Precision BioSciences, Inc.
This is a Phase 1, open-label, dose escalation and dose expansion study to evaluate the safety, tolerability, PK, and antiviral activity of PBGENE-HBV in adult participants with chronic hepatitis B.
Refer to key Inclusion and Exclusion criteria.
Key Inclusion Criteria: * Male or women of non-child bearing potential * BMI 18.0 to 35.0 * Good overall health deemed by the study Investigator * CHB infection documented at least 12 months prior to screening * HBeAg-negative CHB * Must be virologically suppressed on current NA treatment Key Exclusion Criteria: * No history of cirrhosis of the liver * No current infections of Hepatitis A, D, and E, human immunodeficiency virus (type 1 and 2), and no history of or current hepatitis C. In addition, no other active infections deemed clinically relevant. * No signs of hepatocellular carcinoma…
PBGENE-HBV is an in vivo gene editing intervention based on a novel proprietary ARCUS® platform designed to potentially cure chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) by eliminating cccDNA, the key source of replicating hepatitis B virus, while also inactivating integrated HBV DNA in hepatocytes.