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ArticleMolecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy2019

Preclinical Evaluation of ADVM-022, a Novel Gene Therapy Approach to Treating Wet Age-Related Macular Degeneration.

Ruslan Grishanin, Brian Vuillemenot, Pallavi Sharma, Annahita Keravala, Judith Greengard, Claire Gelfman, Mark Blumenkrantz, Matthew Lawrence, Wenzheng Hu, Szilárd Kiss and 1 more

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Article in Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 71 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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71citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
8.9field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

71 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 124 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. Gene Therapy for Wet Age-Related Macular Degeneration.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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  11. Gene therapy in neovascular age related macular degeneration: an update.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ruslan GrishaninAdverum Biotechnologies, Menlo Park, CA, USA.
Brian VuillemenotAdverum Biotechnologies, Menlo Park, CA, USA.
Pallavi SharmaAdverum Biotechnologies, Menlo Park, CA, USA.
Annahita KeravalaAdverum Biotechnologies, Menlo Park, CA, USA.
Judith GreengardAdverum Biotechnologies, Menlo Park, CA, USA.
Claire GelfmanAdverum Biotechnologies, Menlo Park, CA, USA.
Mark BlumenkrantzStanford University, Palo Alto, CA, USA.
Matthew LawrenceRxGen Inc., New Haven, CT, USA.
Wenzheng HuRxGen Inc., New Haven, CT, USA.
Szilárd KissWeill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA.
Mehdi GasmiAdverum Biotechnologies, Menlo Park, CA, USA. Electronic address: mehdi@adverum.com.
Cornell University · USStanford University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Inhibition of vascular endothelial growth factor, a key contributor to the choroidal neovascularization associated with wet age-related macular degeneration, is the mode of action of several approved therapies, including aflibercept, which requires frequent intravitreal injections to provide clinical benefit. Lack of compliance with the dosing schedule may result in recurrence of active wet macular degeneration, leading to irreversible vision impairment. Gene therapy providing sustained anti-vascular endothelial growth factor levels in the retina following a single injection could drastically reduce the treatment burden and improve visual outcomes. ADVM-022, an adeno-associated virus vector encoding aflibercept, is optimized for intravitreal delivery and strong protein expression. Here, we report the long-term expression and efficacy of ADVM-022-derived aflibercept in a laser-induced choroidal neovascularization model in non-human primates. Intravitreal administration of ADVM-022 was well tolerated and resulted in sustained aflibercept levels. In addition, ADVM-022 administration 13 months before lasering prevented the occurrence of clinically relevant choroidal neovascularization lesions, similar to animals that received a bolus of intravitreal aflibercept (standard of care) at the time of lesioning. These results demonstrate that a single intravitreal administration of ADVM-022 may provide a safe and effective long-term treatment option for wet macular degeneration and may ultimately improve patients' visual outcomes.

Indexed as

AnimalsDependovirusGenetic TherapyGenetic VectorsPrimatesReceptors, Vascular Endothelial Growth FactorRecombinant Fusion ProteinsVitreous BodyWet Macular DegenerationafliberceptReceptors, Vascular Endothelial Growth FactorRecombinant Fusion ProteinsAAVage-related macular degenerationgene therapy

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PMID30528929
PMCPMC6319194
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