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Phase I/II/III Gene Transfer Clinical Trial of scAAV9.U1a.hSGSH

A Phase 2/3 interventional study of UX111 and Prophylactic Immunomodulatory (IM) Therapy in MPS IIIA, Sanfilippo Syndrome and Sanfilippo A, sponsored by Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. Recruiting at 5 sites in 3 countries. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-09-22.

Sponsored by Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc · Phase 2/3, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Started Apr 2016; still recruiting 10 years 6 months later.
Phase
Phase 2/3
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
36
Allocation
Non-randomized
Sex
All
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Study summary

The main objective of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of UX111 for the treatment of MPS IIIA.

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Open-label, single dose, dose-escalation clinical trial of UX111 (scAAV9.U1a.hSGSH) injected intravenously through a peripheral limb vein. A limited course of prophylactic immunomodulatory (IM) therapy will be administered. At approved sites adjuvant IM therapy may be administered to selected participants. The Principal Investigator and/or caregiver, in consultation with the medical monitor, will determine whether to initiate adjuvant IM therapy. Not all participants may receive adjuvant IM therapy.

This study was previously posted by Abeona Therapeutics, Inc and was transferred to Ultragenyx in August 2022.

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Conditions studied

  • MPS IIIA
  • Sanfilippo Syndrome
  • Sanfilippo A
  • Mucopolysaccharidosis III

Keywords

  • MPS IIIA
  • Sanfilippo
  • Gene Therapy
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In context

Mucopolysaccharidosis III

58 studies on the registry are indexed under Mucopolysaccharidosis III; 16 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 36 is above the median of 12 across 33 interventional studies indexed under Mucopolysaccharidosis III.

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Lead sponsor

Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc is the lead sponsor of 63 studies on the registry; 8 are open to participants now.

Of its 16 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 12 (75%) have results posted.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
Child (0–17), Adult (18–64), Older adult (65+)
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  • Diagnosis of MPS IIIA confirmed by the following methods:

    • No detectable or significantly reduced SGSH enzyme activity by leukocyte assay, and
    • Genomic DNA analysis demonstrating homozygous or compound heterozygous mutations in the SGSH gene (based upon review of documented results from a qualified laboratory, and with confirmation with Medical Monitor)
  • Age:

    • For Cohort 1-3: From birth (participating sites in USA and Australia) OR 6 months (participating sites in Spain) to 2 years of age with no BSITD-III Cognitive Development Quotient (DQ) requirement, or older than 2 years with a BSITD-III Cognitive DQ of 60 or above (participating sites globally).
    • For Cohort 4 (participating sites in Spain): 3 months to ≤ 2 years of age with no BSITD-III Cognitive DQ requirement or > 2 years of age with a BSITD-III Cognitive DQ ≥ 60 (n = up to 6). Up to 2 additional subjects > 2 years and ≤ 5 years of age with a BSITD-III Cognitive DQ \< 60 may also be enrolled. •Subjects must be ≥ 6 months of age before UX111 administration. However, subjects may be consented and initiate relevant Screening Procedures and IM treatment \< 6 months of age. Refer to Section 8.2 for relevant screening procedures •For children ≤ 24 months chronological age who were born prematurely, defined as born at \< 36 weeks gestational age, the corrected gestational age must be used for determining inclusion •The BSITD-III Cognitive DQ is assessed during the onsite Screening visit, for subjects who require it •The age of the child on the date of the Screening BSITD-III assessment is used to determine the requirement for the BSITD-III Cognitive DQ score.
  • Cohort 4 only: Vaccination status based on age according to country-specific guidelines that is up to date 30 days prior to Enrollment as verified by documentation from the subject's primary care physician, and willing to defer vaccines through 6 months after completion of the subject's IM medication, or longer per Principal Investigator (PI) judgment. Emergency use authorization or conditional marketing authorization of coronavirus disease (COVID) vaccines is included unless there is an accepted medical exemption.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Inability to participate in the clinical evaluation as determined by PI
  • Cohorts 1 to 3 only: Identification of two nonsense or null variants on genetic testing of the SGSH gene (based upon review of documented results from a qualified laboratory, and with confirmation with Medical Monitor)
  • At least one S298P mutation in the SGSH gene (based upon review of documented results from a qualified laboratory, and with confirmation with Medical Monitor)
  • Has evidence of an attenuated phenotype of MPS IIIA, in the judgement of the PI
  • Presence of a concomitant medical condition that precludes lumbar puncture or use of anesthetics
  • Active viral infection based on clinical observations
  • Concomitant illness or requirement for chronic drug treatment that in the opinion of the PI creates unnecessary risks for gene transfer or precludes the child from participating in the protocol assessments and follow up
  • Cohorts 1 to 3 only: Subjects with total anti-AAV9 antibody titers ≥ 1:100 equivalent to a positive screen as determined by ELISA binding assay in serum
  • Cohorts 1-3 only: Subjects with a positive response for the enzyme-linked immunosorbent spot assay (ELISpot) for T-cell responses to AAV9
  • Cohorts 1-3 only: Serology consistent with exposure to (HIV), or serology consistent with active or C infection, Cohort 4: Current infections (including any requiring systemic treatment including, but not limited to, HIV; hepatitis A, B, or C; varicella zosters virus; human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 [HTLV-1]; tuberculosis; or COVID-19) that would interfere with participation in the study.
  • Bleeding disorder or any other medical condition or circumstance in which a lumbar puncture (for collection of CSF) is according to local institutional policy
  • Visual, hearing, or other impairment sufficient to preclude cooperation with neurodevelopmental testing
  • Uncontrolled seizure disorder
  • Any item (braces, etc.) or circumstance that would exclude the subject from being able to undergo MRI according to local institutional policy
  • Any other situation that precludes the subject from undergoing procedures required in this study
  • Subjects with cardiomyopathy or significant congenital heart abnormalities
  • The presence of significant non-MPS IlIA related CNS impairment or behavioral disturbances that would confound the scientific rigor or interpretation of results of the study
  • Cohorts 1-3: Abnormal laboratory values Grade 2 or higher as defined in (CTCAE) v4.03 for gamma-glutamyl transferase (GGT), total , creatinine, , white blood cell (WBC) count, count, (PT) and activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT), Cohort 4: Any of the following abnormal laboratory values from screening assessment:

