NCT05089656CompletedPhase 3
Efficacy and Safety of Intrathecal OAV101 (AVXS-101) in Pediatric Patients With Type 2 Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA)
A Randomized, Sham-controlled, Double-blind Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Intrathecal OAV101 in Type 2 Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) Patients Who Are ≥ 2 to < 18 Years of Age, Treatment Naive, Sitting, and Never Ambulatory
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 13 Jan 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
This was a Phase III multi-center, single dose (1.2 x 10\^14 vector genomes), randomized, sham controlled, double-blind study that investigates the efficacy, safety and tolerability of OAV101B in treatment naive, sitting and never ambulatory SMA patients 2 to \<18 years of age.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Phase (registry)
- Phase 3
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 126 (actual)
- First submitted
- 11 Oct 2021
- Start date
- 1 Feb 2022
- Primary completion date
- 12 Nov 2024
- Lead sponsor
- Novartis Pharmaceuticals
- Diseases
- Spinal muscular atrophy
- NCT number
- NCT05089656
- EudraCT number
- 2021-003474-31
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional · Phase 3
- Participants enrolled: 126
- From 1 Feb 2022 to the primary completion date, 12 Nov 2024
- 38 sites in 13 countries
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Prior treatment
- Anti-adeno-associated virus serotype 9 (AAV9) antibody titer reported as elevated (reference to \> 1:50 or validated result consistent with being elevated) at screening as determined by sponsor designated lab.
- Infectious process (e.g., viral, bacterial) or febrile illness within 30 days prior to OAV101 treatment or sham procedure
- Surgery for scoliosis or hip fixation in the 12 months prior to Screening or planned within the next 64 weeks
Lab values
- Hepatic dysfunction (i.e. alanine aminotransferase (ALT), total bilirubin, gamma-glutamyl transferase (GGT) or glutamate dehydrogenase (GLDH), \> upper limit of normal (ULN).
Other
- Requiring invasive ventilation, awake noninvasive ventilation for \> 6 hours during a 24-hour period, noninvasive ventilation for \> 12 hours during a 24-hour period or requiring tracheostomy
- Complications at screening that would interfere with motor efficacy assessments including but not limited to, severe contractures or Cobb angle \> 40 in a sitting position
- Clinically significant sensory abnormalities in the neurological examination at Screening
Who the study is looking for
- Diagnostic confirmation during screening period of 5q SMA
- The patient must be treatment naive (historical or current use) for all SMN-targeting therapies (e.g., risdiplam (Evrysdi) and nusinersen (Spinraza)).
- Onset of clinical signs and symptoms at ≥ 6 months of age
- A complete Hammersmith Functional Motor Scale - Expanded (HFMSE) assessment during the screening period for trial eligibility
- Able to sit independently at screening, but has never had the ability to walk independently.
Age in the registry: 2 years to 17 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (38)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Novartis Investigative Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Curitiba | Brazil | Unknown status |
| Novartis Investigative Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | São Paulo | Brazil | Unknown status |
| Novartis Investigative Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Beijing | China | Unknown status |
| Peking University First Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Beijing | China | Unknown status |
| Novartis Investigative Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Chengdu | China | Unknown status |
| Novartis Investigative Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Chongqing | China | Unknown status |
| Novartis Investigative Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Guangzhou | China | Unknown status |
| Novartis Investigative Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Hangzhou | China | Unknown status |
| Novartis Investigative Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Shenzhen | China | Unknown status |
| Paediatric Neurology Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Copenhagen | Denmark | Unknown status |
| Novartis Investigative Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Copenhagen | Denmark | Unknown status |
| Novartis Investigative Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Hyderabad | India | Unknown status |
| Novartis Investigative Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Kolkata | India | Unknown status |
| Novartis Investigative Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Mumbai | India | Unknown status |
| P.D. Hinduja National Hospital & MRC Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Mumbai | India | Unknown status |
| Sir Ganga Ram Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | New Delhi | India | Unknown status |
| AIIMS, Ansari Nagar Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | New Delhi | India | Unknown status |
| Novartis Investigative Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | New Delhi | India | Unknown status |
| Novartis Investigative Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Guadalajara | Mexico | Unknown status |
| Hospital Civil de Guadalajara Fray Antonio Alcalde Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Guadalajara | Mexico | Unknown status |
| Novartis Investigative Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Mexico City | Mexico | Unknown status |
| Novartis Investigative Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia | Unknown status |
| Novartis Investigative Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Riyadh | Saudi Arabia | Unknown status |
| Novartis Investigative Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Singapore | Singapore | Unknown status |
| Novartis Investigative Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bangkok | Thailand | Unknown status |
| Siriraj Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bangkok | Thailand | Unknown status |
| Novartis Investigative Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Kaohsiung City | Taiwan | Unknown status |
| Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Kaohsiung City | Taiwan | Unknown status |
| Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Chicago | United States | Unknown status |
| Connecticut Children's Medical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Farmington | United States | Unknown status |
| St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Memphis | United States | Unknown status |
| Child Hosp Of The Kings Daughters Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Norfolk | United States | Unknown status |
| Children's Specialty Group/CHKD Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Norfolk | United States | Unknown status |
| Clinic for Special Children Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Strasburg | United States | Unknown status |
| National Children's Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Hanoi | Vietnam | Unknown status |
| Novartis Investigative Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Hanoi | Vietnam | Unknown status |
| Red Cross War Memorial Childrens Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Cape Town | South Africa | Unknown status |
| Novartis Investigative Site Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Cape Town | South Africa | Unknown status |
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