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Increases in CD4 Counts and Effects on HIV in
Aviremic HIV-infected Subjects Infused with Zinc
Finger Nuclease (ZFN) CCR5 Modified Autologous
              CD4 T-cells (SB-728-T)
   and the use of Cytoxan prior to the infusion
               Raul H. Morales-Borges, MD
                     Medical Director
          Puerto Rico Region, Biomedical Services
                    American Red Cross
               For the ARC Medical Directors
                   Meeting Sept. 12, 2012
Increases in CD4 Counts and Effects on HIV in
 Aviremic HIV-infected Subjects Infused with
  Zinc Finger Nuclease (ZFN) CCR5 Modified
      Autologous CD4 T-cells (SB-728-T)

 W Tang1, J Lalezari2, C June3, P Tebas3, D Stein4, R Mitsuyasu5, G Lee1,
                   M Giedlin1, S Wang1 and D Ando1.

       1Sangamo BioSciences   Inc, Richmond, CA; 2Quest Clinical Research, San Francisco, CA;
3PENN, Philadelphia, PA; 4Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY; and 5UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
Disclosure
• No conflicts of interest to disclose
       Jay Lalezari, MD – Quest Clinical Research, San Francisco, CA
       Carl June, MD – University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PN
       Pablo Tebas, MD - University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PN
       David Stein, MD – Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
       Ronald Mitsuyasu, MD – UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, LA, CA

• The following individuals are employees of Sangamo BioSciences
       Shelley Wang, MD
       Gary Lee, PhD
       Martin Giedlin, PhD
       Winson Tang, MD
       Dale Ando, MD
Why Target CCR5 ?
• HIV (R5 virus) targets CD4 T-cell by binding to CCR5, one of the
  major co-receptor for HIV entry
• CCR5 delta-32 mutation produces a nonfunctional protein
   ― Homozygotes are resistant to HIV infection
   ― Heterozygotes have slower disease progression
• The “Berlin Patient” is HIV-free w/o HAART for 3.5 years
  following hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSC) from an
  allogeneic, HLA matched, CCR5 delta-32 homozygous donor
• Zinc Finger Nuclease technology enables the precise disruption of
  the CCR5 gene
• The therapeutic potential of CCR5 modification as seen with
  natural mutations and the Berlin Patient can be extended with
  ZFN disruption of autologous CD4+ T cells (SB-728-T) in any HIV
  subject
Targeting CCR5 with a ZFN

                          D32 mutation




                 CCR5
            ZFN modification
                Site 165




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Phase 1 SB-728-T Study Design
• Study Design: Open label, single dose studies
            - University of Pennsylvania/Albert Einstein College of Medicine
            - Quest Clinical Research/University California at Los Angeles
• Study population: Aviremic HIV subjects on HAART
            - Immune Responders (CD4 >450 cells/uL): n=6
            - Immune Nonresponders (CD4 <500 cells/uL): n=15
• Single infusion of 0.5 - 3.0 x 1010 SB-728-T
• Study duration: 9-12 months
• Study Endpoints
            - Safety and Tolerability
            - Change in CD4 count and CD4/CD8 ratio
            - Persistence and trafficking of SB-728-T to lymphoid tissue
            - Change in HIV-RNA during HAART (Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy)
                treatment interruption in Immune Responders (n=6)

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Subject Characteristics
                             Immune                  Immune
                            Responders             Nonresponders
                               (n=6)                  (n=15)
 Age (mean + SD)             46.5 + 9.8               48.0 + 6.9
 Gender                       6 male              13 Male/2 Female
                                                8 Cauc/3 Hisp/3 Black/
 Ethnicity             4 Cauc/1 Asian/1 Black
                                                  1 American Indian
 Years HIV Infection
   mean                     11.8 + 10.1               17.5 + 7.2
   median                   11.8 + 9.2                18.0 + 5.1
 CD4
   mean                      921 + 222                335 + 89
   median                    974 + 159                357 + 73
 CD4/CD8
   mean                      1.4 + 0.6                0.7 + 0.3
   median                    1.4 + 0.5                0.7 + 0.2

