TY - JOUR
T1 - Getting arthritis gene therapy into the clinic
AU - Evans, Christopher H.
AU - Ghivizzani, Steven C.
AU - Robbins, Paul D.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors’ work in this area has been funded by NIH grants R01 AR43623, R21 AR049606, R01 AR048566, R01 AR057422 and R01 AR051085, and by Orthogen.
PY - 2011/4
Y1 - 2011/4
N2 - Gene transfer technologies enable the controlled, targeted and sustained expression of gene products at precise anatomical locations, such as the joint. In this way, they offer the potential for more-effective, less-expensive treatments of joint diseases with fewer extra-articular adverse effects. A large body of preclinical data confirms the utility of intra-articular gene therapy in animal models of rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis. However, relatively few clinical trials have been conducted, only one of which has completed phase II. This article summarizes the status in 2010 of the clinical development of gene therapy for arthritis, identifies certain constraints to progress and suggests possible solutions.
AB - Gene transfer technologies enable the controlled, targeted and sustained expression of gene products at precise anatomical locations, such as the joint. In this way, they offer the potential for more-effective, less-expensive treatments of joint diseases with fewer extra-articular adverse effects. A large body of preclinical data confirms the utility of intra-articular gene therapy in animal models of rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis. However, relatively few clinical trials have been conducted, only one of which has completed phase II. This article summarizes the status in 2010 of the clinical development of gene therapy for arthritis, identifies certain constraints to progress and suggests possible solutions.
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U2 - 10.1038/nrrheum.2010.193
DO - 10.1038/nrrheum.2010.193
M3 - Review article
C2 - 21135882
AN - SCOPUS:79953662850
SN - 1759-4790
VL - 7
SP - 244
EP - 249
JO - Nature Reviews Rheumatology
JF - Nature Reviews Rheumatology
IS - 4
ER -