Editas Medicine Reports Updated Clinical Data from the RUBY Trial of Reni-cel in Patients with Severe Sickle Cell Disease at the American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting
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Poster presentation at ASH on Monday, December 9 at 6:00 p.m. PT / 9:00 p.m. ET
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Dec. 09, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Editas Medicine, Inc. (NASDAQ:EDIT), a leading gene editing company, will present updated safety and efficacy data in 28 patients living with severe sickle cell disease (SCD) treated with renizgamglogene autogedtemcel (reni-cel; formerly known as EDIT-301) in the Phase 1/2/3 RUBY clinical trial. The data will be presented by Dr. Rabi Hanna, M.D., Department of Pediatric Hematology Oncology and Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Cleveland Clinic Children's, during a poster presentation at the American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting in San Diego, CA, today at 6:00 p.m. PT (9:00 p.m. ET).
In the RUBY trial as of the data cutoff date (October 29, 2024), reni-cel was well-tolerated and continued to demonstrate a safety profile consistent with myeloablative busulfan conditioning and autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplant by all patients (N=28). Patients were at a median of 9.5 months post-reni-cel infusion, with 11 patients having >1 year follow-up. Since reni-cel treatment, 27 of the 28 patients were free of vaso-occlusive events (VOEs). Patients were observed to have early normalization of total hemoglobin, with a mean total hemoglobin increasing from 9.8 g/dL at baseline to 13.8 g/dL at Month 6 (n=18). Patients were also observed to have rapid and sustained improvements in fetal hemoglobin (HbF) ≥40% and mean corpuscular concentration (MCH-F) of HbF per F-cells, well above the anti-sickling threshold. In addition, sustained clinically meaningful improvements were observed in patient-reported outcome domains for pain, physical function, and social roles and activities.
Efficacy data in Patients with Severe Sickle Cell Disease
Patients were a median (range) of 9.5 (0.7–25.2) months post-reni-cel infusion, with 11 patients having >1 year follow-up. Of 28 patients, 27 were VOE-free post-reni-cel infusion. Reni-cel administration led to early, robust increases and sustained levels of total Hb and HbF. At month 6, the mean total Hb was 13.8 g/dL with a mean HbF percentage of 48.1% (n=18).
The mean percentage of F-cells increased early and was sustained at >90% from month 4 through last follow-up (n=20). MCH-F of HbF-containing red cells (F-cells) increased early, with mean value of 16.3 pg/F-cells at month 4 visit and sustained above the anti-sickling threshold of 10 pg/F-cell through last follow-up. Markers of hemolysis, including absolute reticulocyte count, indirect bilirubin, lactate dehydrogenase, and haptoglobin, improved or normalized by Month 6 and were generally maintained or improved as of last follow-up.
Sustained clinically meaningful improvements were observed in pain, physical, and social patient-reported outcome domains following treatment with reni-cel.
Safety data in Patients with Severe Sickle Cell Disease
Reni-cel was well-tolerated and demonstrated a safety profile consistent with myeloablative conditioning with busulfan and autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplant by all evaluated RUBY trial patients (N=28). After reni-cel infusion, all evaluable patients (n=27) achieved successful engraftment; with median time to neutrophil engraftment of 23 days and median time to platelet engraftment of 25 days, which is important for limiting infection and bleeding risk. Two serious adverse events (SAEs) assessed by the investigators as possibly related to reni-cel treatment have been reported in the RUBY trial.
RUBY Poster Presentation Details:
Title: Reni-Cel, an Investigational AsCas12a Gene-Edited Cell Medicine, Led to Sustained Hemoglobin Normalization and Increased Fetal Hemoglobin in Patients with Severe Sickle Cell Disease Treated in the RUBY Trial
Presenting Author: Rabi Hanna, M.D., Department of Pediatric Hematology Oncology and Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Cleveland Clinic Children's, Cleveland, OH, United States
Date/Time: Monday, December 9, 2024; 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. PT / 9:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m. ET
Location: San Diego Convention Center, Halls G-H
Session: 801. Gene Therapies: Poster III
