患者出现副作用降胆固醇基因疗法试验暂停

10-4-2024 01:41 PM| 发布者: anyting | 评论: 3

摘要: 患者出现副作用降胆固醇基因疗法试验暂停基因编辑药物的示意图。(Shutterstock)（大纪元记者林达编译报导）据彭博社报道，由于患者出现奇怪的副作用，实验性生物技术初创公司Verve Therapeutics暂停了处于第一阶段 ...

患者出现副作用降胆固醇基因疗法试验暂停

基因编辑药物的示意图。(Shutterstock)

（大纪元记者林达编译报导）据彭博社报道，由于患者出现奇怪的副作用，实验性生物技术初创公司Verve Therapeutics暂停了处于第一阶段的一项热门的人类基因编辑疗法试验。

这项被称为“Heart-1”的试验是，尝试使用基因编辑来降低胆固醇——家族性高胆固醇导致心脏病发作，这是一种遗传性疾病，会导致个体中低密度脂蛋白胆固醇（LDL）的积累。LDL是一种坏胆固醇，大大增加患者早期心脏病发作的风险，降低预期寿命。Verve公司提出的解决方案是，将一种叫做作“VERVE-101”的血清物质注射到试验参与者的肝脏中，通过改变负责胆固醇管理的PCSK9基因来降低LDL水平。

虽然对猴子进行的测试为备受期待的人体试验铺平了道路，但Heart-1现在又遇到了另一个障碍。

去年，参加Heart-1的一名患者因心脏病发作去世。据《自然》（Nature）杂志去年11月报道，专家们一致认为VERVE-101并不对此负有责任，专家们得出的结论是，患者死亡是由晚期心脏病造成的，但加上另一些新闻报道中的其它严重副作用，这一悲惨事件仍然引起了普遍关注。现在，另一名Heart-1参与者也出现了非常严重的副作用，从而引起安全担忧，最终导致试验暂停。

据彭博社报道，在参加Heart-1试验的前6名患者中，有5名患者的胆固醇水平有所下降。与此同时，第六名患者出现了“肝酶异常”以及血小板减少症。血小板减少症是一种严重的疾病，在最坏的情况下，可能导致致命的内出血。

值得庆幸的是，患者的症状在停药几天后就消失了。Verve表示，这些异常是由将VERVE-101输送到患者肝脏的血清中的脂肪脂质（fatty lipids）引起的。因此，换句话说，这是传递方法的问题，而不是基因编辑过程本身的问题。

据Verve公司网站称，共有13名患者接受了VERVE-101治疗。但现在，由于异常的副作用，这家生物技术初创公司将重点转向VERVE-102，这是一种悬浮在不同脂质血清中的基因编辑药物。根据Verve的说法，在第三方临床试验中，患者“耐受性良好”。VERVE-102将于今年第二季度开始。

遗传性心脏病是一个难以捉摸且广泛存在的问题，如果Verve能够成功地进行一次性基因编辑治疗来缓解其中某些症状，那就可以拯救许多人的生命。虽然Heart-1试验确实显示出了一些希望，但Verve似乎还有很长的路要走。◇

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