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SB-728-T Treatment Concept
Autologous CCR5 Modified CD4+ T-cells
                                     SBS8196z                               pUCori                     CMV promoter
                                                                                                            Eco RI (740)
                                                                                                              KpnI (791)

                                                                                                               Bam HI (1145)
                                                                                      pVAX-SB-728
                                                                                                               8267-FokEL (ZFN1)
                                                                                         5016 bp
G T C A T C C T C A T C C T G A T A A A C T G C A A A A G            KanR
C A G T A G G A G T A G G A C T A T T T G A C G T T T T C
                                                                                                              Bgl II (1739)
                                                                                                            2A peptide
                                                                      BGH polyA                             Avr II (1805)
                                                                       Xho I (2804)                        KpnI (1853)

                                                                                                     Bam HI (2204)
                                                                                                                                             SB-728
       SBS8267                                                                                     8196z-FokKK (ZFN2)                Plasmid transfected into
                                                                                                                                     Ad5/35 chimeric vector


                                                                                                       SB-728


                                                            Enrich
                              Apheresis                     CD4+                                                                               Infuse
                                                                                                                                        Expand
                                                                                        13-36%                                      Cryopreserve
                                                                                      R5 disruption                                Test cell product
                                                                                                                                      (SB-728-T)


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SB-728-T Infusion is Safe and Well Tolerated
• Serious Adverse Events: One SAE (transfusion reaction) reported
  to date with a mean follow up duration of 325 days (range: 90-738
  days)
• Adverse Events: 176 AEs
      –     120 mild severity, 55 moderate severity, 1 severe
      –     96 were related to study drug
      –     80 occurred within 24 hrs of study drug infusion and
            included chills, fever, headache, hyperhidrosis,
            dizziness, fatigue, and abnormal garlic body odor
      –     No apparent relationship to dose of SB-728-T
      –     All AEs were reversible and resolved without sequelae




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SB-728-T Increases CD4+ T-cell Counts

                                        2000
    Change in CD4 Count from Baseline




                                        1500                                                 Immune Non-Responders (N=15)
                                                                                             Immune Responders (N=6)

                                        1000
                                                                                                  Median ± SE


                                        500



                                          0



                                        -500
                                               0   30   60   90   120   150    180    210   240    270     300   330    360
                                                                                   Days


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SB-728-T Normalizes CD4:CD8 T-cell Ratio in
Majority of Study Subjects
                 3.5

                                                                           Immune Non-Responders (N=15)
                 3.0
                                                                           Immune Responders (N=6)


                 2.5
       CD4:CD8




                                                                               Median ± SE

                 2.0



                 1.5



                 1.0



                 0.5
                       0   30   60   90   120   150        180     210   240      270    300   330   360
                                                            Days


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SB-728-T is Detected in the Peripheral Blood
for One Year and Beyond

                                               50000
    Pentamer Duplication per mill. CD4 Cells




                                               40000                                                       Immune Non-Responders (N=15)

                                                                                                           Immune Responders (N=6)

                                               30000


                                                                                                          Median ± SE
                                               20000



                                               10000



                                                  0
                                                       0   30   60   90   120   150        180     210   240   270      300   330    360
                                                                                            Days


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SB-728-T Traffics to the Rectal Mucosa

                                          70
 Percent CCR5 Disruption in Mucosal CD4




                                          60                                                                                            Outliers


                                          50
                                                                                                                                        75 %
                                                                                                                                         Mean
                                          40
                                                                                                                                         Median
                                          30                                                                                             25 %
                                                                                                                                         Std. Error
                                          20


                                          10


                                          0
                                                    N=19                  N=11              N=12              N=9                N=3


                                                    li   ne                ks                ks                 ks                 ks
                                                 se                      ee                ee              ee                 ee
                                                                     W                 W                  W                  W
                                               Ba             2-
                                                                 3                12                 24                 48
                                                                                6-                16-                36-

                                                                                           Time

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Asymptomatic Rectal Inflammation




                                                Baseline                                                      6 Months

                                    Lymphocytes          Plasma cells                IEL
                              250                                                             Grade*
                                                                        Time
                                                                                         (Inflammation)
   Cell Count per 10 Crypts




