Not conducted (AAV low integration frequency; limited systemic exposure)
“studies to evaluate safety pharmacology, developmental and reproductive toxicity, genotoxicity, and carcinogenicity/tumorigenicity were not conducted for AAV2-hRPE65v2.”
✓ VerifiedFDA pharmacology/toxicology review, p. 3Source ↗
Carcinogenicity
Not conducted (post-mitotic retinal target; low insertional mutagenesis risk)
“Thus, the risk for AAV vector-induced insertional mutagenesis/carcinogenesis, particularly in post-mitotic cells such as retinal cells, is considered low.”
✓ VerifiedFDA pharmacology/toxicology review, p. 26Source ↗
Reproductive & developmental
Not conducted (limited systemic distribution; no vector DNA in gonads of dogs/NHPs)
“The presence of AAV2-hRPE65v2 was not detected by qPCR in the gonads of healthy NHPs following subretinal administration.”
✓ VerifiedFDA pharmacology/toxicology review, p. 25Source ↗
Safety pharmacology
Not conducted (not considered necessary)
“No safety pharmacology studies were conducted.”
✓ VerifiedFDA pharmacology/toxicology review, p. 23Source ↗
betibeglogene autotemcel · HBB T87Q (LVV, ex vivo HSC)
Insertional mutagenesis assessed instead of standard genotox: in vitro immortalization assay (low potential) and integration site analysis (no clonal dominance)