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In question: the scientific value of preclinical safety pharmacology and toxicology studies with cell-based therapies.


ABSTRACT: A new cell-based medicinal product containing human regulatory macrophages, known as Mreg_UKR, has been developed and conforms to expectations of a therapeutic drug. Here, Mreg_UKR was subjected to pharmacokinetic, safety pharmacology, and toxicological testing, which identified no adverse reactions. These results would normally be interpreted as evidence of the probable clinical safety of Mreg_UKR; however, we contend that, owing to their uncertain biological relevance, our data do not fully support this conclusion. This leads us to question whether there is adequate scientific justification for preclinical safety testing of similar novel cell-based medicinal products using animal models. In earlier work, two patients were treated with regulatory macrophages prior to kidney transplantation. In our opinion, the absence of acute or chronic adverse effects in these cases is the most convincing available evidence of the likely safety of Mreg_UKR in future recipients. On this basis, we consider that safety information from previous clinical investigations of related cell products should carry greater weight than preclinical data when evaluating the safety profile of novel cell-based medicinal products. By extension, we argue that omitting extensive preclinical safety studies before conducting small-scale exploratory clinical investigations of novel cell-based medicinal products data may be justifiable in some instances.

SUBMITTER: Broichhausen C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4362366 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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In question: the scientific value of preclinical safety pharmacology and toxicology studies with cell-based therapies.

Broichhausen Christiane C   Riquelme Paloma P   Ahrens Norbert N   Wege Anja K AK   Koehl Gudrun E GE   Schlitt Hans J HJ   Banas Bernhard B   Fändrich Fred F   Geissler Edward K EK   Hutchinson James A JA  

Molecular therapy. Methods & clinical development 20140716


A new cell-based medicinal product containing human regulatory macrophages, known as Mreg_UKR, has been developed and conforms to expectations of a therapeutic drug. Here, Mreg_UKR was subjected to pharmacokinetic, safety pharmacology, and toxicological testing, which identified no adverse reactions. These results would normally be interpreted as evidence of the probable clinical safety of Mreg_UKR; however, we contend that, owing to their uncertain biological relevance, our data do not fully su  ...[more]

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