Caribou Biosciences to Present Preclinical Data Supporting Development of CB-010 for Lupus at the American College of Rheumatology Convergence 2024
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BERKELEY, Calif., Sept. 25, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Caribou Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: CRBU), a leading clinical-stage CRISPR genome-editing biopharmaceutical company, today announced an abstract has been accepted for a poster presentation at the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) Convergence 2024, which will be held November 14-19, 2024 in Washington, DC.
The poster will highlight the preclinical data and key elements of the clinical trial design that supported the investigational new drug (IND) clearance to evaluate CB-010 in the GALLOP Phase 1 clinical trial in patients with lupus nephritis (LN) and extrarenal lupus (ERL). Details of the poster presentation are as follows:
Title: Preclinical Analysis of CB-010, an Allogeneic anti-CD19 CAR-T Cell Therapy with a PD-1 Knockout, for the Treatment of Patients with Refractory Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)
Presenter: Elizabeth Garner, PhD, executive director of T cell therapeutics and translational sciences laboratory, Caribou Biosciences
Date and time: Saturday, November 16, 2024, 10:30 am-12:30 pm EST
Session: B cell biology & targets in autoimmune & inflammatory disease poster
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington, DC
Abstract number: 0018
2024 ACR Convergence abstracts will be published at www.acrabstracts.org and the poster presentation will be available on Caribou’s Scientific Publications webpage on Thursday, November 14, 2024 at 10:00 am EST.
About CB-010
CB-010 is the lead clinical-stage product candidate from Caribou’s allogeneic CAR-T cell therapy platform, and it is being evaluated in patients with relapsed or refractory B cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma (r/r B-NHL) in the ongoing ANTLER Phase 1 clinical trial and will be evaluated in patients with lupus nephritis (LN) and extrarenal lupus (ERL) in the GALLOP Phase 1 clinical trial. To Caribou’s knowledge, CB-010 is the first allogeneic CAR-T cell therapy in the clinic with a PD-1 knockout, a genome-editing strategy designed to improve CAR-T cell activity by limiting premature CAR-T cell exhaustion. The FDA granted CB-010 Regenerative Medicine Advanced Therapy (RMAT) and Orphan Drug designations for B-NHL and Fast Track designations for both B-NHL and refractory systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Additional information on the ANTLER trial (NCT04637763) can be found at clinicaltrials.gov.
About Caribou’s Novel Next-Generation CRISPR Platform
CRISPR genome editing uses easily designed, modular biological tools to make DNA changes in living cells. There are two basic components of Class 2 CRISPR systems: the nuclease protein that cuts DNA and the RNA molecule(s) that guide the nuclease to generate a site-specific, double-stranded break, leading to an edit at the targeted genomic site. The potential for CRISPR systems to edit at unintended genomic sites, known as off-target editing, may lead to harmful effects on cellular function and phenotype. In response to this challenge, Caribou has developed CRISPR hybrid RNA-DNA guides (chRDNAs; pronounced “chardonnays”) that direct substantially more precise genome editing compared to all-RNA guides. Caribou is deploying the power of its chRDNA technology to carry out high efficiency multiple edits, to develop CRISPR-edited therapies.