Experimental gene therapy aims to halt vision loss in rare blindness
NCT ID NCT03328130
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested a gene therapy for retinitis pigmentosa, an inherited eye disease that causes gradual vision loss. The treatment involved injecting a corrected gene under the retina in one eye. The trial included 19 people aged 13 and older with a specific genetic defect. The main goal was to check safety and see if vision improved.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 1/2
Runs two stages together: safety and dose first, then whether the treatment works.
- Participants
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19 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Nov 2017
- Finished
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Jun 2025
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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13 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Key Inclusion Criteria: * Clinical and molecular diagnosis of retinitis pigmentosa caused by defect in PDE6B gene without other syndromic manifestations * Aged above 13 years * Ability to give informed consent Key Exclusion Criteria: * Previous ocular surgery or thermal laser within 6 months before the surgery * Lens opacities or obscured ocular media upon recruitment such reliable evaluation or grading of the posterior segment cannot be performed * Known serious allergies to the fluorescein dye used in angiography, to the mydriatic, steroidal and non-steroidal eye drops * Participation in another clinical trial with an investigational agent * Enrolled or being enrolled in another gene therapy clinical trial * Active, extraocular infection requiring the prolonged or chronic use of antimicrobial agents * Chronic medical conditions, cancer * Abnormal laboratory values * On immunosuppressive therapy
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Clinique Ophtalmologique, CHU de Nantes
Nantes, 44093, France
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