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NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH
RECOMBINANT DNA ADVISORY COMMITTEE (RAC)


Tuesday, June 8, 2004

96th Meeting

Morning - Session 1 (53 mins - Real Video)

Morning - Session 2 (2 hrs 46 mins - Real Video)

Afternoon - Session 1 (1 hr 29 mins - Real Video)

Afternoon - Session 2 (1 hr 16 mins - Real Video)

Meeting Agenda

8:30 AM - Call to Order and Opening Remarks
Diane Wara, M.D., Chair, NIH RAC

Tab 2339 - For Your Information
- Notice of Meeting
- Conflict of Interest Guidance

8:35 AM - Minutes of the March 9-11, 2004, RAC Meeting

RAC Reviewers: Maxine Linial, Ph.D.
David DeMets, Ph.D.

Tab 2340 - Minutes of the March 9-11, 2004, Meeting

8:45 AM - Update on Protocol 0107- 488: A Phase I, Open-Label Clinical Trial of the Safety and Tolerability of Single Escalating Doses of Autologous CD4 T Cells Transduced with VRX496 in HIV-Positive Subjects (In-depth review and public discussion at the September 2001 RAC meeting)

Update on Protocol 0107- 488 (Real Video)

Presentation - 488 (PDF)

Presenter:Boro Dropulic, Ph.D.
VIRxSYS Corporation, Gaithersburg, MD

9:45 AM - Discussion of Human Gene Transfer Protocol #0404-642: A Phase I Trial of Gene Transfer during VAD Support with SERCA2a

Discussion of Human Gene Transfer Protocol #0404-642 (Real Video)

Presentation - 642 (PDF)

PI: Barry London, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

RAC Reviewers: Larry Johnson, M.D.
Bernard Lo, M.D.
Robert Simari, M.D.

Tab 2342OBA Summary
OBA Letter to PI on In-Depth RAC Review and
  Public Discussion
Outcome of Initial Review by RAC Members
Reviews from Drs. L. Johnson, Powers, and Simari
PI's/Sponsor's Response

11:15 AM - Public Comment

11:40 AM - Synopsis of RAC Discussion and RAC Recommendations

11:50 AM - Introduction to Upcoming Safety Symposium: Safety Considerations in Recombinant DNA Research with Highly Pathogenic Viruses

Introduction to Upcoming Safety Symposium: Safety Considerations (Real Video)

Speakers: Kanta Subbarao, M.D., M.P.H.
Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH

Christina Cassetti, Ph.D.
Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, National
Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH

12:30 PM - LUNCH

1:00 PM - Discussion of Human Gene Transfer Protocol #0403-633: Phase I Trial of Immunotherapy with BHT-3009 Alone or Combined with Atorvastatin in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis

Discussion of Human Gene Transfer Protocol #0403-633 (Real Video)

Presentation 1 - 633 (PDF)

PI: Timothy L. Vollmer, M.D.
Barrow Neurological Institute, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center

Presentation 2 - 633 (PDF)

RAC Reviewers:
Martha Bohn, Ph.D.
Neal DeLuca, Ph.D.
Madison Powers, J.D., D.Phil.
Nicholas Muzyczka, Ph.D.

Ad Hoc Reviewer:Stephen D. Miller, Ph.D.
Northwestern University
(written response)

Tab 2343 Protocol
 
Tuesday, June 8, 2004 (continued)
Tab 2344OBA Summary
OBA Letter to PI on In-Depth RAC Review and Public Discussion
Outcome of Initial Review by RAC Members
Reviews from Drs. Bohn, DeLuca, Powers, and Muzyczka
PI's/Sponsor's Response

2:30 PM - Public Comment

2:55 PM - Synopsis of RAC Discussion and RAC Recommendations

3:05 PM - Discussion of Human Gene Transfer Protocol #0404-641: A Phase I, Open-Label, Nonrandomized, Dose-Escalation, Multicenter Therapeutic Trial of the Safety, Immunogenicity and Efficacy of GI-4000, an Inactivated Recombinant Saccharomyces cerevisiae Immunotherapeutic Expressing Three Different Mutations of the Ras Oncoprotein, in Patients with Solid Tumors Expressing Mutations in Ras

Discussion of Human Gene Transfer Protocol #0404-641 (Real Video)

Presentation - 641 (PDF)

PI: Bert O'Neil, M.D.
University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC

Timothy C. Rodell, M.D.
GlobeImmune, Inc.

RAC Reviewers:
Emmett Barkley, Ph.D.
Neal DeLuca, Ph.D.
Terry Kwan, M.S.Ed.

Tab 2345 Protocol

Tab 2346OBA Summary
OBA Letter to PI on In-Depth RAC Review and Public Discussion
Outcome of Initial Review by RAC Members
Reviews from Drs. Barkley and DeLuca and Ms. Kwan
PI's/Sponsor's Response

4:35 PM - Public Comment

5:05 PM - Synopsis of RAC Discussion and RAC Recommendations

5:15 PM - Update on the RAC Gene Transfer Clinical Trial Design Working Group

Update on the RAC Gene Transfer Clinical Trial Design Working Group
(Real Video)

Tuesday, June 8, 2004
Presenters: David DeMets, Ph.D.
NIH RAC

Bernard Lo, M.D.
NIH RAC

Cheryl McDonald, M.D.
NIH Office of Biotechnology Activities

5:25 PM - ADJOURNMENT

 


 

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