ClinicalTrials.gg
TerminatedNCT05565248Updated May 7, 2026

An Open-Label, FIH Study Evaluating the Safety, Tolerability, and Efficacy of VCTX211 Combination Product in Subjects With T1D

A Phase 1 interventional study of VCTX211 in Diabetes Mellitus, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 and Glucose Metabolism Disorders, sponsored by CRISPR Therapeutics AG. Terminated at 2 sites in Canada. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 65 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-05-07.

Primary conditionDiabetes Mellitus, Type 1Registry: Diabetes MellitusReclassifiedWhy we changed it
Registry
Diabetes Mellitus — the first condition term the registry derived for this study.
ClinicalTrials.gg
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
Why
  1. The study's listed conditions name Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1, a narrower term within Diabetes Mellitus.
Confidence
High: the new condition is named in the study's own listed conditions. Of 351 hand-checked studies reclassified this way, 68% were exactly right and 84% in the right disease family; the registry's first term was right for 5% (measured 2026-10-21). How we classify →
Wrong?
Tell us the study's main condition →

Sponsored by CRISPR Therapeutics AG · Phase 1, Interventional, and Treatment

Why this study was terminated
Patients to be followed up in the VCTX-201 study

From the registry’s dates

  • Primary completion was Aug 2025, 1 year 3 months ago, and no results have been posted to the registry.
Phase
Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
5
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years to 65 Years
Sex
All
01

Study summary

This is an open-label, multicenter, Phase 1 study evaluating the Safety, Tolerability, and Efficacy of VCTX211 Combination Product in Subjects with T1D

Read the detailed description

VCTX211 combination product (unit) compromises 2 components: (1) allogeneic pancreatic endoderm cells (PEC211) genetically modified using Cluster Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats/ CRISPR-associated protein 9 (CRISPR/Cas9) to promote immune evasiveness and survival, and (2) a durable, removable, perforated device designed to deliver and retain PEC211 cells.

02

Conditions studied

  • Diabetes Mellitus
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
  • Glucose Metabolism Disorders
  • Metabolic Disease
  • Endocrine System Diseases
  • Autoimmune Diseases
  • Immune System Diseases

Keywords

  • Type 1 Diabetes
  • T1D
  • Allogeneic
  • Combination Device
  • CRISPR-Cas9
  • Cell Therapy
  • T1DM
  • Diabetes
  • VCTX
03

In context

Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 Reclassified

3,754 studies on the registry are indexed under Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1; 600 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 5 is below the median of 40 across 2,820 interventional studies indexed under Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1.

Browse Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 studies →

Lead sponsor

CRISPR Therapeutics AG is the lead sponsor of 12 studies on the registry; 5 are open to participants now.

Of its 7 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 1 (14%) have results posted.

Compared within Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1, this study's primary condition as ClinicalTrials.gg classifies it; the registry's first condition term is Diabetes Mellitus. The counts are of registry records indexed under each term, refreshed daily. How we classify →

04

Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 65 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Go through the criteria one by one — yes, no or not sure — and take the list to your doctor or the study team. Kept in this browser only.

Inclusion criteria

  • Diagnosis of T1D for a minimum of 5 years
  • Stable diabetes regimen for at least 3 months prior to enrollment.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Medical history of islet cell, kidney, and/or pancreas transplant
  • Occurrence of 2 or more severe, unexplained hypoglycemic events within 6 months prior to enrollment
  • Known causes of diabetes other than T1D
  • therapy in the previous 30 days and/or requirements for chronic immunosuppressive therapy during the study
  • Prior treatment with gene therapy or edited product
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(1)

Underlined terms in the criteria open these too. Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.

Immunosuppression

A weakened immune system. It can come from an illness, such as HIV or some blood cancers, or from medicines that turn the immune system down, for example after an organ transplant or for an autoimmune disease; steroids at higher doses count.

Read whether the line is about a condition or about medicines, and which medicines and doses it means.

