About this trial
The primary objective of the study is to determine the safety and feasibility of intrathecal administration of DUOC-01 in patients who are undergoing standard treatment with umbilical cord blood transplant (UCBT) for inborn errors of metabolism and who have evidence of early demyelinating disease in the central nervous system (CNS). The secondary objective of the study is to describe the efficacy of UCBT with intrathecal administration of DUOC-01 in these patients.
Eligibility criteria
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
Patients must be age ≥1 week to ≤21 years.
Abnormal EEG, Brainstem Auditory Evoked Response (BAER), and/or Visual Evoked Potentials (VEP).
Abnormal brain MRI, ie. increased Loes score (measure of white matter damage, demyelination, and brain atrophy) and/or abnormal corticospinal tracts as assessed by MRI with diffusion tensor imaging (DTI).
Three or more of the early clinical markers: problems sleeping, increased activity, behavior difficulties, seizure-like activity, chewing behavior, inappropriate bladder training, inappropriate bowel training.
Disqualifiers
Prior organ, tissue, or stem cell transplant within 3 years of study entry.
Prior participation in any gene or regenerative cell therapy study.
Inability to have an MRI scan or lumbar puncture.
Intractable seizures.
Trial design
Single group
Treatments tested in this trial
DUOC-01
Biological/VaccineIntrathecal administration of DUOC-01
Treatment groups
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
Evaluate for Infusional Toxicity
Will monitor for fever, vomiting, neck stiffness, seizures, changes in state of consciousness
Evaluate for Neuro Toxicity
Perform computerized tomography (CT) scan to evaluate for bleeding, tumor formation, central nervous system generalized infiltration
Secondary outcomes
Efficacy determination
Perform standard of care follow-up evaluations to include brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with diffuse tensor imaging (DTI), Electroencephalography (EEG), nerve conduction, brainstem auditory evoked response (BAER), visual evoked potential (VEP) and neurocognitive testing. Bench mark results against historical controls previously transplanted by our institution for the past 20 years.
Sponsors and contacts
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Joanne Kurtzberg, MD
Lead sponsor
Duke University
Sponsor institution