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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