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ReviewExpert opinion on biological therapy2025

Gene therapy for choroideremia: progress, potential and pitfalls.

Maram E A Abdalla Elsayed, Jasmina Cehajic-Kepetanovic, Robert E MacLaren

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Review in Expert opinion on biological therapy, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
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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

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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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

3 authors.

Maram E A Abdalla ElsayedOxford Eye Hospital, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, Oxford, UK.
Jasmina Cehajic-KepetanovicOxford Eye Hospital, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, Oxford, UK.
Robert E MacLarenOxford Eye Hospital, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, Oxford, UK.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionChoroideremia is a rare disease with a significant disease burden. Gene-supplementation methods for choroideremia gene therapy have been the most successful form of gene therapy thus far. AREAS COVERED: The aim of the current review is to provide an overview of current progress of gene therapy trials to date, with a focus on potential and pitfalls of such trials. We propose a novel end point that may be clinically meaningful for obtaining regulatory approval in subsequent clinical trials. Additionally, we offer recommendations for further optimization of surgical techniques. EXPERT OPINION: Lessons learnt from this phase 3 clinical trial, encompassing optimal vector design, delivery techniques, patient selection criteria, and long-term safety profiles can be used in the development of treatments for polygenic retinal disorders, which may necessitate a more nuanced approach due to genetic complexity.

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ChoroideremiaGenetic TherapyAnimalsGenetic VectorsGene Transfer TechniquesHumansPatient SelectionAAVCHMchoroideremiaclinical trialsCRISPRGene therapyREP1retina

Identifiers

PMID39893699
PMCPMC11912956

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