Phase 1/2 Safety and Efficacy Study of AAV-RPE65 Vector to Treat Leber Congenital Amaurosis

Summary

The purpose of the study is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of an adeno-associated virus vector expressing RPE65 in patients with Leber congenital amaurosis caused by mutations in the RPE65 gene. Funding Source - FDA OOPD

Timeline

Start

2009-06-17

Primary completion

2014-09-23

Completion

2017-09-22

Publications

• Background Acland GM, Aguirre GD, Bennett J, Aleman TS, Cideciyan AV, Bennicelli J, Dejneka NS, Pearce-Kelling SE, Maguire AM, Palczewski K, Hauswirth WW, Jacobson SG. Long-term restoration of rod and cone vision by single dose rAAV-mediated gene transfer to the retina in a canine model of childhood blindness. Mol Ther. 2005 Dec;12(6):1072-82. doi: 10.1016/j.ymthe.2005.08.008. Epub 2005 Oct 14.
• Background Jacobson SG, Boye SL, Aleman TS, Conlon TJ, Zeiss CJ, Roman AJ, Cideciyan AV, Schwartz SB, Komaromy AM, Doobrajh M, Cheung AY, Sumaroka A, Pearce-Kelling SE, Aguirre GD, Kaushal S, Maguire AM, Flotte TR, Hauswirth WW. Safety in nonhuman primates of ocular AAV2-RPE65, a candidate treatment for blindness in Leber congenital amaurosis. Hum Gene Ther. 2006 Aug;17(8):845-58. doi: 10.1089/hum.2006.17.845.
• Background Weleber RG, Pennesi ME, Wilson DJ, Kaushal S, Erker LR, Jensen L, McBride MT, Flotte TR, Humphries M, Calcedo R, Hauswirth WW, Chulay JD, Stout JT. Results at 2 Years after Gene Therapy for RPE65-Deficient Leber Congenital Amaurosis and Severe Early-Childhood-Onset Retinal Dystrophy. Ophthalmology. 2016 Jul;123(7):1606-20. doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2016.03.003. Epub 2016 Apr 19.
• Ku CA, Igelman AD, Huang SJ, Bailey ST, Lauer AK, Duncan JL, Weleber RG, Yang P, Pennesi ME. Perimacular Atrophy Following Voretigene Neparvovec-Rzyl Treatment in the Setting of Previous Contralateral Eye Treatment With a Different Viral Vector. Transl Vis Sci Technol. 2024 Jun 3;13(6):11. doi: 10.1167/tvst.13.6.11.
• Pennesi ME, Weleber RG, Yang P, Whitebirch C, Thean B, Flotte TR, Humphries M, Chegarnov E, Beasley KN, Stout JT, Chulay JD. Results at 5 Years After Gene Therapy for RPE65-Deficient Retinal Dystrophy. Hum Gene Ther. 2018 Dec;29(12):1428-1437. doi: 10.1089/hum.2018.014. Epub 2018 Jul 24.

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