                              200                                      Baseline                  0
                                                                        Day 14                   0
                                                                       Month 3                 1.27
                              150
                                                                       Month 6                  0.7
                                                                       Month 12                0.67
                              100

                               50

                                0
                                                                                                  Month 12
                                                             Month 3



                                                                               Month 6
                                     Baseline



                                                Day 14




                                                                                                             12 Months
SB-728-T Traffics to Rectal Mucosa
 During Inflammation
                 60

                                 CD38/HLA-DR + CD4
                 50
                                 CD38/HLA-DR + CD8

                                 CCR5 Disruption in Mucosal CD4
                 40
    % of Cells




                 30



                 20



                 10



                 0
                      Baseline    Day 14           Month 3        Month 6   Month 12

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HIV-RNA Decreases during HAART
Interruption in Immune Responders
                          106                                                                                          106
                                            Treatment Interruption              PENN
                                                                                      201




                                                                                                                             Historical Viral Setpoint (Copies/mL)
                          10   5                                                      203                              105
                                                                                      204
                                                                                      205 *
 Viral load (Copies/mL)




                                                                                      251
                                                                                      253
                          104                                                                                          104



                          103                                                                                          103



                          102                                                                                          102
                                                                                                                    LOD

                                                                                   *CCR5 - 32 Heterozygote
                          101
                                   0   28       56       84      112    140     168      196        224       252
                                                                       Days

                                                                          Dotted line denotes reinstitution of HAART
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Control of HIV-RNA Correlates Significantly
with Estimated Biallelic CCR5 Modification




                                                                                                      During Treatment Interruption (Copies/mL/Time)
                                      7                                                                                                                7
 Treatment Interruption (Copies/mL)




                                                                                                                                                                                         rs = -0.39, P Value = 0.036




                                                                                                             Log Viral Load-Area Under Curve
                                      6                                                                                                                6
      Log Viral Load at End of




                                      5                                                                                                                5                                                       32 Heterozygote

                                                                                                                                                                    PENN
                                      4                                                                                                                4                 201
                                                                 rs = -0.71, P Value = <0.0001
                                                                                                                                                                         203
                                                                                                                                                                         204
                                      3                                                                                                                3
                                                                                                                                                                         205 *
                                                                                                                                                                         253
                                      2                                                                                                                2
                                                                            32 Heterozygote

                                      1                                                                                                                1
                                          0           5             10             15            20                                                        0         5              10                 15              20
                                              Estimated Biallelic CCR5 Modified T-Cells                                                                        Estimated Biallelic CCR5 Modified T-Cells
                                                 at the end of Treatment Interruption                                                                          During Treatment Interruption (% of CD4 Cells)


                                                                                         Subject 251 was excluded from the analysis due to a dual tropic HIV
                                                                                        Infection

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SB-728-T Summary
• Infusion of SB-728-T:
      –     Safe and well-tolerated
      –     Durable increases in total CD4 T-cells; normalization of CD4:CD8 ratio
      –     Engrafts, expands, persists (>1 yr) in blood and lymphoid tissues
      –     Traffic to lymphoid tissues during inflammation
      –     May reduce HIV-RNA during HAART interruption in subjects with CD4 >450
            cells/mm3
              HIV-RNA in a Δ32 heterozygous subject became undetectable
              Biallelic CCR5 modification correlates with HIV-RNA suppression




9/10/2012                                           18
SB-728-T
Conclusion and Next Steps
• Data from these two Phase 1 studies are promising and warrants
  further evaluation
• Further clinical development of SB-728-T will aim to maximize
  patient exposure to CCR5 modified CD4 T-cells in two ongoing
  clinical trials:
      – Treatment of CCR5 Δ32 heterozygous patients
      – Use of lymphopenic conditioning regimens to increase in vivo expansion of CCR5
        modified CD4 T-cells




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SB-728-1101 Study Design
  •     Phase 1, open-label, dose-escalation, multi-center study

  •     Nine subjects will be enrolled into 3 cyclophosphamide dose escalating
        cohorts (3 subjects/cohort)
             Cohort 1: Intravenous cyclophosphamide 200 mg
             Cohort 2: Intravenous cyclophosphamide .5 g/m2
             Cohort 3: Intravenous cyclophosphamide 1.0 g/m2
  A Safety Monitoring Committee will evaluate safety data and determine if it is safe to dose escalate.