    • (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), GGT, and/or alkaline phosphatase ≥ 2 × (ULN) and/or total bilirubin > 1.5 × ULN
    • Anemia (hemoglobin \< 10 g/dL)
    • Leukopenia or leukocytosis (total WBC count \< 3,000/mm3 and > 15,000/mm3 respectively)
    • Abnormal (ANC) of \< 1000/mm3
    • Platelet count \< 100,000/mm3
    • Coagulopathy (international normalized ratio [INR] > 1.5) or aPTT > 40 seconds
    • Renal impairment, defined as estimated (eGFR) below the lower limit of normal (age and sex appropriate) based on Bedside Schwartz equation
  • Female of who is pregnant or demonstrates a positive urine or bhCG result at screening assessment (if applicable)
  • Cohorts 1-3: Any vaccination with viral attenuated vaccines less than 30 days prior to the scheduled date of treatment (and use of prednisolone)
  • Previous treatment by hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
  • Previous participation in a gene/cell therapy or enzyme replacement therapy (ERT) clinical trial

Cohort 4 only:

  • Known , that in the judgment of the PI, places the subject at increased risk for adverse effects.
  • Unwilling to avoid consumption of grapefruit juice and the use of strong inhibitors of and/or P-gp (eg, ketoconazole, voriconazole, itraconazole, erythromycin, telithromycin, or clarithromycin), strong inducers of CYP3A4 and/or P-gp (eg, rifampin, rifabutin, phenobarbital, carbamazepine, or phenytoin), and St. John's Wort from 30 days prior to Screening through completion of the IM regimen.
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(16)

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HIV

The human immunodeficiency virus, which weakens the immune system.

Many studies now accept people whose HIV is controlled on treatment, judged by the viral load and the CD4 count. Check the limits this study sets.

Hepatitis B tests

Hepatitis B is a virus that infects the liver. These are separate tests: HBsAg positive usually means a current infection (a recent vaccination can briefly cause it too); total anti-HBc (HBcAb) positive means an infection now or in the past; HBV DNA measures how much virus is in the blood.

Some studies accept a past infection if HBV DNA is undetectable, sometimes with antiviral medicine during the study. Check what this study allows.

Clinically significant

Judged by the study doctor to matter for your health or for the study. It is a doctor’s decision, so ask the study team if you are unsure whether something counts.

Contraindication

A reason a treatment, test or procedure should not be given to a particular person, such as an allergy, another illness or a medicine they take.

CTCAE grade

The US National Cancer Institute’s scale of how severe an adverse event is — any unwanted medical event during a study, such as a symptom, an illness or an abnormal test result, whether or not a treatment caused it. Whether it did is judged separately.

