patient in the Phase 1/2 RESOLUTE clinical trial of SPK-3006, an experimental gene therapy for people with late-onset Pompe disease (LOPD). “Dosing the first participant in the Phase 1/2 RESOLUTE trial of investigational SPK-3006 for late-onset Pompe disease is an important milestone and…

The two COVID-19 vaccines that recently received emergency approval from the U.S. and other worldwide regulatory agencies are expected to pose little risk to the rare disease community, including to patients with compromised immune systems or those participating in gene therapy studies. That was the message of a recent…

A CRISPR gene-editing approach was used to correct two distinct Pompe disease mutations and to develop computer simulations for optimizing gene therapies. These computer models may help scientists develop and test gene-editing strategies for diseases, such as Pompe, that are polygenic, or caused by more…

AVR-RD-03, Avrobio‘s investigational gene therapy for classic infantile-onset Pompe disease, was found to reduce toxic glycogen accumulations to healthy levels in a mouse model of Pompe. These results, presented during an Avrobio Virtual R&D Day…

Bayer reached an agreement to acquire Asklepios BioPharmaceutical (AskBio), including its clinical program of ACT-101, an experimental one-time gene therapy for late-onset Pompe disease. AskBio, which will remain an independent entity, has a portfolio that comprises early and clinical stage gene therapies to treat neuromuscular,…

Scientists have created a new mouse model of Pompe disease that displays the severe respiratory impairments experienced by many patients but were never observed in other animal models of the disorder. Using this more stringent model, investigators also demonstrated the therapeutic potential of a new form of gene…

Spark Therapeutics has resumed enrollment into two international clinical studies testing SPK-3006, the company’s investigational gene therapy for Pompe disease. Recruitment of adults with late-onset Pompe disease (LOPD) into both studies — the seroprevalence SPK-GAA-100 study (NCT03893240) and the Phase 1/2 RESOLUTE trial…