  •     SB-728-T (0.5 to 3.0 x 1010 SB-728-T cells) will be infused one day after
        cyclophosphamide

  •     16 week Treatment Interruption (TI) will begin 6 weeks after infusion of
        SB-728-T
        –     Subjects who are aviremic and have CD4 ≥500 cells/µL

  •     Subjects will be followed for 12 months after the infusion
Cytoxan prior to SB-728 infusion study now open
                        SB-728-1101 (7 sites)

• Within each cohort, treatment will be staggered so that each subsequent
  subject cannot be infused with Cytoxan until at least 2 weeks after the
  preceding subject. One day after receiving Cytoxan, subjects will be infused with
  SB-728-T (5 to 30 billion cells). Six weeks after SB-728-T infusion, subjects with
  CD4 cell counts >500 cells/mm3 will undergo a 16 week TI during which time
  their anti-retroviral therapy will be discontinued.
• Now we can see from cinicaltrials. gov that 18 subjects will be treated:
• Estimated Enrollment: 18
• Study Start Date:                           December 2011
• Estimated Study Completion Date:            December 2013
• Estimated Primary Completion Date:          January 2013 (Final data collection
  date for primary outcome measure)
• 18 people are scheduled to be treated. That should at least mean that they are
  not having any safety concerns so far, one would assume. For me this is more
  confirming that everything is going well and they have "expanded" the trial.
Experience in Puerto Rico
•   We got involved in planning to bring this study to ARC since last year in communication
    with Dr. Javier Morales-Ramirez (Infectious disease and AIDS Specialist from PR) and
    Clinical Research Puerto Rico, Inc. (CRPR).
•   One patient enrolled successfully. He is a 34-years-old-male with Ht of 5’10” and Wt of
    160 #. Normal labs including CBC. His prior anti-retroviral therapy includes:
      – Reyataz      05/27/09 – 12/20/10
      – Norvir       05/27/09 – 12/20/10
      – Truvada      05/27/09 – 12/20/10
      – Complera 12/21/10 – to the present
•   Leukapheresis done successfully by ARC Staff from Clinical Services using the Cobe
    Spectra machine; Collected on 07/09/12; and the procedure last 2 ½ hours. They used
    peripheral veins: right arm for collection and left arm for return. They processed 10,006
    ml, with ACDA 16 ml, and the total volume collected and sent to Sangamo was 113 ml.
    Patient was hemodynamically stable all time. CRPR are waiting for the product to be
    infused to the patient. They have 2 possible candidates for the study under screening
    evaluation.
Acknowledgement by Puerto Rico Site
• Sangamo BioSciences, Inc
    – Donna Bednarski, Sr., CRA


• American Red Cross, Puerto Rico Region
    – Gladys Colon, Manager of Apheresis & Clinical Services
    – Maria Rodriguez, Clinical Service Supervisor and Compliance Coordinator
    – Rosa Vargas, Clinical Service Nurse Supervisor


• Clinical Research Puerto Rico, Inc.
    – Dr. Javier Morales Ramirez, Infectious Disease (PI of the Study in PR)
    – Helvetia Negron Gelabert, CEO
    – Monica Rodriguez-Melendez, Regulatory Officer
Acknowledgements by Sangamo
 University of Pennsylvania                  Sangamo BioSciences
   Carl June, MD                              Dale Ando, MD
   Pablo Tebas, MD                            Winson Tang, MD
   Gabriela Plesa, PhD                        Shelley Wang, MD
                                              Marty Giedlin, PhD
Albert Einstein College of Med                Gary Lee, PhD
  David Stein, MD                             Shirley Clift
  Angelo Seda                                 Travis Wood
 University California, Los Angeles           Baolu Chen, PhD
                                              Kaye Spratt, PhD
  Ronald Mitsuyasu, MD                        Richard Surosky, PhD
 University California, San Francisco         Michael Holmes, PhD
  Steven Deeks, MD                            Philip Gregory, PhD

