Choroideremia
Conditions
Keywords
Tapetoretinal degeneration, choroideraemia, X-linked, retinitis pigmentosa
Brief summary
\- Primary objective: To assess the safety and tolerability of the AAV.REP1 vector, administered at two different doses to the retina in 12 patients with a diagnosis of choroideremia. \- Secondary Objective: To identify any therapeutic benefit as evidenced by a slowing down of the retinal degeneration assessed by functional and anatomical methods in the treated eye compared to the control eye 24 months after gene delivery.
Detailed description
Detailed description may be found in the following scientific publication: Retinal gene therapy in patients with choroideremia: initial findings from a phase 1/2 clinical trial, The Lancet, Volume 383, Issue 9923, Pages 1129 - 1137 (29 March 2014). Links: www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(13)62117-0/abstract ; http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(13)62117-0
Interventions
DRUGrAAV2.REP1
Single subretinal injection of rAAV2.REP1 vector suspension containing 10e12 genome particles per ml. Dose 1 = dose containing approximately 10e10 rAAV2.REP1 genome particles. Dose 2 = dose containing approximately 10e11 rAAV2.REP1 genome particles.
Sponsors
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust
Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
University College, London
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
University of Manchester
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
University of Southampton
University of Oxford
Study design
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
MALE
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Participant is willing and able to give informed consent for participation in the study, * Male aged 18 years or above, * Diagnosed with choroideraemia and in good health, * Active disease with SLO changes visible within the macula region, * Willing to allow his or her General Practitioner and consultant, if appropriate, to be notified of participation in the study, * Vision at least 6/60 or better in the study eye.
Exclusion criteria
* Female and child participants (under the age of 18), * Men unwilling to use barrier contraception methods, if relevant, * Previous history of retinal surgery or ocular inflammatory disease (uveitis), * Grossly asymmetrical disease or other ocular morbidity which might confound use of the fellow eye as a long-term control, * Any other significant disease or disorder which, in the opinion of the Investigator, may either put the participants at risk because of participation in the study, or may influence the result of the study, or the participant's ability to participate in the study, * Participants who have participated in another research study involving an investigational product in the previous 12 weeks.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Visual acuity | 6 months | Best corrected visual acuity, following cataract surgery if indicated |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Microperimetry, OCT and fundus autofluorescence | 24 months | Structure function correlations at the margins of the retinal degeneration |
Countries
United Kingdom
Outcome results
None listed