Cystic fibrosis gene fix tested in nasal cells
NCT ID NCT05100823
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026
Summary
This study aimed to see if a new type of genetic therapy could fix a specific problem in the CFTR gene that causes cystic fibrosis. Researchers took nasal and rectal cell samples from 16 patients and tested the therapy in the lab. The study was terminated early, so we don't have clear results on whether it works.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- oligonucleotide blockers (ONB-CFTR)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this approach could point toward a new way to treat cystic fibrosis caused by certain genetic mutations.
- What could go wrong
- This was a very early, small study that was terminated, so results are limited. The approach has only been tested in cells, not in patients, and may not work in the body.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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16 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Mar 2022
- Finished
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Feb 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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12 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * The subject must have given their free and informed consent and signed the consent * The subject must be affiliated or beneficiary of a health insurance plan Women and men are included * The patient is at least 12 years old. * The patient has cystic fibrosis or a CFTR pathology and therefore carries two mutations (with at least one mutation affecting splicing) in the CFTR gene. * Patients who volunteer for rectal biopsy collection (only from Montpellier University Hospital) must be at least 18 years old. Exclusion Criteria: * The subject is in a period of exclusion determined by a previous study. * The subject is under judicial protection, under guardianship or under curatorship * The subject does not accept to sign consent * It turns out to be impossible to give informed information to the subject * The subject does not read the French language fluently * The subject is a pregnant or breastfeeding woman * The subject has porphyria, or has hepatic insufficiency, or suffers from epilepsy, or suffers from conduction disorders, or suffers from severe heart failure, has a cons-indication to the use of a local anesthetic spray. Specific non-inclusion criteria for rectal sampling: * the subject has thrombocytopenia * the subject has a bleeding disorder * The patient has severe inflammation of the rectum.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Montpellier University Hospital
Montpellier, 34090, France
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