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β-thalassemia is a single-gene genetic disease caused by β globin gene mutations leading to the fact that red blood cells are unable to form normal adult hemoglobin, and then patients develop hemolytic anemia. Current treatment regimens mainly include allogenetic hematologic stem cell transplantation, symptomatic regular blood transfusions and the use of iron removers to reduce iron load. Some severe patients have quite poor prognoses and deadly consequences if not treated timely. Genetically modified autohematopoietic stem cells can provide a new treatment option for patients with β thalassemia, which may achieve a long-term and stable increase in hemoglobin level through a single dose, making one-time cure β-thalassemia possible. This paper reviews the key elements of clinical trial design for β-thalassemia gene therapy from the aspects of efficacy evaluation endpoints, clinical trial design, enrollment population, and subject monitoring in order to provide a reference for pharma-therapeutic research and development enterprises.
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This article referred to the relevant guidelines for vaccine clinical trials and the accumulated experience in the development and review of human rabies vaccines, as well as combined the technical recommendations for human rabies vaccines from major health facilities such as WHO, to discuss the key considerations in the design of clinical trials for human rabies vaccines, including control vaccines, evaluation of efficacy endpoints, clinical subjects, the sample size, immunity persistence, re-exposure immunization schedule and post-marketing study. This article aimed to provide reference for the design of human rabies vaccine clinical trials.