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ArticleMolecular therapy. Methods & clinical development2020

Analysis of Aflibercept Expression in NHPs following Intravitreal Administration of ADVM-022, a Potential Gene Therapy for nAMD.

Szilárd Kiss, Ruslan Grishanin, Aivan Nguyen, Romeo Rosario, Judith S Greengard, Julio Nieves, Claire M Gelfman, Mehdi Gasmi

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Article in Molecular therapy. Methods & clinical development, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. 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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  7. Lentiviral delivered aflibercept OXB-203 for treatment of neovascular AMD.Molecular therapy. Methods & clinical development · 2023
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  8. [Gene therapy in ophthalmology].Die Ophthalmologie · 2023
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  12. Novel therapies for proliferative retinopathies.Therapeutic advances in chronic disease · 2022
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  14. Comprehensive Preclinical Assessment of ADVM-022, an Intravitreal Anti-VEGF Gene Therapy for the Treatment of Neovascular AMD and Diabetic Macular Edema.Journal of ocular pharmacology and therapeutics : the official journal of the Association for Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics · 2021
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Szilárd KissWeill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA.
Ruslan GrishaninAdverum Biotechnologies, Menlo Park, CA, USA.
Aivan NguyenAdverum Biotechnologies, Menlo Park, CA, USA.
Romeo RosarioAdverum Biotechnologies, Menlo Park, CA, USA.
Judith S GreengardAdverum Biotechnologies, Menlo Park, CA, USA.
Julio NievesAdverum Biotechnologies, Menlo Park, CA, USA.
Claire M GelfmanAdverum Biotechnologies, Menlo Park, CA, USA.
Mehdi GasmiAdverum Biotechnologies, Menlo Park, CA, USA.
Cornell University · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Several standard-of-care therapies for the treatment of retinal disease, including aflibercept, inhibit vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGFA). The main shortcoming of these therapies is potential undertreatment due to a lack of compliance resulting from the need for repeated injections. Gene therapy may provide sustained levels of anti-VEGFA proteins in the retina following a single injection. In this nonhuman primate study, we explored whether ADVM-022, a recombinant adeno-associated virus (AAV) vector designed to express aflibercept, could induce anti-VEGFA protein levels comparable with those observed following a single-bolus intravitreal (IVT) injection of the standard-of-care aflibercept recombinant protein. The results demonstrated that intraocular levels of aflibercept measured at 56 days after a single IVT injection of ADVM-022 were equivalent to those in the aflibercept recombinant protein-injected animals measured 21-32 days post-administration. ADVM-022-injected animals exhibited signs of an initial self-limiting inflammatory response, but overall all doses were well tolerated. ADVM-022 administration did not result in systemic exposure to aflibercept at any dose evaluated. These results demonstrated that a single IVT injection of ADVM-022 resulted in safe and efficacious aflibercept levels in the therapeutic range, suggesting the potential of a gene therapy approach for long-term treatment of retinal disease with anti-VEGF therapy.

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PMID32671137
PMCPMC7341454
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