Gene therapy injection tested to halt blindness from rare genetic disease

NCT ID NCT02652780

Summary

This Phase 3 trial tested whether a single gene therapy injection (GS010) into the eye could improve vision in people with Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy (LHON), a rare genetic condition that causes rapid vision loss. The study involved 37 participants who had experienced vision loss for 6 to 12 months due to a specific genetic mutation (G11778A). Researchers compared the treated eye to an eye that received a sham (placebo) injection to see if the gene therapy helped restore vision over 96 weeks.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Centre National Hospitalier d'Ophtalmologie des Quinze-Vingt

    Paris, Paris, France

  • Department of Neurology, University of Munich, Friedrich-Baur-Institute

    Munich, 80336, Germany

  • Department of Ophthalmology, Emory University School of Medicine

    Atlanta, Georgia, 30322, United States

  • Doheny Eye Center, University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, California, United States

  • IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna, UOC Clinica Neurologica, Ospedale Bellaria

    Bologna, Bologna, Italy

  • Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

    London, EC1V 2PD, United Kingdom

  • Neuro Ophthalmologic Associates, Wills Eye Hospital, Thomas Jefferson University

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19107, United States

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