 National Institute of Health                Quest Clinical Research
  Sarah Read, MD, MHS                         Jay Lalezari, MD
  Sandra Bridges, PhD                         Priscila-Grace Gonzaga
  Frosso Voulgaropoulou, PhD


9/10/2012                               24
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Sangamos Hiv Study Slides Dr 1. Morales Borges Of Arc 09.12.12

  • 1. Increases in CD4 Counts and Effects on HIV in Aviremic HIV-infected Subjects Infused with Zinc Finger Nuclease (ZFN) CCR5 Modified Autologous CD4 T-cells (SB-728-T) and the use of Cytoxan prior to the infusion Raul H. Morales-Borges, MD Medical Director Puerto Rico Region, Biomedical Services American Red Cross For the ARC Medical Directors Meeting Sept. 12, 2012
  • 2. Increases in CD4 Counts and Effects on HIV in Aviremic HIV-infected Subjects Infused with Zinc Finger Nuclease (ZFN) CCR5 Modified Autologous CD4 T-cells (SB-728-T) W Tang1, J Lalezari2, C June3, P Tebas3, D Stein4, R Mitsuyasu5, G Lee1, M Giedlin1, S Wang1 and D Ando1. 1Sangamo BioSciences Inc, Richmond, CA; 2Quest Clinical Research, San Francisco, CA; 3PENN, Philadelphia, PA; 4Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY; and 5UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
  • 3. Disclosure • No conflicts of interest to disclose  Jay Lalezari, MD – Quest Clinical Research, San Francisco, CA  Carl June, MD – University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PN  Pablo Tebas, MD - University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PN  David Stein, MD – Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY  Ronald Mitsuyasu, MD – UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, LA, CA • The following individuals are employees of Sangamo BioSciences  Shelley Wang, MD  Gary Lee, PhD  Martin Giedlin, PhD  Winson Tang, MD  Dale Ando, MD
  • 4. Why Target CCR5 ? • HIV (R5 virus) targets CD4 T-cell by binding to CCR5, one of the major co-receptor for HIV entry • CCR5 delta-32 mutation produces a nonfunctional protein ― Homozygotes are resistant to HIV infection ― Heterozygotes have slower disease progression • The “Berlin Patient” is HIV-free w/o HAART for 3.5 years following hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSC) from an allogeneic, HLA matched, CCR5 delta-32 homozygous donor • Zinc Finger Nuclease technology enables the precise disruption of the CCR5 gene • The therapeutic potential of CCR5 modification as seen with natural mutations and the Berlin Patient can be extended with ZFN disruption of autologous CD4+ T cells (SB-728-T) in any HIV subject
  • 5. Targeting CCR5 with a ZFN D32 mutation CCR5 ZFN modification Site 165 9/10/2012 5
  • 6. Phase 1 SB-728-T Study Design • Study Design: Open label, single dose studies - University of Pennsylvania/Albert Einstein College of Medicine - Quest Clinical Research/University California at Los Angeles • Study population: Aviremic HIV subjects on HAART - Immune Responders (CD4 >450 cells/uL): n=6 - Immune Nonresponders (CD4 <500 cells/uL): n=15 • Single infusion of 0.5 - 3.0 x 1010 SB-728-T • Study duration: 9-12 months • Study Endpoints - Safety and Tolerability - Change in CD4 count and CD4/CD8 ratio - Persistence and trafficking of SB-728-T to lymphoid tissue - Change in HIV-RNA during HAART (Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy) treatment interruption in Immune Responders (n=6) 9/10/2012 6
  • 7. Subject Characteristics Immune Immune Responders Nonresponders (n=6) (n=15) Age (mean + SD) 46.5 + 9.8 48.0 + 6.9 Gender 6 male 13 Male/2 Female 8 Cauc/3 Hisp/3 Black/ Ethnicity 4 Cauc/1 Asian/1 Black 1 American Indian Years HIV Infection mean 11.8 + 10.1 17.5 + 7.2 median 11.8 + 9.2 18.0 + 5.1 CD4 mean 921 + 222 335 + 89 median 974 + 159 357 + 73 CD4/CD8 mean 1.4 + 0.6 0.7 + 0.3 median 1.4 + 0.5 0.7 + 0.2 9/10/2012 7
  • 8. SB-728-T Treatment Concept Autologous CCR5 Modified CD4+ T-cells SBS8196z pUCori CMV promoter Eco RI (740) KpnI (791) Bam HI (1145) pVAX-SB-728 8267-FokEL (ZFN1) 5016 bp G T C A T C C T C A T C C T G A T A A A C T G C A A A A G KanR C A G T A G G A G T A G G A C T A T T T G A C G T T T T C Bgl II (1739) 2A peptide BGH polyA Avr II (1805) Xho I (2804) KpnI (1853) Bam HI (2204) SB-728 SBS8267 8196z-FokKK (ZFN2) Plasmid transfected into Ad5/35 chimeric vector SB-728 Enrich Apheresis CD4+ Infuse Expand 13-36% Cryopreserve R5 disruption Test cell product (SB-728-T) 9/10/2012 8