1
Mild.
2
Moderate.
3
Severe.
4
Life-threatening.
5
Death due to the event.

“Side effects of earlier treatment resolved to grade 1 or less” means they have settled to mild or gone.

Bilirubin

A yellow substance made when red blood cells are broken down, which the liver clears. A high level can mean a problem with the liver or the bile ducts.

Criteria often allow more for people with Gilbert’s syndrome, a harmless inherited condition that raises bilirubin.

Hemoglobin (Hb)

The protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen. A low level is anaemia, which can cause tiredness and breathlessness. Measured in g/dL or g/L (9 g/dL is 90 g/L).

Platelets

Blood cells that help blood clot. Too few raises the risk of bleeding and bruising. A usual adult range is about 150–400 × 10⁹/L (150,000–400,000 per µL); each lab has its own reference range.

INR, PT and aPTT (clotting tests)

Blood tests of how long blood takes to clot. The INR is the prothrombin time (PT) put on a common scale; about 1 is usual for someone not taking a blood thinner.

Criteria often make an exception for people on a blood thinner such as warfarin, whose INR is raised on purpose.

ALT and AST (liver enzymes)

Two enzymes measured in a routine blood test of the liver. Higher levels can mean the liver is under strain or damaged. SGPT and SGOT are older names for ALT and AST.

Criteria usually give a limit as a multiple of the upper limit of normal (ULN), often higher when cancer has spread to the liver.

ULN (upper limit of normal)

The top of the normal range for a blood test, as set by the laboratory that runs it. Each lab prints its own range next to your result.

“≤ 2.5 × ULN” means the result can be up to two and a half times that top value.

Absolute neutrophil count (ANC)

The number of neutrophils, white blood cells that help fight infection, in a given amount of blood. Too few raises the risk of infection.

It is a count, not a percentage of the white cells. Limits are written in units that mean the same: ≥ 1.5 × 10⁹/L is ≥ 1,500 per mm³ (µL). Each lab has its own reference range.

GFR and eGFR (kidney filtering)

GFR (glomerular filtration rate) is how much blood the kidneys filter each minute. It is usually estimated from a blood test — eGFR, by formulas such as CKD-EPI or MDRD — and some studies ask for it to be measured directly instead. Usually given in mL/min/1.73 m².

Check the method, the units and the minimum the study states. A value of 90 or above is in the normal-or-high range, but kidney damage can show in other tests too.

Childbearing potential

Able to become pregnant: from the first period until menopause, unless permanently unable to through surgery (removal of the womb, or of both ovaries or both fallopian tubes).

Criteria for people of childbearing potential usually ask for a negative pregnancy test and for contraception during the study and for a time after it.

Hypersensitivity

An allergy, or another reaction of the immune system, to a substance. “Hypersensitivity to the study drug” means a known allergic reaction to it — not every side effect a medicine can have.

CYP3A (CYP3A4) inhibitors and inducers

CYP3A is a group of enzymes, mainly CYP3A4, in the liver and gut that break down many medicines. Some medicines, supplements and foods (grapefruit, St John’s wort) slow them down or speed them up, which changes how much of a study drug stays in the body.

Studies list them so they can be avoided or switched; bring a list of everything you take, including supplements.

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Study design

Phase
Phase 2 / Phase 3
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Non-randomized
Intervention model
Sequential assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
36 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Cohort 1 Low Dose

    Dose of 0.5 X 10\^13 vg/kg

    Biological: UX111 · Drug: Prophylactic Immunomodulatory (IM) Therapy · Drug: Adjuvant IM Therapy

  • Experimental
    Cohort 2 Mid Dose

    Dose of 1 X 10\^13 vg/kg

    Biological: UX111 · Drug: Prophylactic Immunomodulatory (IM) Therapy · Drug: Adjuvant IM Therapy

  • Experimental
    Cohort 3 High Dose

    Dose of 3 X 10\^13 vg/kg

    Biological: UX111 · Drug: Prophylactic Immunomodulatory (IM) Therapy · Drug: Adjuvant IM Therapy

  • Experimental
    Cohort 4 High Dose (Spain Only)

    Dose of 3 X 10\^13 vg/kg

    Biological: UX111 · Drug: Optimized Prophylactic IM Therapy · Drug: Adjuvant IM Therapy

Interventions

  • BiologicalUX111

    Self-complementary adeno-associated virus serotype 9 carrying the human SGSH gene under the control of a U1a promoter (scAAV9.U1a.hSGSH) will be delivered one time through a venous catheter inserted into a peripheral limb vein.

