A Safety and Efficacy Study Evaluating CTX001 in Subjects With Severe Sickle Cell Disease

Recruitment Status
COMPLETED
(See Contacts and Locations)Verified July 2025 by Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
Sponsor
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
Information Provided by (Responsible Party)
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
NCT03745287
Other Study ID Numbers:
CTX001-121
First Submitted
November 8, 2018
First Posted
November 18, 2018
Last Update Posted
August 10, 2025
Last Verified
July 2025

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Study Details

Study Description

Condition or DiseaseIntervention/Treatment
Sickle Cell DiseaseHematological DiseasesHemoglobinopathies
Biological: CTX001

Study Design

Study TypeInterventional
Actual Enrollment63 participants
Design AllocationN/A
Interventional ModelSingle Group Assignment
MaskingNone (Open Label)
Primary PurposeTreatment
Official TitleA Phase 1/2/3 Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of a Single Dose of Autologous CRISPR-Cas9 Modified CD34+ Human Hematopoietic Stem and Progenitor Cells (CTX001) in Subjects With Severe Sickle Cell Disease
Study Start DateNovember 26, 2018
Actual Primary Completion DateJuly 6, 2025
Actual Study Completion DateJuly 6, 2025

Groups and Cohorts

Group/CohortIntervention/Treatment
CTX001
CTX001 (autologous CD34+ hHSPCs modified with CRISPR-Cas9 at the erythroid lineage-specific enhancer of the BCL11A gene). Subjects will receive a single infusion of CTX001 through a central venous catheter.
Biological: CTX001
Administered by IV infusion following myeloablative conditioning with busulfan.

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures
  1. Proportion of subjects who have not experienced any severe vaso-occlusive crisis (VOC) for at least 12 consecutive months (VF12)
  2. Proportion of subjects with engraftment (first day of three consecutive measurements of absolute neutrophil count [ANC] ≥500/µL on three different days)
  3. Time to engraftment
  4. Frequency and severity of collected adverse events (AEs)
  5. Incidence of transplant-related mortality (TRM) within 100 days after CTX001 infusion
  6. Incidence of TRM within 1 year after CTX001 infusion
  7. All-cause mortality
Secondary Outcome Measures
  1. Proportion of subjects free from inpatient hospitalization for severe VOCs sustained for at least 12 months (HF12)
  2. Proportion of subjects who have not experienced any severe VOC for at least 9 consecutive months (VF9) any time after CTX001 infusion
  3. Proportion of subjects with 90 percent (%), 80%, 75% or 50% reduction in annualized rate of severe VOCs
  4. Relative change from baseline in annualized rate of severe VOCs
  5. Duration of severe VOC free in subjects who have achieved VF12
  6. Relative Change from baseline in rate of inpatient hospitalization for severe VOCs
  7. Relative change from baseline in annualized duration of hospitalization for severe VOCs
  8. Proportion of subjects with sustained HbF ≥20% for at least 3 months
  9. Proportion of subjects with sustained HbF ≥20% for at least 12 months
  10. Proportion of subjects with sustained HbF ≥20% for at least 6 months
  11. Change in number of units of RBC transfused for SCD-related indications
  12. HbF concentration over time
  13. Hb concentration over time
  14. Change from baseline in indirect bilirubin over time
  15. Change from baseline in reticulocyte count over time
  16. Change from baseline in haptoglobin over time
  17. Change from baseline in lactate dehydrogenase over time
  18. Proportion of alleles with intended genetic modification present in peripheral blood leukocytes over time
  19. Proportion of alleles with intended genetic modification present in CD34+ cells of bone marrow over time
  20. Change in patient-reported outcome (PRO) over time assessed using weekly pain-scale (11-point numerical rating scale [NRS])
    The NRS is a 1-dimensional measure of reporting intensity of pain. The score of NRS ranges from 0 to 10 points, with higher values indicating a higher level of pain.
  21. Change in PRO over time assessed using EuroQol quality of life scale (EQ-5D-5L)
    The EQ-5D-5L Questionnaire consists of the EQ-5D descriptive system and the EQ visual analogue scale (VAS). The EQ-5D comprises 5 dimensions: mobility, self-care, usual activities, pain/discomfort, anxiety/depression, and 5 levels: no problems to extreme problems. The subject marks the most appropriate statement in each dimension, resulting in a 1-digit number for that dimension. The digits can be combined in a 5-digit number describing the subject's health state. The EQ VAS records the subject's self-rated health on a 100-point VAS, endpoints labelled "the best health you can imagine" and "the worst health you can imagine"
  22. Change in PRO over time assessed using EQ-5D-Youth (EQ-5D-Y)
  23. Change in PRO over time assessed using functional assessment of cancer therapy-bone marrow transplant (FACT-BMT) questionnaire
    The FACT-BMT Questionnaire includes physical, social, family, emotional, and functional well-being, and treatment specific concerns of bone marrow transplantation. Each statement has a 5-point Likert-type response scale ranging from 0=not at all to 4=very much. The subject marks one number per line as it applies to the past 7 days. Questionnaires are then scored; the higher the score, the better the quality of life.
  24. Change in PRO over time assessed using adult sickle cell quality of life measurement system (ASCQ-Me)
    ASCQ-Me comprises measures to assess physical, mental and social health along with information on severity of disease. It includes the following domains: emotional impact, pain impact, pain episodes, sleep impact, social functioning impact, stiffness impact and SCD medical history checklist. ASCQ-Me domains are scored using T-score metric with mean of 50 for reference population and SD of 10. Higher scores indicate healthier status.
  25. Change in PRO over time assessed using pediatric quality of life inventory (PedsQL)
  26. Change in PRO over time assessed using PedsQL sickle cell disease module

