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Posted on: 25 November 2024, source: medcitynews.com
A patient death in a clinical trial usually prompts the FDA to impose a clinical hold. But Neurogene is able to avoid a lengthy clinical trial pause largely because of its participation in an FDA pilot program intended to speed up the development of therapies for rare diseases. The clinical trial participant who was hospitalized for severe complications after receiving the high dose of Neurogene’s experimental Rett syndrome gene therapy has died. Neurogene disclosed the death in a regulatory filing after the market close Thursday. The company said the FDA is permitting the Phase 1/2 study to continue with the low dose of the therapy, code-named NGN-401. Neurogene added that it will incorporate this dose in planning the design of the clinical trial expected to support a regulatory submission seeking FDA approval of the gene therapy.