Prime Editing for p47phox-Deficient Chronic Granulomatous Disease.

Prime Editing for p47phox-Deficient Chronic Granulomatous Disease.
Gori JL, Haddad E, Frangoul H, Kohn DB, Morris EC, Martin BN, Deary BA, Nickerson M, Scholz RL, Fernandez I, Leveille K, De Ravin SS, Kang EM, Pierzynski M, Estwick T, Littel P, Kuhns DB, Long Priel DA, Teira P, Turvey S, Arnold J, Evans MD, McManus M, Carpenter B, Waterman DP, Anzalone AV, Petrusich A, Osuna CE, O’Malley TT, Stewart-Ornstein J, Heath JM, Nehilla BJ, Asmal M, Malech HL. N Engl J Med. 2026 Mar 26;394(12):1195-1203. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2509807. Epub 2025 Dec 7. PMID: 41358590 Free article. Clinical Trial.

Publication Abstract

Chronic granulomatous disease (CGD) is a severe monogenic immunodeficiency caused by damaging variants in genes required for microbicidal NADPH oxidase activity. Autosomal recessive p47phox-deficient CGD (p47-CGD) is predominantly caused by a two-nucleotide deletion in exon 2 (delGT) of NCF1. We developed PM359, an autologous CD34+ hematopoietic stem-cell therapy in which prime editing is used to correct delGT. Two participants received PM359 after myeloid conditioning with busulfan: neutrophils and platelets engrafted promptly in both patients. Adverse events were consistent with myeloid conditioning with busulfan. NADPH oxidase activity was observed in neutrophils within 1 month and was maintained for 6 months and 4 months as of the last follow-up visit in Participants 1 and 2, respectively. These results support further investigation of prime editing of CD34+ cells to treat p47-CGD. (Funded by Prime Medicine; ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT06559176.).