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ArticleMolecular therapy. Methods & clinical development2025

Nonclinical study of ixo-vec gene therapy for nAMD supports efficacy for a human dose of 6E10 vg/eye and staggered dosing of fellow eyes.

Kris Poulsen, Kelly Hanna, Julio Nieves, Ngoc Nguyen, Pallavi Sharma, Ruslan Grishanin, Romu Corbau, Szilárd Kiss

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Article in Molecular therapy. Methods & clinical development, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 3 papers.

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NCT03748784 phase1completednot on this map

An Open Label Phase 1 Study of ADVM-022 (AAV.7m8-aflibercept) in Neovascular (Wet) Age-Related Macular Degeneration

TypeinterventionalSponsorAdverum Biotechnologies, Inc.Ran2018 to 2022Enrolled30ConditionsWet Age-related Macular Degeneration, Neovascular Age-related Macular DegenerationArmsADVM-022
NCT05536973 phase2active not recruitingnot on this map

A Multi-Center, Randomized, Double-Masked Phase 2 Study to Assess Safety and Efficacy of ADVM-022 (AAV.7m8-aflibercept) in Anti-VEGF Treatment-Experienced Patients With Neovascular (Wet) Age-related Macular Degeneration (nAMD) [LUNA]

TypeinterventionalSponsorAdverum Biotechnologies, Inc.Ran2022 to 2028Enrolled69ConditionsNeovascular Age-related Macular DegenerationArmsADVM-022
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8 authors.

Kris PoulsenAdverum Biotechnologies, Redwood City, CA 94063, USA.
Kelly HannaAdverum Biotechnologies, Redwood City, CA 94063, USA.
Julio NievesAdverum Biotechnologies, Redwood City, CA 94063, USA.
Ngoc NguyenAdverum Biotechnologies, Redwood City, CA 94063, USA.
Pallavi SharmaAdverum Biotechnologies, Redwood City, CA 94063, USA.
Ruslan GrishaninAdverum Biotechnologies, Redwood City, CA 94063, USA.
Romu CorbauAdverum Biotechnologies, Redwood City, CA 94063, USA.
Szilárd KissWeill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ixoberogene soroparvovec (ixo-vec), formerly ADVM-022, is an adeno-associated virus (AAV) gene therapy using the AAV.7m8 capsid for intravitreal delivery (IVT) to transduce retinal tissue and produce sustained intraocular aflibercept for treating neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD). Non-clinical studies show that aflibercept production by ixo-vec is less than dose proportional, while intraocular inflammation (IOI) increases with dose, suggesting that lower doses could yield effective aflibercept levels with reduced IOI risk. Our evaluation confirmed that doses as low as 3E10 vg (vector genome)/eye (6E10 vg/eye human equivalent) maintained effective aflibercept production. The concept behind ADVM-022 is supported by clinical studies OPTIC (NCT03748784) and LUNA (NCT05536973), where a single IVT administration eliminated or significantly reduced the need for additional anti-VEGF injections in patients. Moreover, LUNA confirmed the clinical efficacy of a 6E10-vg/eye dose, demonstrating robust and sustained aflibercept levels. Additionally, we evaluated staggered dosing in contralateral eyes to treat asynchronous disease development. Staggered dosing, administered 2 months apart, did not exacerbate IOI, and both eyes maintained therapeutic aflibercept levels. These findings support the tolerability and efficacy of staggered dosing, indicating the potential for bilaterally relevant aflibercept levels with ixo-vec, due to immune response confinement to the dosed eye.

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adeno-associated virusanti-VEGFgene therapyintravitrealneovascular AMD

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PMID40092639
PMCPMC11910100

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