Abstract Number: PB1095
Meeting: ISTH 2020 Congress
Theme: Hemophilia and Rare Bleeding Disorders » Hemophilia Gene Therapy
Background: Our gene therapy trial featuring AAVS3 FIX-Padua (FLT180a) is targeting FIX-Padua expression levels that functionally cure haemophilia B. Recent data shows that FIX-Padua activity (FIXp:C) assay results can vary by up to 3-fold depending on the assay used. Gene therapy clinical outcomes can vary substantially over a 3-fold FIX:C range emphasizing the need to understand mechanisms causing FIX assay discrepancy and how FIXp:C maps on to wild-type FIX activity (FIXwt:C). A thorough understanding of FIXp:C will help identify the appropriate expression target in clinical trials and inform on which assays are most suitable for monitoring gene therapy patients.
Aims: We scrutinized one-stage and chromogenic FIX assays to identify mechanisms causing assay discrepancy and sought to determine how FIXp:C relates to FIXwt:C.
Methods: We spiked FIXwt or FIX-Padua into haemophilia B plasma to yield various FIX activities. Samples were used to evaluate the impact of increasing FX on chromogenic FIX results and the difference between FIXp:C or FIXwt:C in tissue factor-initiated thrombin generation assays.
Results: Chromogenic assays contain normal FVIII levels, but sub-physiological concentrations of FX. Increasing FX in chromogenic assays dose-dependently increases FIXp:C up to 2-fold but has no effect on FIXwt:C levels. Interestingly, after normalizing FX in chromogenic assays, FIXp:C results are similar to one-stage assay results. In thrombin generation assays, given FIX:C levels, whether supplied by FIX-Padua or FIXwt, yield similar thrombin generation parameters.
Conclusions: Our data indicate that FX is limiting in chromogenic assays when measuring FIXp:C and supplementing FX can restore FIXp:C to levels measured with one-stage clotting assays. Altogether, our data suggests that one-stage FIX assays may provide a better estimate of FIXp:C and this activity is similar to FIXwt:C in driving physiologically relevant thrombin generation.
To cite this abstract in AMA style:
Shehu E, Goodale A, Allen O, Verhoef D, Yu I-, Muczynski V, Riddell A, Foley JH, Corbau R, Nathwani A. Mechanistic Evaluation of Factor IX-Padua Activity in Chromogenic FIX and Thrombin Generation Assays [abstract]. Res Pract Thromb Haemost. 2020; 4 (Suppl 1). https://abstracts.isth.org/abstract/mechanistic-evaluation-of-factor-ix-padua-activity-in-chromogenic-fix-and-thrombin-generation-assays/. Accessed November 29, 2023.« Back to ISTH 2020 Congress
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