  • 9. SB-728-T Infusion is Safe and Well Tolerated • Serious Adverse Events: One SAE (transfusion reaction) reported to date with a mean follow up duration of 325 days (range: 90-738 days) • Adverse Events: 176 AEs – 120 mild severity, 55 moderate severity, 1 severe – 96 were related to study drug – 80 occurred within 24 hrs of study drug infusion and included chills, fever, headache, hyperhidrosis, dizziness, fatigue, and abnormal garlic body odor – No apparent relationship to dose of SB-728-T – All AEs were reversible and resolved without sequelae 9/10/2012 9
  • 10. SB-728-T Increases CD4+ T-cell Counts 2000 Change in CD4 Count from Baseline 1500 Immune Non-Responders (N=15) Immune Responders (N=6) 1000 Median ± SE 500 0 -500 0 30 60 90 120 150 180 210 240 270 300 330 360 Days 9/10/2012 10
  • 11. SB-728-T Normalizes CD4:CD8 T-cell Ratio in Majority of Study Subjects 3.5 Immune Non-Responders (N=15) 3.0 Immune Responders (N=6) 2.5 CD4:CD8 Median ± SE 2.0 1.5 1.0 0.5 0 30 60 90 120 150 180 210 240 270 300 330 360 Days 9/10/2012 11
  • 12. SB-728-T is Detected in the Peripheral Blood for One Year and Beyond 50000 Pentamer Duplication per mill. CD4 Cells 40000 Immune Non-Responders (N=15) Immune Responders (N=6) 30000 Median ± SE 20000 10000 0 0 30 60 90 120 150 180 210 240 270 300 330 360 Days 9/10/2012 12
  • 13. SB-728-T Traffics to the Rectal Mucosa 70 Percent CCR5 Disruption in Mucosal CD4 60 Outliers 50 75 % Mean 40 Median 30 25 % Std. Error 20 10 0 N=19 N=11 N=12 N=9 N=3 li ne ks ks ks ks se ee ee ee ee W W W W Ba 2- 3 12 24 48 6- 16- 36- Time 9/10/2012 13
  • 14. Asymptomatic Rectal Inflammation Baseline 6 Months Lymphocytes Plasma cells IEL 250 Grade* Time (Inflammation) Cell Count per 10 Crypts 200 Baseline 0 Day 14 0 Month 3 1.27 150 Month 6 0.7 Month 12 0.67 100 50 0 Month 12 Month 3 Month 6 Baseline Day 14 12 Months
  • 15. SB-728-T Traffics to Rectal Mucosa During Inflammation 60 CD38/HLA-DR + CD4 50 CD38/HLA-DR + CD8 CCR5 Disruption in Mucosal CD4 40 % of Cells 30 20 10 0 Baseline Day 14 Month 3 Month 6 Month 12 9/10/2012 15
  • 16. HIV-RNA Decreases during HAART Interruption in Immune Responders 106 106 Treatment Interruption PENN 201 Historical Viral Setpoint (Copies/mL) 10 5 203 105 204 205 * Viral load (Copies/mL) 251 253 104 104 103 103 102 102 LOD *CCR5 - 32 Heterozygote 101 0 28 56 84 112 140 168 196 224 252 Days Dotted line denotes reinstitution of HAART 9/10/2012 16
  • 17. Control of HIV-RNA Correlates Significantly with Estimated Biallelic CCR5 Modification During Treatment Interruption (Copies/mL/Time) 7 7 Treatment Interruption (Copies/mL) rs = -0.39, P Value = 0.036 Log Viral Load-Area Under Curve 6 6 Log Viral Load at End of 5 5 32 Heterozygote PENN 4 4 201 rs = -0.71, P Value = <0.0001 203 204 3 3 205 * 253 2 2 32 Heterozygote 1 1 0 5 10 15 20 0 5 10 15 20 Estimated Biallelic CCR5 Modified T-Cells Estimated Biallelic CCR5 Modified T-Cells at the end of Treatment Interruption During Treatment Interruption (% of CD4 Cells)  Subject 251 was excluded from the analysis due to a dual tropic HIV Infection 9/10/2012 17
  • 18. SB-728-T Summary • Infusion of SB-728-T: – Safe and well-tolerated – Durable increases in total CD4 T-cells; normalization of CD4:CD8 ratio – Engrafts, expands, persists (>1 yr) in blood and lymphoid tissues – Traffic to lymphoid tissues during inflammation – May reduce HIV-RNA during HAART interruption in subjects with CD4 >450 cells/mm3  HIV-RNA in a Δ32 heterozygous subject became undetectable  Biallelic CCR5 modification correlates with HIV-RNA suppression 9/10/2012 18
  • 19. SB-728-T Conclusion and Next Steps • Data from these two Phase 1 studies are promising and warrants further evaluation • Further clinical development of SB-728-T will aim to maximize patient exposure to CCR5 modified CD4 T-cells in two ongoing clinical trials: – Treatment of CCR5 Δ32 heterozygous patients – Use of lymphopenic conditioning regimens to increase in vivo expansion of CCR5 modified CD4 T-cells 9/10/2012 19
