Recruiting
Phase 1
Phase 2

LNP.UCD.ABE

Sponsor:

Rebecca Ahrens-Nicklas

Code:

NCT07667387

Conditions

Urea Cycle Disorders

Carbamoyl-Phosphate Synthase I Deficiency

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 0 - 5

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

LNP.UCD.ABE

Study Details

Brief summary:

This is a single-site Phase 1/2 open-label umbrella clinical trial designed to evaluate the safety, tolerability, and efficacy of a single intravenous dose of LNP.UCD.ABE in 5 pediatric subjects with severe infantile-onset UCDs. This is a master clinical protocol in which subjects with a variant in a urea cycle disorder (UCD) gene (CPS1, OTC, ASS1, ASL, ARG, NAGS, or SLC25A15) that is demonstrated to be amenable to corrective editing by an adenine base editor (ABE) would be eligible for enrollment.

Conditions

Urea Cycle Disorders

Carbamoyl-Phosphate Synthase I Deficiency

Study ID

NCT07667387

Start date

Aug 7, 2026

Status verified date

Aug, 2026

Completion date

Sep, 2028

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Sep, 2028

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 0 - 5

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Diagnosis of a severe urea cycle disorder, in the judgement of the investigators.
2. Molecular testing demonstrating homozygosity or compound heterozygosity for a disease-causing mutation in CPS1 that is targeted by a variant-specific version of the LNP.UCD.ABE drug product.
3. Current or historical biochemical testing consistent with a urea cycle disorder
4. At least one of the subject's alleles must be amenable to base editing by LNP.UCD.ABE, as assessed in vitro
5. A history of an ammonia level of ≥400 μmol/L prior to age 12 months, unless a diagnosis was made prenatally and care was initiated immediately after birth

  • If the patient is taking a nitrogen scavenger medication, their ammonia level may currently be in the normal range
  • If the patient is diagnosed prenatally, then personal history, family history, or analysis of mutations should indicate a high likelihood of a severe UCD.
6. Subjects more than 8 weeks from the initial diagnosis of a UCD must have demonstrated:

  • a persistent need for dietary protein restriction and chronic administration of a nitrogen scavenger medication, AND / OR
  • a recurrent hyperammonemic event AND / OR
  • a history of a hyperammonemia-induced seizure
7. Weight >3.5 kg at the time of screening
8. Legal guardian(s) capable of giving signed informed consent, which includes compliance with the requirements and restrictions listed in the informed consent form (ICF) and in this protocol.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Abnormal liver function, electrolyte, coagulation, or blood count laboratory values thought not attributable to the underlying urea cycle disorder;
2. Demonstrated need for urgent liver transplantation due to liver failure, in the opinion of the investigators;
3. Participation in a prior gene therapy trial or participation in a trial of an investigational product in the last 12 months;
4. History of liver transplantation;
5. Any other diseases or conditions that the investigators would consider to pose unacceptable risk to the subject;
6. Inability or unwillingness to comply with the visit schedule and study assessments;
7. Any genetic variation in the causative urea cycle disorder gene that, in the opinion of the investigators, may decrease the potential efficacy of the drug product;
8. History of severe hypersensitivity or anaphylaxis to polyethylene glycol (PEG)-containing products, such as PEG-containing vaccines or laxatives

Study Design

Enrollment

7 participants

Anticipated

Intervention Model

Single group

Primary purpose

Treatment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Experimental

Interventions

LNP.UCD.ABE

Each subject will have a personalized variant-specific LNP.UCD.ABE developed and evaluated in real time. Each member of the LNP.UCD.ABE drug product (DP) family is a lipid nanoparticle (LNP)-based editing therapeutic comprising lipid excipients, a messenger RNA (mRNA) drug substance (DS) encoding an adenine base editor (ABE), and a single guide RNA (gRNA) DS.

Primary outcome measure

  • Safety and tolerability of a single intravenous dose of LNP.UCD.ABE [ Time Frame: 52 weeks ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Locations

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Recruiting

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19104

Contacts

More Information

Sponsor

Rebecca Ahrens-Nicklas

Last update posted

Aug 26, 2026

Last verified

Aug, 2026

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-08. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Rebecca Ahrens-Nicklas on 2026-08-26.