Safety and Preliminary Efficacy of VG801 in Patients With ABCA4 Mutation-associated Retinal Dystrophy (Stargardt Disease)

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phasePhase 1, Phase 2
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age6+
SponsorVeonGen Therapeutics GmbH

About this trial

This is a single-arm, open-label, non-randomized, single dose-escalation, first-in-human (FIH) clinical trial to evaluate the safety and preliminary efficacy of VG801 for treatment of patients with retinal dystrophy (Stargardt disease) due to biallelic ABCA4 mutations.

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Written informed consent.

Subjects aged ≥ 6 years.

Clinical diagnosis of a macular lesion phenotypically consistent with a recessive hereditary macular dystrophy (Stargardt disease).

Confirmed molecular diagnosis of ABCA4 mutations (homozygotes or compound heterozygotes).

Disqualifiers

Pre-existing eye conditions such as uveitis, glaucoma, or diabetic retinopathy or implantation of a medical device in the vitreous cavity or subretinal space.

Systemic diseases that would preclude the planned surgery or interfere with the interpretation of study results.

History of intraocular surgery within the previous 6 months.

Previous participation in a gene therapy trial.

Trial design

Design model

Sequential

Treatments tested in this trial

  • VG801

    Drug

    Administered as specified in the single treatment arm. Study Cohort: Low dose, medium dose and high dose cohort

Treatment groups

18 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment group
Group A: VG801Experimental treatment 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Adverse Events (AEs) and Serious Adverse Events (SAEs)

Abnormal examination results will be recorded.

Time frame
Baseline to Month 12

Secondary outcomes

1

Best Corrected Visual Acuity (BCVA)

Abnormal examination results will be recorded.

Time frame
Screening to Month 12
2

Optical coherence tomography (OCT)

Abnormal examination results will be recorded.

Time frame
Baseline to Month 12
3

Fundus autofluorescence

Abnormal examination results will be recorded.

Time frame
Baseline to Month 12
4

Microperimetry

Abnormal examination results will be recorded.

Time frame
Baseline to Month 12

Other outcomes

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