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study(Child, Adult)
Sexes Eligible for StudyAll
Accepts Healthy VolunteersNo
Inclusion Criteria
Diagnosis of severe sickle cell disease as defined by:
Documented severe sickle cell disease genotype
History of at least two severe vaso-occlusive crisis events per year for the previous two years prior to enrollment
Eligible for autologous stem cell transplant as per investigators judgment Key
Exclusion Criteria
An available 10/10 human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-matched related donor
Prior hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT)
Clinically significant and active bacterial, viral, fungal, or parasitic infection Other protocol defined inclusion/exclusion criteria may apply

Contacts and Locations

Sponsors and CollaboratorsVertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
Locations
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital of Stanford University | Palo Alto California, United States, 94304Ann & Robert Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago | Chicago Illinois, United States, 60611University of Illinois at Chicago Hospitals and Health Systems | Chicago Illinois, United States, 60612Columbia University Medical Center (21+ years) | New York New York, United States, 10032Columbia University Medical Center (≤21 years) | New York New York, United States, 10032Children's Hospital of Philadelphia | Philadelphia Pennsylvania, United States, 19104St. Jude Children's Research Hospital | Memphis Tennessee, United States, 38105The Children's Hospital at TriStar Centennial Medical Center/ Sarah Cannon Center for Blood Cancers | Nashville Tennessee, United States, 37203Methodist Children's Hospital/Texas Transplant Institute | San Antonio Texas, United States, 78229Hopital Universitaire des Enfants Reine Fabiola (HUDERF) | Brussels , Belgium, The Hospital for Sick Children | Toronto , Canada, Hopital Necker Enfants Malades | Paris , France, University Hospital Duesseldorf | Düsseldorf , Germany, Regensburg University Hospital, Clinic and Polyclinic for Paediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Paediatric Haemotology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation | Regensburg , Germany, Dipartimento di Onco-Ematologia e Terapia Cellulare e Genica Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesu - IRCCS | Rome , Italy, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, Hammersmith Hospital | London , United Kingdom, Royal London and St Bartholomew's Hospital, Pathology and Pharmacy Building | London , United Kingdom,