    Also known as: scAAV9.U1a.hSGSH, ABO-102, rebisufligene etisparvovec

  • DrugProphylactic Immunomodulatory (IM) Therapy
  • DrugOptimized Prophylactic IM Therapy
  • DrugAdjuvant IM Therapy

    The Principal Investigator and/or caregiver, in consultation with the medical monitor, will determine whether to initiate adjuvant IM therapy. Not all participants may receive adjuvant IM therapy.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) Heparan Sulfate (HS) (Disaccharide) Exposure

    Exposure is defined as the time-normalized area under the curve (AUC) of the percentage reduction from baseline.

    Time frame: Up to Month 24 Visit

Secondary outcomes

  1. Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development-Third Edition (BSITD-III) Cognitive Raw Score Over Time

    Time frame: Up to Month 24 Visit

  2. CSF Ganglioside Type 2 (GM2) Exposure

    Exposure is defined as the time-normalized area under the curve (AUC) of the percentage change from baseline.

    Time frame: Up to Month 24 Visit

  3. CSF Ganglioside Type 3 (GM3) Exposure

    Exposure is defined as the time-normalized area under the curve (AUC) of the percentage change from baseline.

    Time frame: Up to Month 24 Visit

  4. Percent Change from Baseline in CSF HS

    Time frame: Baseline, Up to Month 24 Visit

  5. BSITD-III Receptive Communication Raw Score Over Time

    Time frame: Up to Month 24 Visit

  6. BSITD-III Expressive Communication Raw Score Over Time

    Time frame: Up to Month 24 Visit

  7. Percent Change From Baseline in Total Cortical Volume

    Time frame: Baseline, Up to Month 24 Visit

Other outcomes

  1. Number of Participants with Treatment-Emergent Adverse Events, and Treatment-Emergent Serious Adverse Events

    Time frame: Up to Month 24 Visit

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Study locations

2 of 5 sites recruiting
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References and documents

Publications

  • Fu H, Cataldi MP, Ware TA, Zaraspe K, Meadows AS, Murrey DA, McCarty DM. Functional correction of neurological and somatic disorders at later stages of disease in MPS IIIA mice by systemic scAAV9-hSGSH gene delivery. Mol Ther Methods Clin Dev. 2016 Jun 8;3:16036. doi: 10.1038/mtm.2016.36. eCollection 2016. PubMed 27331076 ↗
  • Fu H, Meadows AS, Pineda RJ, Kunkler KL, Truxal KV, McBride KL, Flanigan KM, McCarty DM. Differential Prevalence of Antibodies Against Adeno-Associated Virus in Healthy Children and Patients with Mucopolysaccharidosis III: Perspective for AAV-Mediated Gene Therapy. Hum Gene Ther Clin Dev. 2017 Dec;28(4):187-196. doi: 10.1089/humc.2017.109. Epub 2017 Oct 24. PubMed 29064732 ↗
  • McCurdy VJ, Johnson AK, Gray-Edwards HL, Randle AN, Bradbury AM, Morrison NE, Hwang M, Baker HJ, Cox NR, Sena-Esteves M, Martin DR. Therapeutic benefit after intracranial gene therapy delivered during the symptomatic stage in a feline model of Sandhoff disease. Gene Ther. 2021 Apr;28(3-4):142-154. doi: 10.1038/s41434-020-00190-1. Epub 2020 Sep 3. PubMed 32884151 ↗

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reached

Started Apr 2016 (actual). Primary completion is estimated for Mar 2029, 155 months after the start.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Mar 17, 2016
First posted
Mar 23, 2016
StartActual
Apr 25, 2016
Primary completionEst.
Mar 2029
CompletionEst.
Mar 2029
Last update
Sep 22, 2026
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Sep 22, 2026, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT02716246
Collaborators
Abeona Therapeutics, Inc
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Mar 23, 2016
Start date
Apr 25, 2016
Primary completion
Mar 2029 (estimated)
Completion
Mar 2029 (estimated)
Last update
Sep 22, 2026

Study contacts

Patients Contact: Trial Recruitment
Contact
trialrecruitment@ultragenyx.com
1-888-756-8657
HCPs Contact: Medical Information
Contact
medinfo@ultragenyx.com
1-888-756-8657
Medical Director
study director · Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
Yes
FDA-regulated device
No
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