One shot in the eye: gene therapy aims to replace repeated injections for wet AMD
NCT ID NCT06213038
First seen Sep 11, 2026 · Last updated Sep 11, 2026
Summary
Researchers are testing a single injection of SKG0106, an experimental gene therapy, in Chinese adults aged 50 and older with wet age-related macular degeneration. The trial aims to find out whether the treatment is safe and how the body responds to it. Participants receive one injection into the eye, and researchers track side effects and changes in vision and retinal thickness.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- an experimental gene therapy called SKG0106, given as a single injection into the eye
- What this could lead to
- If it works, a single eye injection could replace the repeated injections that people with wet AMD currently need to protect their vision.
- What could go wrong
- This is a first-in-human Phase 1 trial with only 12 participants, so its main goal is to check safety, not to prove the treatment works. Gene therapy carries risks of immune reactions and inflammation in the eye, and the early results may not hold up in larger studies.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 1
The first testing in people. Mainly checks safety and dose, usually in a small group.
- Participants
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12 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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May 2023
- Finished
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Nov 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
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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50 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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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Voluntary and able to sign a dated ICF prior to any study-related procedures and able to complete the study as required by the protocol; 2. Aged ≥ 50 years at screening; Study Eye: 3. Diagnosis of nAMD as determined by the PI; 4. Active CNV lesions secondary to age-related macular degeneration (AMD); 5. Subjects must have been responsive to anti-VEGF therapy as assessed by the PI prior to study treatment Exclusion Criteria: 1. Any active intraocular or periocular infection or active intraocular inflammation (e.g., infectious conjunctivitis, keratitis, scleritis, endophthalmitis, infectious blepharitis, uveitis) in the study eye at baseline; 2. Retinal pigment epithelial tear in the study eye at screening; 3. Current vitreous hemorrhage in the study eye or history of vitreous hemorrhage within 4 weeks prior to baseline; 4. Any condition that, in the opinion of the investigator, may limit visual acuity improvement in the study eye; 5. History of retinal detachment or active retinal detachment in the study eye; 6. Any prior gene 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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Eye & ENT Hospital of Fudan University
Shanghai, China
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Peking Union Medical College Hospital
Beijing, China
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Xin Hua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of MedicineXin Hua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine
Shanghai, China
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