Safety and Dose-Finding Study of DTX301 (scAAV8OTC) in Adults With Late-Onset Ornithine Transcarbamylase (OTC) Deficiency (CAPtivate)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02991144 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : December 13, 2016
Results First Posted : December 23, 2022
Last Update Posted : January 26, 2023
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Ornithine Transcarbamylase (OTC) Deficiency | Genetic: scAAV8OTC Drug: Reactive Corticosteroid Taper Regimen Drug: Prophylactic Corticosteroid Taper Regimen | Phase 1 Phase 2 |
Eligible participants will receive a single IV infusion of DTX301. Dose escalation will be conducted according to a model that uses the collected data to predict the safety profile of the dose in order to determine the optimal biological dose (OBD). The decision to proceed to the next dose cohort will be made after the data monitoring committee (DMC) has evaluated the safety data for all participants in a dosing cohort. Participants will be followed for 52 weeks after dosing. After completion of this study, participants will be asked to enroll in a 4-year extension study to evaluate the long term (a total of 5 years) safety and efficacy of DTX301.
This study was previously posted by Dimension Therapeutics, which has been acquired by Ultragenyx.
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 16 participants |
Allocation: | Non-Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | A Phase 1/2, Open-Label Safety and Dose-Finding Study of Adeno-Associated Virus (AAV) Serotype 8 (AAV8)-Mediated Gene Transfer of Human Ornithine Transcarbamylase (OTC) in Adults With Late-Onset OTC Deficiency |
Actual Study Start Date : | July 31, 2017 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | December 16, 2021 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | December 16, 2021 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Cohort 1: DTX301 2.0 × 10^12 GC/kg
DTX301 (scAAV8OTC) 2.0 × 10^12 GC/kg will be administered as a single peripheral IV infusion. A reactive corticosteroid taper regimen will be administered to control transient vector-induced hepatic effects. Sodium acetate will be used as a tracer to measure the rate of ureagenesis.
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Genetic: scAAV8OTC
non-replicating, recombinant scAAV8 encoding human ornithine transcarbamylase (OTC)
Other Name: DTX301 Drug: Reactive Corticosteroid Taper Regimen Oral prednisone [or oral prednisolone] 60 mg/day week 1, 40 mg/day Week 2, 30 mg/day Weeks 3 and 4, tapered by 5 mg/week Week 5 and beyond until liver enzymes return to baseline levels. Corticosteroid treatment will be considered when a participant's alanine aminotransferase (ALT) level exceeded the upper limit of normal (ULN) and the ALT increase was considered by the Investigator to be related to DTX301. |
Experimental: Cohort 2: DTX301 6.0 × 10^12 GC/kg
DTX301 (scAAV8OTC) 6.0 × 10^12 GC/kg will be administered as a single peripheral IV infusion. A reactive corticosteroid taper regimen will be administered to control transient vector-induced hepatic effects. Sodium acetate will be used as a tracer to measure the rate of ureagenesis.
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Genetic: scAAV8OTC
non-replicating, recombinant scAAV8 encoding human ornithine transcarbamylase (OTC)
Other Name: DTX301 Drug: Reactive Corticosteroid Taper Regimen Oral prednisone [or oral prednisolone] 60 mg/day week 1, 40 mg/day Week 2, 30 mg/day Weeks 3 and 4, tapered by 5 mg/week Week 5 and beyond until liver enzymes return to baseline levels. Corticosteroid treatment will be considered when a participant's alanine aminotransferase (ALT) level exceeded the upper limit of normal (ULN) and the ALT increase was considered by the Investigator to be related to DTX301. |
Experimental: Cohort 3: DTX301 1.0 × 10^13 GC/kg
DTX301 (scAAV8OTC) 1.0 × 10^13 GC/kg will be administered as a single peripheral IV infusion. A reactive corticosteroid taper regimen will be administered to control transient vector-induced hepatic effects. Sodium acetate will be used as a tracer to measure the rate of ureagenesis.
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Genetic: scAAV8OTC
non-replicating, recombinant scAAV8 encoding human ornithine transcarbamylase (OTC)
Other Name: DTX301 Drug: Reactive Corticosteroid Taper Regimen Oral prednisone [or oral prednisolone] 60 mg/day week 1, 40 mg/day Week 2, 30 mg/day Weeks 3 and 4, tapered by 5 mg/week Week 5 and beyond until liver enzymes return to baseline levels. Corticosteroid treatment will be considered when a participant's alanine aminotransferase (ALT) level exceeded the upper limit of normal (ULN) and the ALT increase was considered by the Investigator to be related to DTX301. |
Experimental: Cohort 4: DTX301 1.0x10^13 GC/kg + Prophylactic Corticosteroids
A prophylactic corticosteroid taper regimen (oral prednisone [or prednisolone], 60 mg tapered over 9 weeks) will be administered before dosing with DTX301 (scAAV8OTC) to prevent or minimize transient vector-induced hepatic effects. DTX301 (scAAV8OTC) 1.0x10^13 GC/kg administered as a single peripheral IV infusion. Sodium acetate will be used as a tracer to measure the rate of ureagenesis.
