HIV/AIDS
Sangamo BioSciences Announces Plans to Initiate a Second Clinical Trial of CCR5-ZFP Therapeutic to Treat HIV/AIDS
Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, October 11th, 2009
Sangamo BioSciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:SGMO) announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has reviewed and accepted an Investigational New Drug (IND) application to initiate an open-label, repeat-dosing Phase 1 clinical trial (SB-728-T-902) of the company's ZFN-based therapeutic, SB-728-T. A single dose Phase 1 clinical study of SB-728-T was initiated in February 2009 and is ongoing at the University of Pennsylvania. Both Phase 1 studies are designed primarily to evaluate the safety and tolerability of this ZFP Therapeutic™ approach, however subjects' CD4 T-cell counts, levels of CCR5-modified T-cells and viral burden will also be monitored.
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