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Trial reportHuman gene therapy2018

Results at 5 Years After Gene Therapy for RPE65-Deficient Retinal Dystrophy.

Mark E Pennesi, Richard G Weleber, Paul Yang, Chris Whitebirch, Beverly Thean, Terence R Flotte, Margaret Humphries, Elvira Chegarnov, Kathleen N Beasley, J Timothy Stout and 1 more

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In one paragraph

Trial report in Human gene therapy, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
27citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
3.4field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

27 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 64 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Illuminating retinoid flux in the neurosensory retina.The Journal of clinical investigation · 2026
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  6. Minocycline treatment reduces the activation of mononuclear phagocytes and improves retinal function in a mouse model of Leber congenital amaurosis.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2025
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  8. Long-term experience with gene augmentation therapy in patients with inherited retinal disease associated with biallelic mutations inMedizinische Genetik : Mitteilungsblatt des Berufsverbandes Medizinische Genetik e.V · 2025
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  14. Gene therapies in pediatric ophthalmology.Frontiers in ophthalmology · 2023
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  20. Clinical Perspective: Treating RPE65-Associated Retinal Dystrophy.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Mark E PennesiCasey Eye Institute, Oregon Health & Sciences University, Portland, Oregon.
Richard G WeleberCasey Eye Institute, Oregon Health & Sciences University, Portland, Oregon.
Paul YangCasey Eye Institute, Oregon Health & Sciences University, Portland, Oregon.
Chris WhitebirchCasey Eye Institute, Oregon Health & Sciences University, Portland, Oregon.
Beverly TheanCasey Eye Institute, Oregon Health & Sciences University, Portland, Oregon.
Terence R FlotteDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester, Massachusetts.
Margaret HumphriesDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester, Massachusetts.
Elvira ChegarnovCasey Eye Institute, Oregon Health & Sciences University, Portland, Oregon.
Kathleen N BeasleyAGTC, Alachua, Florida.
J Timothy StoutCullen Eye Institute, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.
Jeffrey D ChulayAGTC, Alachua, Florida.
Oregon Health & Science University · USApplied Genetic Technologies (United States) · USUniversity of Massachusetts Chan Medical School · USBaylor College of Medicine · US

Funding

Neuroprotective Mechanisms of Inosine Monophosphate Dehydrogenase Inhibitors in Retinitis PigmentosaK08EY026650 · NEI · OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY · PI YANG, PAUL · 2016 to 2020
$1.1M
FDA HHS R01 FD003694NEI NIH HHS K08 EY026650
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Previously, results at 2 years after subretinal injection of a recombinant adeno-associated virus vector expressing RPE65 (rAAV2-CB-hRPE65) in eight adults and four children with retinal degeneration caused by

Indexed as

MutationAdolescentAdultChildcis-trans-IsomerasesDependovirusFemaleGene ExpressionGenetic TherapyGenetic VectorsHumansInjections, IntraocularLeber Congenital AmaurosisMalePatient SafetyProspective Studiescis-trans-IsomerasesRetinoid IsomerohydrolaseAAVgene therapyLeber congenital amaurosisretinal degenerationRPE65

Identifiers

PMID29869534
PMCPMC12199623
OpenAlexW2807671115

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