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NCT Number: NCT07070999

Study of Safety, Tolerability and Efficacy of GB221 in Infants With Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 1

GB221 is a gene therapy that delivers a working SMN1 gene to the motor neurons of people with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) Type 1. This study will evaluate the safety, tolerability and efficacy of GB221 in two groups:

1. participants aged from 2 weeks to younger than 12 months presenting with symptoms of SMA Type 1 who have never received a treatment OR are receiving the drug risdiplam 2. participants aged from 2 weeks to younger than 5 months who are at risk of developing SMA Type 1 (presymptomatic) and have never received treatment OR are receiving the drug risdiplam.

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Key information

Age range

2 week–12 month

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 1 / Phase 2

Primary location

Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre

Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, 90035-903, Brazil

Location status: Recruiting

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Symptomatic Participants
  • Diagnosis of SMA Type 1 based on gene mutation analysis with bi-allelic SMN1 mutations (deletion or point mutations) and up to 3 copies of SMN2
  • Participants must be 2 weeks to < 12 months of age at the time of dosing with disease onset of during the first 6 months of life.
  • Presymptomatic Participants
  • At risk of SMA Type 1 based on gene mutation analysis with bi-allelic SMN1 mutations (deletion or point mutations) and up to 2 copies of SMN2
  • Participants must be 2 weeks to < 5 months (< 150 days) of age at the time of dosing.

Exclusion criteria

  • Any suspected or confirmed active viral infection at screening baseline (including HIV, Hepatitis B or C, or human T Cell lymphotropic viruses [HTLV])
  • History of invasive ventilatory support (tracheotomy with positive pressure) or pulse oximetry <95% saturation.
  • Ongoing immunosuppressive therapy or immunosuppressive therapy within 3 months of starting the trial (e.g. corticosteroids, cyclosporine, tacrolimus, methotrexate, cyclophosphamide, intravenous immunoglobulin, rituximab)
  • Participation in a recent SMA treatment clinical trial that, in the opinion of the Investigator, creates unnecessary risks for gene transfer.
  • Prior history of gene therapy for any indication, hematopoietic transplant or solid organ transplant
  • Subjects with severe scoliosis
  • Known allergy or hypersensitivity to prednisolone or other glucocorticosteroids or their excipients.

Treatment and study plan

GB221

Biological

GB221

Primary outcomes

  1. Number of participants with treatment-related adverse events (AEs) and serious adverse events (SAEs) at Grade 3 or higher as characterized by CTCAEv5.0

    Time frame: Up to 18 months across multiple visits

    Assess the number of treatment-related AEs and SAEs as characterized by CTCAEv5.0

  2. Number of Participants with Clinically Significant Changes in Physical Functions

    Time frame: Up to 18 months across multiple visits

    Assess the number of participants with clinically significant changes in physical functions.

  3. Number of Participants with Clinically Significant Changes in Neurological Functions

    Time frame: Up to 18 months across multiple visits

    Assess the number of participants with clinically significant changes in neurological functions.

  4. Number of Participants with Clinically Significant Changes in Vital signs

    Time frame: Up to 18 months across multiple visits

    Assess the number of participants with clinically significant changes in vital signs.

  5. Change in electrocardiogram results

    Time frame: Up to 18 months across multiple visits

    ECG will measure RR interval, P Wave, PR interval, PR segment, QRS Complex, ST segment, T wave and QT Interval.

  6. Change in serum cardiac troponin I levels

    Time frame: Up to 18 months across multiple visits

  7. Number of Participants with Clinically Significant Laboratory Abnormalities as Measured Using Hematology, Chemistry and Coagulation Tests

    Time frame: Up to 18 months across multiple visits

    Assess the number of participants with clinically significant laboratory changes including hematology, serum chemistry, and coagulation tests.

  8. Number of Participants with Clinically Significant Laboratory Abnormalities as Measured Using Urine and CSF Tests

    Time frame: Up to 18 months across multiple visits

    Assess the number of participants with clinically significant laboratory changes including urine and CSF tests.

  9. Change in markers of immunogenicity

    Time frame: Up to 18 months across multiple visits

    Assessment of humoral (NAb and TAb titers) and T-cell (IFNγ ELISpot) immune responses to the AAVhu68 capsid and SMN transgene product in serum and CSF.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Assess the number of participants who experience permanent ventilation or death

    Time frame: Up to 18 months across multiple visits

  2. Percentage of infants with improvement in the motor milestones categories in Section 2 of the Hammersmith Infant Neurological Examination (HINE), with the exclusion of voluntary grasp.

    Time frame: Baseline, 6 months and 18 months post dose.

    • improvement in at least one category, i.e., an increase in the score for head control, rolling, sitting, crawling, standing, or walking of ≥1 point,
    • an increase in the score for kicking of ≥2 points, or achievement of the maximal score for kicking.
  3. Change from baseline in mean Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Infant Test of Neuromuscular Disorders (CHOP-INTEND) Score.

    Time frame: Baseline, 6 months and 18 months post dose.

    Assess 16 types of muscle movements, each given a score from zero (the person can't complete the movement) to 4 (the person can complete the movement on their own, without assistance) to produce a score of 0 to 64.

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

Denise Reilly

CONTACT

[email protected]

267-718-7654

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Gemma Biotherapeutics

Industry

Registry information

Official study title

A Phase 1-2, Open-Label, Multicenter Study to Assess the Safety, Tolerability and Efficacy of a Single Dose of GB221 Delivered Into the Cisterna Magna of Pediatric Participants From 2 Weeks to Younger Than 12 Months of Age With Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 1

Important dates

Study start
2026
Primary completion
2028
Study completion
2029
First posted
Jul 17, 2025
Registry last updated
Jun 29, 2026

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