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PBFT02 delivers superior CSF progranulin with AAV1 vector; interim safety and biomarker data promising
Passage BIO, Inc.
- Capsid comparison in NHPs: AAV1 vector achieved superior human PGRN levels in CSF versus AAV5 and AAVhu68 after ICM administration.
- In Grn knockout mice, PBFT02 improved lysosomal histopathology and reduced neuroinflammation across brain regions.
- Interim clinical data from upliFT-D trial: Dose 1 well-tolerated; durable CSF progranulin increases sustained up to 12 months.
- NHP biodistribution showed ICM administration of PBFT02 achieved high gene distribution to cortical and sub-cortical brain regions and spinal cord.