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A Clinical Study to Evaluate the Safety, Tolerability and Efficacy of BBM-A101 in the Treatment of Knee Osteoarthritis.

A Phase 1 interventional study of BBM-A101 and Placebo in Knee Osteoarthritis, sponsored by Belief BioMed (Beijing) Co., Ltd. Recruiting at 2 sites in China. Open to participants aged 40 Years to 75 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-11-18.

Sponsored by Belief BioMed (Beijing) Co., Ltd · Phase 1, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Started Oct 2025; still recruiting 11 months later.
Phase
Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
81
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
40 Years to 75 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

The purpose of the study is to evaluate the safety, tolerability, and efficacy of BBM-A101 to treat participants with knee osteoarthritis.

Read the detailed description

This study is divided into two phases: Phase Ia and Phase Ib . Phase Ia is a randomized, single-blind study . Phase Ib is a randomized, double blind, parallel assignment study.

BBM-A101 is an AAVbased gene therapy that delivers a therapeutic gene cassette into knee for the treatment of knee osteoarthritis.

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Conditions studied

  • Knee Osteoarthritis

Keywords

  • knee osteoarthritis
  • gene therapy
  • Adeno-Associated Virus
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In context

Osteoarthritis, Knee

3,302 studies on the registry are indexed under Osteoarthritis, Knee; 608 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 81 is above the median of 70 across 2,731 interventional studies indexed under Osteoarthritis, Knee.

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Lead sponsor

Belief BioMed (Beijing) Co., Ltd is the lead sponsor of 2 studies on the registry; 2 are open to participants now.

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

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
40 Years to 75 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  1. Participants with moderate knee osteoarthritis .
  2. The knee joint was evaluated as having Kellgren-Lawrence grade 2 or 3.
  3. The Body Mass Index (BMI) ranges from 18.0 to 35.0 kg/m2 (including the boundary values).
  4. Lower titers of antibodies binding to the BBM-A101 capsid in the blood.
  5. Participants who had received adequate treatment with conventional medications previously, experienced recurrence or aggravation of target knee arthritis after discontinuation of medication, and still had moderate pain; during the screening period, the WOMAC pain score of the target knee was ≥ 8 .
  6. From the time of screening to 52 weeks after dosing , the participants had no intention of having children and voluntarily took effective contraceptive measures, and there were no plans for sperm donation or ova donation.
  7. Voluntarily sign the informed consent form and be able to complete the research as required by the clinical trial protocol.

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Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. There is a possibility of secondary knee osteoarthritis, or the knee joint symptoms may not be caused by knee osteoarthritis, or there may be other medical histories of diseases that other researchers believe could potentially lead to knee osteoarthritic inflammation.
  2. History of lumbar dischernaiation, accompanied by lower limb nerve symptoms that may affect the assessment of the study.
  3. Participants who are unable or unwilling to undergo MRI examination, or who have contraindications to MRI.
  4. Participants who are unable or unwilling to undergo joint fluid extraction.
  5. During the screening period and before dosing, there were clinically significant abnormal values in the laboratory tests, and the researchers believed that these might pose risks to the participants in the clinical trial.
  6. Those with positive results for hepatitis B virus surface antigen or hepatitis B virus deoxyribonucleic acid or hepatitis C virus ribonucleic acid test or human immunodeficiency virus antibody or Treponema pallidum antibody.
  7. Currently undergoing treatment for hepatitis B and hepatitis C.
  8. Participants who had persistent chronic or active infections within the previous 4 weeks were selected.
  9. Participants who had coagulation disorders (such as hemophilia) or existing medical conditions that require anticoagulation therapy and make knee joint injection impossible.
  10. Having or having had cancer or malignant tumors
  11. Having received genetic therapy or stem cell therapy before screening or having plans for genetic therapy or stem cell therapy during the study period.
  12. Any history of vaccination within 30 days prior to dosing or any vaccination schedule within 30 days after dosing.
  13. Screening will be conducted on female participants who are pregnant or breastfeeding or whose HCG test result is positive; or who have plans to get pregnant within the next 52 w.
  14. History of alcohol addiction or drug dependence, or inability to limit alcohol consumption during the research process.
  15. Participants had any mental disorders that might affect the assessment of the study.
  16. Having other conditions that the investigator consider unsuitable for participation in the study.

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Study design

Phase
Phase 1
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Single (Participant)
Enrollment
81 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Placebo comparator
    Arm of Placebo

    Drug: Placebo

  • Experimental
    Arm of BBM-A101

    Drug: BBM-A101

Interventions

  • DrugBBM-A101

    Single-dose intra-articular (IA)injection (2ml)(phase Ia) Low dose group, Middle dose group; High dose group; Control group :Placebo

  • DrugPlacebo

    Placebo(phase Ia)

  • DrugBBM-A101

    Single-dose intra-articular (IA)injection (2ml)(phase Ib) Low dose group, High dose group Control group :Placebo

  • DrugPlacebo

    Placebo(phase Ib)

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Incidence of dose limiting toxicity (DLT) events

    Time frame: within 4 weeks

  2. Incidence of Adverse Events (AEs) and Serious Adverse Events (SAEs)

    To evaluate the safety of BBM-A101 by AEs and SAEs.

    Time frame: within 52 weeks

Secondary outcomes

  1. The protein levels of gene expression products in blood and joint fluid

    Time frame: within5 years

  2. The shedding of recombinant adeno-associated virus (rAAV) vectors in peripheral blood, joint fluid, urine, feces, saliva, and semen

    Time frame: within 5 years

  3. The change in the joint space width as detected by X-ray of the knee joint compared to the baseline

    Time frame: within 5 years

  4. The changes in the titers of AAV capsid-binding antibodies in the blood and joint fluid compared to the baseline level

    Time frame: within 5 years

  5. The changes in the titers of antibodies binding to the expressed products in the blood and joint fluid compared to the baseline level

    Time frame: within 5 years

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Study locations

2 of 2 sites recruiting
  • Shenzhen Second People's Hospital
    Shenzhen, Guangdong 518035, China
    Recruiting
  • The Ninth People's Hospital of Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine
    Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality 200011, China
    Recruiting
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Nov 18, 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
NCT07198555
Lead sponsor
Belief BioMed (Beijing) Co., Ltd
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Sep 30, 2025
Start date
Oct 9, 2025
Primary completion
Dec 30, 2027 (estimated)
Completion
Dec 30, 2031 (estimated)
Last update
Nov 18, 2025

Study contacts

Wenshu Luo, Ph.D
Contact
luowenshu@beliefbiomed.com
021-33588288
Jie Zhao
principal investigator · The Ninth People's Hospital of Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine

Oversight

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