RGX-314 Gene Therapy Administered in the Suprachoroidal Space for Participants With Diabetic Retinopathy (DR) Without Center Involved-Diabetic Macular Edema (CI-DME)

• Status: Recruiting
• Trial end date: 2024-10-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

RGX-314 is being developed as a novel, potential one-time gene therapy treatment for the treatment of diabetic retinopathy, a chronic and progressive complication of diabetes mellitus. Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a sight-threatening disease characterized in the early stages by neuronal and vascular dysfunction in the retina, and later by neovascularization that leads to further deterioration of functional vision. Despite the availability of current treatments, diabetic retinopathy remains the leading cause of vision loss in working-age adults, those between the ages of 20 and 74. Existing treatment with anti-VEGF agents, although shown to be effective, are limited by short therapeutic half-lives, which then require frequent intravitreal injections over the patient's lifetime, resulting in increased risk of associated adverse events and significant treatment burden. Due to the burden of treatment, patients often do not closely adhere to treatment regimens and experience sub-optimal outcomes and a decline in vision. RGX-314 is being developed as a potential one time treatment for diabetic retinopathy, which may deliver advantages over conventional treatments, such as potentially providing a longer duration of therapeutic effect and intervening at an earlier stage of the disease.

• Phase: Phase 2
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: REGENXBIO Inc.
• Collaborator: AbbVie

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients 25-89 years of age with a diabetic retinopathy diagnosis of nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy (NPDR) and proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) secondary to diabetes mellitus Type 1 or 2 for which PRP or anti-VEGF injections can be safely deferred for at least 6 months

• Best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study (ETDRS) letter score in the study eye of ≥69 letters (approximate Snellen equivalent of 20/40 or better)

• Prior history of CI-DME in the study eye is acceptable.

• Must be willing and able to provide written, signed informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Neovascularization in the study eye from a cause other than DR.

• Presence of any active CI-DME.

• Active or history of retinal detachment in the study eye.

• Any evidence or documented history of PRP or retinal laser in the study eye.

• Patients who had a prior vitrectomy surgery.

• Women of childbearing potential.

Note: Other inclusions/exclusions criteria apply