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RecruitingNCT03311503Updated Dec 11, 2025

Phase I/II Trial of Lentiviral Gene Transfer for SCID-X1 With Low Dose Targeted Busulfan Conditioning

A Phase 1/2 interventional study of autologous CD34+ cell transduced with G2SCID vector in Severe Combined Immunodeficiency, X Linked and Gene Therapy, sponsored by David Williams. Recruiting at 4 sites in United States. Open to male participants aged 0 Years to 5 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-12-11.

Sponsored by David Williams · Phase 1/2, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Started Feb 2018; still recruiting 8 years 8 months later.
Phase
Phase 1/2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
12
Allocation
Non-randomized
Ages
0 Years to 5 Years
Sex
Male
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Study summary

This is a phase I/II open label multi-center study in which patients will receive low dose targeted busulfan followed by infusion of autologous CD34+ selected bone marrow or mobilized peripheral blood cells transduced with the G2SCID vector. Subjects will be enrolled over 3 years and be followed for 2 years post-infusion on this protocol, then followed long-term on a separate long-term follow-up protocol.

Enrollment of subjects will be agreed upon by representatives of both sites. Data will be collected uniformly from both sites through an electronic capture system and key laboratory studies will be centralized.

Harvest, cellular manufacturing and infusion will occur at each site using the same SOPs. Key aspects of cellular product characterization will be centralized

Read the detailed description

This is an open labeled, multi-center, phase I/II, cohort study involving a single infusion of autologous CD34+ cells transduced with the self-inactivating (SIN) lentiviral vector G2SCID in up to 10 patients with X-linked SCID (SCID-X1) at Boston Children's Hospital, UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital, Cincinnatti Childrens Hospital Medical Center, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta. Patients will receive transduced cells after low dose targeted busulfan pre-conditioning (n=12).

Enrolled subjects will be followed for 2 years after infusion on this protocol. Required long-term monitoring for a total of 15 years after infusion will be performed on a separate protocol.

Single infusion of autologous CD34+ cells transduced with the SIN lentiviral vector rHIV_IL2RGcoG2SCID (hereafter G2SCID) The primary objective is to measure event free survival and T cell immune reconstitution at 1 year post-infusion

Secondary objectives are to measure overall survival, event-free survival, safety related to the procedure, and clinical and laboratory measures of efficacy including humoral immune reconstitution and gene marking after gene transfer.

Exploratory objectives include: molecular characterization of gene transfer, detailed assessment of biomarkers of T and B cell development and function, assessment of infections, nutritional status, growth and development post gene therapy, assessment of T cell receptor and B cell receptor repertoire by next generation sequencing, correlation of busulfan levels with immune outcome and molecular measurements of gene transfer

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Conditions studied

  • Severe Combined Immunodeficiency, X Linked
  • Gene Therapy

Keywords

  • lentiviral
  • Gene therapy
  • busulfan
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In context

X-Linked Combined Immunodeficiency Diseases

28 studies on the registry are indexed under X-Linked Combined Immunodeficiency Diseases; 9 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 12 is above the median of 9 across 16 interventional studies indexed under X-Linked Combined Immunodeficiency Diseases.

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Lead sponsor

David Williams is the lead sponsor of 6 studies on the registry; 1 is open to participants now.

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

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
0 Years to 5 Years
Sexes eligible
Male
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

- 1. Diagnosis of SCID-X1 based on immunophenotype and lack of T cell function (proliferation to PHA \<10% of the lower limit of normal for the laboratory) AND confirmed by a mutation in IL2RG 2. Lack of an HLA identical (A, B, C, DR, DQ) related donor 3. Age 5 years old or younger 4. Signed 5. Documentation of willingness to follow up for 15 years post-infusion as currently required by the FDA 6. If the patient has previously undergone transplant, lack of donor T cell engraftment must be documented.

