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Trial reportNature medicine2025

Oligodendrocyte-targeted adeno-associated virus gene therapy for Canavan disease in children: a phase 1/2 trial.

Paola Leone, Robert M Lober, Jeremy Francis, Olga Flamini, Kim M Cecil, David Shera, Christopher G Janson

Abstract readClinical Trial, Phase IClinical Trial, Phase II
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Trial report in Nature medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing 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

8 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

7 authors.

Paola Leone *Rowan-Virtua Health College of Medicine and Life Sciences, Rowan-Virtua SOM and Translational Biomedical Engineering and Sciences, Stratford, NJ, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7296-4587
Robert M Lober *Wright State-Premier Health Neuroscience Institute, Dayton, OH, USA.
Jeremy FrancisRowan-Virtua Health College of Medicine and Life Sciences, Rowan-Virtua SOM and Translational Biomedical Engineering and Sciences, Stratford, NJ, USA.
Olga FlaminiMyrtelle, Inc., New York, NY, USA. OFlamini@MyrtelleGTX.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7691-2637
Kim M CecilDepartments of Radiology, Pediatrics, Neuroscience, Environmental and Public Health Sciences, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8233-5485
David SheraMyrtelle, Inc., New York, NY, USA.
Christopher G JansonRowan-Virtua Health College of Medicine and Life Sciences, Rowan-Virtua SOM and Translational Biomedical Engineering and Sciences, Stratford, NJ, USA. janson@memorymatters.org.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3096-3356

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This open-label phase 1/2 clinical study uses a novel recombinant vector, rAAV-Olig001, with selective tropism for oligodendrocytes, to deliver gene therapy for Canavan disease (CD), a rare leukodystrophy characterized by defective aspartoacylase and elevated N-acetyl-aspartic acid (NAA) concentrations. A total of 8 participants received intracranial doses of 3.7 × 10

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Canavan DiseaseDependovirusGenetic TherapyOligodendrogliaAdolescentAmidohydrolasesAspartic AcidBrainChildChild, PreschoolFemaleGenetic VectorsHumansMaleTreatment OutcomeAmidohydrolasesAspartic AcidaspartoacylaseN-acetylaspartate

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