  • 20. SB-728-1101 Study Design • Phase 1, open-label, dose-escalation, multi-center study • Nine subjects will be enrolled into 3 cyclophosphamide dose escalating cohorts (3 subjects/cohort)  Cohort 1: Intravenous cyclophosphamide 200 mg  Cohort 2: Intravenous cyclophosphamide .5 g/m2  Cohort 3: Intravenous cyclophosphamide 1.0 g/m2 A Safety Monitoring Committee will evaluate safety data and determine if it is safe to dose escalate. • SB-728-T (0.5 to 3.0 x 1010 SB-728-T cells) will be infused one day after cyclophosphamide • 16 week Treatment Interruption (TI) will begin 6 weeks after infusion of SB-728-T – Subjects who are aviremic and have CD4 ≥500 cells/µL • Subjects will be followed for 12 months after the infusion
  • 21. Cytoxan prior to SB-728 infusion study now open SB-728-1101 (7 sites) • Within each cohort, treatment will be staggered so that each subsequent subject cannot be infused with Cytoxan until at least 2 weeks after the preceding subject. One day after receiving Cytoxan, subjects will be infused with SB-728-T (5 to 30 billion cells). Six weeks after SB-728-T infusion, subjects with CD4 cell counts >500 cells/mm3 will undergo a 16 week TI during which time their anti-retroviral therapy will be discontinued. • Now we can see from cinicaltrials. gov that 18 subjects will be treated: • Estimated Enrollment: 18 • Study Start Date: December 2011 • Estimated Study Completion Date: December 2013 • Estimated Primary Completion Date: January 2013 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) • 18 people are scheduled to be treated. That should at least mean that they are not having any safety concerns so far, one would assume. For me this is more confirming that everything is going well and they have "expanded" the trial.
  • 22. Experience in Puerto Rico • We got involved in planning to bring this study to ARC since last year in communication with Dr. Javier Morales-Ramirez (Infectious disease and AIDS Specialist from PR) and Clinical Research Puerto Rico, Inc. (CRPR). • One patient enrolled successfully. He is a 34-years-old-male with Ht of 5’10” and Wt of 160 #. Normal labs including CBC. His prior anti-retroviral therapy includes: – Reyataz 05/27/09 – 12/20/10 – Norvir 05/27/09 – 12/20/10 – Truvada 05/27/09 – 12/20/10 – Complera 12/21/10 – to the present • Leukapheresis done successfully by ARC Staff from Clinical Services using the Cobe Spectra machine; Collected on 07/09/12; and the procedure last 2 ½ hours. They used peripheral veins: right arm for collection and left arm for return. They processed 10,006 ml, with ACDA 16 ml, and the total volume collected and sent to Sangamo was 113 ml. Patient was hemodynamically stable all time. CRPR are waiting for the product to be infused to the patient. They have 2 possible candidates for the study under screening evaluation.
  • 23. Acknowledgement by Puerto Rico Site • Sangamo BioSciences, Inc – Donna Bednarski, Sr., CRA • American Red Cross, Puerto Rico Region – Gladys Colon, Manager of Apheresis & Clinical Services – Maria Rodriguez, Clinical Service Supervisor and Compliance Coordinator – Rosa Vargas, Clinical Service Nurse Supervisor • Clinical Research Puerto Rico, Inc. – Dr. Javier Morales Ramirez, Infectious Disease (PI of the Study in PR) – Helvetia Negron Gelabert, CEO – Monica Rodriguez-Melendez, Regulatory Officer
  • 24. Acknowledgements by Sangamo University of Pennsylvania Sangamo BioSciences Carl June, MD Dale Ando, MD Pablo Tebas, MD Winson Tang, MD Gabriela Plesa, PhD Shelley Wang, MD Marty Giedlin, PhD Albert Einstein College of Med Gary Lee, PhD David Stein, MD Shirley Clift Angelo Seda Travis Wood University California, Los Angeles Baolu Chen, PhD Kaye Spratt, PhD Ronald Mitsuyasu, MD Richard Surosky, PhD University California, San Francisco Michael Holmes, PhD Steven Deeks, MD Philip Gregory, PhD National Institute of Health Quest Clinical Research Sarah Read, MD, MHS Jay Lalezari, MD Sandra Bridges, PhD Priscila-Grace Gonzaga Frosso Voulgaropoulou, PhD 9/10/2012 24