7. Age at least 8 weeks by the time of busulfan administration

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Patients with an active, therapy-resistant infection. Infections that are known to be highly morbid in SCID patients will be considered active and therapy-resistant if the infectious agent is repeatedly isolated despite a minimum of 2 weeks of appropriate therapy and is associated with significant organ dysfunction (including but not limited to abnormalities listed below).

    1. Mechanical ventilation including continuous positive airway pressure
    2. Abnormal liver function defined by and ALT >10 times the upper range of normal OR >2 mg/dL
    3. Shortening fraction on echocardiogram \<25% or \<50%
    4. Renal failure defined as \<30 ml/min/1.73 m2 or dialysis dependence
  2. Uncontrolled seizure disorder
  3. Encephalopathy
  4. Documented coexistence of any disorder known to affect DNA repair
  5. Diagnosis of active malignant disease other than EBV-associated lymphoproliferative disease
  6. Patients with evidence of infection with -1
  7. Major (life-threatening) congenital anomalies. Examples of "major (life-threatening) congenital anomalies" include, but are not limited to: unrepaired cyanotic heart disease, hypoplastic lungs, anencephaly or other major central nervous system malformations, other severe non-repairable malformations of the gastrointestinal or genitourinary tracts that significantly impair organ function.
  8. Other conditions which in the opinion of the P.I. or co-investigators, contra-indicate collection and/or infusion of transduced cells or indicate patient's inability to follow the protocol. These may include for example clinical ineligibility to receive anesthesia, severe deterioriation of clinical condition of the patient after collection of bone marrow but before infusion of transduced cells, or documented refusal or inability of the family to return for scheduled visits. There may be other unforeseen rare circumstances that would result in exclusion of the patient, such as sudden loss of legal guardianship

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Terms in these criteria, in plain language(7)

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Allogeneic and autologous transplant

Stem cell (bone marrow) transplants. Allogeneic uses cells from a donor; autologous uses your own cells, collected earlier and given back.

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.

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.

LVEF (left ventricular ejection fraction)

The share of blood the heart’s main pumping chamber (the left ventricle) pushes out with each beat, measured by an echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) or a MUGA scan. About 50–70% is normal.

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.

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.

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Study design

Phase
Phase 1 / Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Non-randomized
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
12 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Treatment arm

    single infusion of autologous CD34+ cells transduced with the self-inactivating (SIN) lentiviral vector G2SCID

    Biological: autologous CD34+ cell transduced with G2SCID vector

Interventions

  • Biologicalautologous CD34+ cell transduced with G2SCID vector

    single infusion of autologous CD34+ cells transduced with the self-inactivating (SIN) lentiviral vector G2SCID

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. The primary objective is to measure event free survival

    Events will include death, infusion of unmanipulated back-up product for failure of hematopoietic recovery, and allogeneic transplant performed for poor immune reconstitution

    Time frame: 1 year post infusion

  2. T cell reconstitution

    * CD3+ T cell count ≥300 cells/microliter in peripheral blood * Gene marking ≥0.1 copies/cell in sorted CD3+ T cells

    Time frame: 1 year post infusion

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Study locations

4 of 4 sites recruiting
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Undecided

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reached

Started Feb 2018 (actual). Primary completion is estimated for Jan 2028, 118 months after the start.

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

Registered
Oct 12, 2017
First posted
Oct 17, 2017
StartActual
Feb 26, 2018
Primary completionEst.
Jan 1, 2028
CompletionEst.
Jan 1, 2028
Last update
Dec 11, 2025
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 Dec 11, 2025, 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
NCT03311503
Lead sponsor
David Williams
Responsible party
David Williams (Chief Hematology Oncology, Boston Children's Hospital) — Sponsor-investigator
First posted
Oct 17, 2017
Start date
Feb 26, 2018
Primary completion
Jan 1, 2028 (estimated)
Completion
Jan 1, 2028 (estimated)
Last update
Dec 11, 2025

Study contacts

Colleen Dansereau
Contact
colleen.dansereau@childrens.harvard.edu
6179197008
Sung-Yun Pai, MD
study chair · National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Oversight

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