Gene therapy offers hope for babies with 'Bubble Boy' disease
NCT ID NCT05071222
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests a new gene therapy for children with a severe immune disorder called Artemis-SCID, where the body cannot fight infections. Doctors take the child's own blood stem cells, fix the faulty gene in a lab, and put the corrected cells back. The goal is to rebuild a working immune system without needing a bone marrow donor or lifelong medication.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 1/2
Runs two stages together: safety and dose first, then whether the treatment works.
- Participants
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About 7 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jul 2023
- Expected to finish
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Nov 2041
An estimate. End dates often move.
- 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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Up to 47 months
- 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: * Patient to 47 months * SCID patients with confirmed biallelic mutations in the Artemis (DCLRE1C) gene even in the case of leaky forms characterised by a residual activity * Absence of an HLA genoidentical donor or without rapidly available HLA-compatible unrelated donor (within six weeks of diagnosis) * The patient can be treated by gene therapy without delay in case of active life threatening infections compromising the short-term prognosis and for which the delay in finding a phenoidentical donor is incompatible with the patient's condition of health. Active life threatening infections are defined as: viral respiratory infection, CMV infection, adenovirus infection, disseminated BCGitis or other infections grade ≥ 4 according to CTCAE scale * Beneficiary of a social security scheme * Parental, guardian's patient signed informed consent. Exclusion Criteria * Unwillingness to return for follow-up during the first 2 years study and the long term follow-up * HIV-1 or 2 or HTLV1 infections * Hypersensitivity to G-CSF, busulfan or Fludarabine * Unable to tolerate general anesthesia and/or marrow harvest or peripheral blood stem cell collection (apheresis) or insertion of central venous catheter.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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How to take part
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The places running it
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The official record
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A doctor treating you
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Department of Pediatric Immunology, Hematology and Rheumatology UIHR, Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital
RECRUITINGParis, 75015, France