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Genetic: scAAV8OTC
non-replicating, recombinant scAAV8 encoding human ornithine transcarbamylase (OTC)
Other Name: DTX301 Drug: Prophylactic Corticosteroid Taper Regimen Oral prednisone [or oral prednisolone] 60 mg/day at least 5 days prior to DTX301 administration, tapered over 9 weeks. A prophylactic corticosteroid taper regimen will be administered to prevent or minimize transient vector-induced hepatic effects. |
- Number of Participants With Adverse Events (AEs), Treatment-Emergent Adverse Events (TEAEs), Serious Adverse Events (SAEs), Deaths, and TEAEs Leading to Discontinuation [ Time Frame: AEs Prior to Dosing: From signing the informed consent form (ICF) to first dose of study drug. TEAEs: From first dose of study drug up to End of Study (Week 52). ]AE: any untoward medical occurrence regardless of its causal relationship to study product. TEAE: any event not present before exposure to study product or any event already present that worsens in either intensity or frequency after exposure to study product. SAE: any event that results in death; is immediately life-threatening; requires inpatient hospitalization or prolongation of existing hospitalization; results in persistent or significant disability/incapacity; results in a congenital anomaly/birth defect; is an important medical event, according to the investigator. AE intensity was rated as Grade 1 (mild), 2 (moderate), 3 (severe), 4 (life threatening), or 5 (death) according to the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE). The relationship or association of the study product in causing or contributing to the AE was characterized as: unrelated; possible; probably; definite.
- Change From Baseline Over Time in Rate of Ureagenesis [ Time Frame: Baseline (Day 0), Weeks 6, 12, 20, 24, End of Study (Week 52). AUC was derived based on the following time points: 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 3, and 4 hours postdose. ]
The change from baseline in the rate of ureagenesis (as measured by the generation of [13C]urea over 4 hours) as determined by gas chromatography mass spectrometry over time to 52 weeks after the IV administration of DTX301. Sodium acetate was used as a tracer to measure the rate of ureagenesis.
Rate of ureagenesis was derived in the following manner:
- Derive area under the curve from time zero to 240 minutes (AUC0-240min) of absolute 13C-urea (µmol/l/min) estimated by the linear trapezoidal rule
- Derive percent of normal AUC0-240min of absolute 13C-urea by dividing AUC0-240min of absolute 13C-urea (µmol*min/L) by 669.56 µmol*min/L (i.e. the AUC0-240min of absolute 13C-urea for an adult control)
- Derive rate of ureagenesis by multiplying % of normal AUC0-240min of absolute 13C-urea by 300 µmol*h/kg (i.e. the approximate rate of ureagenesis in healthy adults).
- Change From Baseline Over Time in Area Under the Curve From Time Zero to 24 Hours (AUC0-24) of Plasma Ammonia [ Time Frame: Baseline (Day 0), Weeks 6, 12, 24, End of Study (Week 52). AUC was derived based on predose (time 0) and approximately 2, 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24 hours (±5 minutes) postdose. ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Key Inclusion Criteria:
- Males and females ≥18 years of age with documented diagnosis of late onset (defined as first manifestation of signs and symptoms at ≥1 month of age) OTC deficiency, confirmed via enzymatic, biochemical, or molecular testing
- Documented history of ≥1 symptomatic hyperammonemia event with ammonia ≥100 µmol/L.
- Subject's OTC deficiency is stable as evidenced by either a) no clinical symptoms of hyperammonemia OR b) an ammonia level <100 µmol/L within the 4 week period preceding the Screening visit.
- On ongoing daily stable dose of ammonia scavenger therapy for ≥4 weeks.
- Males and all females of childbearing potential must be willing to use effective contraception at the time of administration of gene transfer and for the 52 weeks following administration of DTX301
Key Exclusion Criteria:
- At Screening or Baseline (Day 0), plasma ammonia level ≥ 100 μmol/L for patients who historically maintain normal ammonia levels; OR plasma ammonia level ≥ 200 μmol/L for patients who historically are not able to fully control ammonia levels with baseline management; OR signs and symptoms of hyperammonemia.
- Liver transplant, including hepatocyte cell therapy/transplant.
- History of liver disease
- Significant hepatic inflammation or cirrhosis
- Serum creatinine >2.0 mg/dL.
- Participation in another investigational medicine study (including another gene transfer trial) within 3 months of Screening
- Pregnant or nursing
Note additional inclusion/exclusion criteria may apply, per protocol.

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT02991144
United States, Colorado | |
The Children's Hospital Colorado | |
Aurora, Colorado, United States, 80045 | |
United States, Massachusetts | |
Boston Children's Hospital | |
Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02115 | |
United States, New York | |
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | |
New York, New York, United States, 10029-6508 | |
United States, Ohio | |
University Hospital Cleveland Medical Center/Case Western Reserve University | |
Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 44106 | |
Canada, Alberta | |
Alberta's Children's Hospital | |
Calgary, Alberta, Canada, T3B 6A8 | |
Spain | |
Hospital Clinico Universitario de Santiago | |
Santiago de Compostela, A Coruna, Spain, 15706 | |
Hospital Universitario de Cruzes | |
Barakaldo, Vizcaya, Spain, 48903 | |
United Kingdom | |
National Hospital for Neurology & Neurosurgery | |
London, London City, United Kingdom, WC1N 3BG | |
Queen Elizabeth Hospital | |
Birmingham, United Kingdom, B15 2TH |
Study Director: | Medical Director | Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc |
Documents provided by Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc:
Responsible Party: | Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT02991144 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
301OTC01 2016-001057-40 ( EudraCT Number ) |
First Posted: | December 13, 2016 Key Record Dates |
Results First Posted: | December 23, 2022 |
Last Update Posted: | January 26, 2023 |
Last Verified: | January 2023 |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: | Yes |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: | No |
Gene Transfer OTC Deficiency Urea Cycle Disorder |