Efficacy Study of Gene Therapy for The Treatment of Acute LHON Onset Within Three Months

Summary

Efficacy Study of Gene Therapy for The Treatment of Acute Leber's Hereditary Optic Neuropathy (LHON) onset within three months

Timeline

Start

2018-01-08

Primary completion

2018-12-06

Completion

2020-12-30

Publications

• Background Yang S, Ma SQ, Wan X, He H, Pei H, Zhao MJ, Chen C, Wang DW, Dong XY, Yuan JJ, Li B. Long-term outcomes of gene therapy for the treatment of Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy. EBioMedicine. 2016 Aug;10:258-68. doi: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2016.07.002. Epub 2016 Jul 6.
• Background Yang S, Yang H, Ma SQ, Wang SS, He H, Zhao MJ, Li B. Evaluation of Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy patients prior to a gene therapy clinical trial. Medicine (Baltimore). 2016 Oct;95(40):e5110. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000005110.
• Background Ran R, Yang S, He H, Ma S, Chen Z, Li B. A retrospective analysis of characteristics of visual field damage in patients with Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy. Springerplus. 2016 Jun 23;5(1):843. doi: 10.1186/s40064-016-2540-7. eCollection 2016.
• Background Wan X, Pei H, Zhao MJ, Yang S, Hu WK, He H, Ma SQ, Zhang G, Dong XY, Chen C, Wang DW, Li B. Efficacy and Safety of rAAV2-ND4 Treatment for Leber's Hereditary Optic Neuropathy. Sci Rep. 2016 Feb 19;6:21587. doi: 10.1038/srep21587.
• Background Yang S, He H, Zhu Y, Wan X, Zhou LF, Wang J, Wang WF, Liu L, Li B. Chemical and material communication between the optic nerves in rats. Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2015 Nov;43(8):742-8. doi: 10.1111/ceo.12547. Epub 2015 Jun 25.
• Background Pei H, Wan X, Hu W, Dong X, Li B. Construction and detection of a novel type of recombinant human rAAV2/2-ND4. Eye Sci. 2013 Jun;28(2):55-9.
• Background Cui G, Ding H, Xu Y, Li B, Wang DW. Applications of the method of high resolution melting analysis for diagnosis of Leber's disease and the three primary mutation spectrum of LHON in the Han Chinese population. Gene. 2013 Jan 1;512(1):108-12. doi: 10.1016/j.gene.2012.09.110. Epub 2012 Oct 9.
• Background Shi H, Gao J, Pei H, Liu R, Hu WK, Wan X, Li T, Li B. Adeno-associated virus-mediated gene delivery of the human ND4 complex I subunit in rabbit eyes. Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2012 Dec;40(9):888-94. doi: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2012.02815.x. Epub 2012 Jul 2.
• Background Feuer WJ, Schiffman JC, Davis JL, Porciatti V, Gonzalez P, Koilkonda RD, Yuan H, Lalwani A, Lam BL, Guy J. Gene Therapy for Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy: Initial Results. Ophthalmology. 2016 Mar;123(3):558-70. doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2015.10.025. Epub 2015 Nov 19.
• Background Erickson RP. Leber's optic atrophy, a possible example of maternal inheritance. Am J Hum Genet. 1972 May;24(3):348-9. No abstract available.
• Background Wallace DC, Singh G, Lott MT, Hodge JA, Schurr TG, Lezza AM, Elsas LJ 2nd, Nikoskelainen EK. Mitochondrial DNA mutation associated with Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy. Science. 1988 Dec 9;242(4884):1427-30. doi: 10.1126/science.3201231.
• Background Huoponen K, Vilkki J, Aula P, Nikoskelainen EK, Savontaus ML. A new mtDNA mutation associated with Leber hereditary optic neuroretinopathy. Am J Hum Genet. 1991 Jun;48(6):1147-53.
• Background Mackey D, Howell N. A variant of Leber hereditary optic neuropathy characterized by recovery of vision and by an unusual mitochondrial genetic etiology. Am J Hum Genet. 1992 Dec;51(6):1218-28.
• Background Maguire AM, Simonelli F, Pierce EA, Pugh EN Jr, Mingozzi F, Bennicelli J, Banfi S, Marshall KA, Testa F, Surace EM, Rossi S, Lyubarsky A, Arruda VR, Konkle B, Stone E, Sun J, Jacobs J, Dell'Osso L, Hertle R, Ma JX, Redmond TM, Zhu X, Hauck B, Zelenaia O, Shindler KS, Maguire MG, Wright JF, Volpe NJ, McDonnell JW, Auricchio A, High KA, Bennett J. Safety and efficacy of gene transfer for Leber's congenital amaurosis. N Engl J Med. 2008 May 22;358(21):2240-8. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa0802315. Epub 2008 Apr 27.
• Background Bainbridge JW, Smith AJ, Barker SS, Robbie S, Henderson R, Balaggan K, Viswanathan A, Holder GE, Stockman A, Tyler N, Petersen-Jones S, Bhattacharya SS, Thrasher AJ, Fitzke FW, Carter BJ, Rubin GS, Moore AT, Ali RR. Effect of gene therapy on visual function in Leber's congenital amaurosis. N Engl J Med. 2008 May 22;358(21):2231-9. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa0802268. Epub 2008 Apr 27.
• Background Hauswirth WW, Aleman TS, Kaushal S, Cideciyan AV, Schwartz SB, Wang L, Conlon TJ, Boye SL, Flotte TR, Byrne BJ, Jacobson SG. Treatment of leber congenital amaurosis due to RPE65 mutations by ocular subretinal injection of adeno-associated virus gene vector: short-term results of a phase I trial. Hum Gene Ther. 2008 Oct;19(10):979-90. doi: 10.1089/hum.2008.107.
• Background Hufnagel RB, Ahmed ZM, Correa ZM, Sisk RA. Gene therapy for Leber congenital amaurosis: advances and future directions. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2012 Aug;250(8):1117-28. doi: 10.1007/s00417-012-2028-2. Epub 2012 May 29.
• Background Howell N, Bindoff LA, McCullough DA, Kubacka I, Poulton J, Mackey D, Taylor L, Turnbull DM. Leber hereditary optic neuropathy: identification of the same mitochondrial ND1 mutation in six pedigrees. Am J Hum Genet. 1991 Nov;49(5):939-50.
• Background Zhang Y, Tian Z, Yuan J, Liu C, Liu HL, Ma SQ, Li B. The Progress of Gene Therapy for Leber's Optic Hereditary Neuropathy. Curr Gene Ther. 2017;17(4):320-326. doi: 10.2174/1566523218666171129204926.
• Liu HL, Yuan JJ, Tian Z, Li X, Song L, Li B. What are the characteristics and progression of visual field defects in patients with Leber hereditary optic neuropathy: a prospective single-centre study in China. BMJ Open. 2019 Mar 15;9(3):e025307. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-025307.

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