Editor's Notes

  1. Chemokine Receptor 5 or CCR5 is the major second receptor for HIV entry into cells. A naturally occuring genetic deletion mutant in this receptor in man confers resistance to HIV infection in homozygotes and slower progression of HIV infection in heterozygotes. The recent demonstration of the “Berlin Patient” an HIV positive subject who received an allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant from a CCR5 delta 32 donor and is HIV free after &gt;3.5 years post transplant highlights the therapeutic potential of CCR5 modification in hematopoeitic cells of HIV subjects.Zinc Finger Nuclease technology allows for the first time precise and permanent modification of the CCR5 gene with subsequent elimination of functional CCR5 protein on the surface of the cell. This allows extension of the therapeutic potential of CCR5 modified cells as seen in the naturally occurring human mutation subjects and the Berlin Patient toCD4 T cells of any HIV subject.CCR5 disruption of autologous CD4 T cells offers an alternative potential strategy for control of HIV infection by providing a reservoir of CD4 T cells resistant to HIV infection in HIV subjects.
  2. Chemokine Receptor 5 or CCR5 is the major second receptor for HIV entry into cells. A naturally occuring genetic deletion mutant in this receptor in man confers resistance to HIV infection in homozygotes and slower progression of HIV infection in heterozygotes. The recent demonstration of the “Berlin Patient” an HIV positive subject who received an allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant from a CCR5 delta 32 donor and is HIV free after &gt;3.5 years post transplant highlights the therapeutic potential of CCR5 modification in hematopoeitic cells of HIV subjects.Zinc Finger Nuclease technology allows for the first time precise and permanent modification of the CCR5 gene with subsequent elimination of functional CCR5 protein on the surface of the cell. This allows extension of the therapeutic potential of CCR5 modified cells as seen in the naturally occurring human mutation subjects and the Berlin Patient toCD4 T cells of any HIV subject.CCR5 disruption of autologous CD4 T cells offers an alternative potential strategy for control of HIV infection by providing a reservoir of CD4 T cells resistant to HIV infection in HIV subjects.