Not conducted (low AAV insertional mutagenesis risk; limited distribution beyond inner ear)
“No genotoxicity studies have been conducted with DB-OTO. The risk of insertional mutagenesis with recombinant AAV vectors is considered to be low.”
✓ VerifiedFDA pharmacology/toxicology review, p. 16Source ↗
Carcinogenicity
Not conducted (local distribution, no clinical AAV carcinogenesis evidence)
“No carcinogenicity studies have been conducted with DB-OTO.”
✓ VerifiedFDA pharmacology/toxicology review, p. 17Source ↗
Reproductive & developmental
Not conducted; gonadal biodistribution/expression assessed in tox studies (negligible, no findings)
“Across these nonclinical studies, there was negligible biodistribution of DB-OTO vector to the gonads, no expression of hOTOF mRNA in the gonads, and no gross or microscopic findings in the gonads, suggesting a low reproductive and germline integration risk.”
✓ VerifiedFDA pharmacology/toxicology review, p. 16Source ↗
Safety pharmacology
No standalone studies; endpoints (Irwin/FOB, neuro exams) incorporated into toxicology studies
“No standalone safety pharmacology studies were conducted with DB-OTO. However, the toxicology studies included some safety pharmacology endpoints and are reviewed in the ‘Toxicology Studies’ section.”
✓ VerifiedFDA pharmacology/toxicology review, p. 14Source ↗
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)