05

Study design

Phase
Phase 1
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
5 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    VCTX211 unit

    Combination Product: VCTX211

Interventions

  • Combination productVCTX211

    CRISPR-Cas9 genetically modified PEC211 cells loaded into a delivery device

06

What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Incidence of adverse events with causality related to VCTX211 units, the surgical procedures and/or medical interventions required to implant and explant the VCTX211 units.

    Time frame: From implantation up to 12 months post implantation

  2. Assess the clinical efficacy of VCTX211 units via evaluation of C-peptide increase from the baseline.

    Time frame: From implantation up to 12 months post implantation

Secondary outcomes

  1. Incidence of adverse events reported in patients implanted with VCTX211 units.

    Time frame: From implantation up to 12 months post implantation

  2. Assess the clinical efficacy of VCTX211 units via evaluation of changes in exogenous insulin use from baseline.

    Time frame: From implantation up to 12 months post implantation

  3. Assess the clinical efficacy of VCTX211 units via evaluation of changes in number of hypoglycemic evens from baseline.

    Time frame: From implantation up to 12 months post implantation

  4. Assess the clinical efficacy of VCTX211 units via evaluation of changes in hemoglobin A1C levels from baseline.

    Time frame: From implantation up to 12 months post implantation

  5. Assess the clinical efficacy of VCTX211 units via evaluation of percentage of time in pre-defined glycemic ranges, as measured by a continuous glucose monitor, from baseline.

    Time frame: From implantation up to 12 months post implantation

  6. Qualitative evaluation of immune response to VCTX211 units assessed by histological staining for markers of host adaptive immune cells within the graft.

    Time frame: From implantation up to 12 months post implantation

  7. Incidence of new alloreactive antibodies found in the blood of patients post implantation.

    Time frame: From implantation up to 12 months post implantation

  8. Incidence of new autoreactive antibodies found in the blood of patients post implantation.

    Time frame: From implantation up to 12 months post implantation

  9. The percentage of viable graft cells per unit using immunohistochemical staining.

    Time frame: From implantation up to 12 months post implantation

  10. The percentage of graft cells per unit that have differentiated into endocrine/beta cells as determined by immunohistochemical staining.

    Time frame: From implantation up to 12 months post implantation

07

Study locations

2 sites
  • University of Alberta
    Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
  • University of British Columbia
    Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
08

References and documents

Publications

  • Lin TM, Chang HF, Lin TC, Lin CH, Sun YL, Lin CS. Gene Therapy and Gene Editing in Type 1 Diabetes: CRISPR-Based beta-Cell Replacement and Treg Immune Modulation Approaches. Diabetes Obes Metab. 2026 Jul;28(7):5476-5491. doi: 10.1111/dom.70800. Epub 2026 Apr 23. PubMed 42023429 ↗
09

Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on May 7, 2026, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
10

Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT05565248
Lead sponsor
CRISPR Therapeutics AG
Collaborators
ViaCyte
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Oct 4, 2022
Start date
Jan 20, 2023
Primary completion
Aug 8, 2025
Completion
Aug 8, 2025
Last update
May 7, 2026

Study contacts

Manasi Jaiman, MD, MPH
study director · ViaCyte
Sandeep Soni, MD
study director · CRISPR Therapeutics

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
Yes
FDA-regulated device
No
View the source record on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

Not currently enrolling

This study is terminated, as verified in May 2026. You cannot join it, but the record below documents what was studied.

Follow this study

Get an email when the registry record changes — status, dates, results — or when someone posts here.

Sign in to follow

Discussion

Questions and observations about this study, from anyone following it. Not medical advice, and not a channel to the study team — their contact details are on the registry record.

Sign in to join the discussion. Reading takes no account; posting does. You choose a display name, and a pseudonym is the default.

Nothing here yet. If you are running this trial, taking part in it, or weighing whether to, this is the place to say so.

Start the discussion