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SUBMITTER: Gaudet D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4956470 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Gaudet D D Méthot J J Déry S S Brisson D D Essiembre C C Tremblay G G Tremblay K K de Wal J J Twisk J J van den Bulk N N Sier-Ferreira V V van Deventer S S
Gene therapy 20120621 4
We describe the 2-year follow-up of an open-label trial (CT-AMT-011-01) of AAV1-LPL(S447X) gene therapy for lipoprotein lipase (LPL) deficiency (LPLD), an orphan disease associated with chylomicronemia, severe hypertriglyceridemia, metabolic complications and potentially life-threatening pancreatitis. The LPL(S447X) gene variant, in an adeno-associated viral vector of serotype 1 (alipogene tiparvovec), was administered to 14 adult LPLD patients with a prior history of pancreatitis. Primary objec ...[more]