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ReviewHuman gene therapy2025

Update on Gene Therapy Clinical Trials for Eye Diseases.

Nicolas Lonfat, Laura Moreno-Leon, Claudio Punzo, Hemant Khanna

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Review in Human gene therapy, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing 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

6 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
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  4. Neurodegenerative spliceosomopathies.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2026
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  5. Vascular regeneration and blood flow recovery in glaucoma.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2026
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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

4 authors.

Nicolas LonfatAstellas Pharma Inc., Westborough, Massachusetts, USA.
Laura Moreno-LeonAstellas Pharma Inc., Westborough, Massachusetts, USA.
Claudio PunzoDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5207-0041
Hemant KhannaAstellas Pharma Inc., Westborough, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID 0009-0008-2454-1932

Funding

Identifying the cause for photoreceptor-mediated retinal-pigmented epithelium atrophyR01EY032461 · NEI · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI PUNZO, CLAUDIO · 2021 to 2025
$2.1M
NEI NIH HHS R01 EY032461
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Inherited and complex retinal degenerative diseases, such as retinitis pigmentosa, age-related macular degeneration, and glaucoma, represent a significant global burden of irreversible vision loss. Due to immense genetic and clinical heterogeneity and complex underlying mechanisms, these diseases still lack safe and effective disease-modifying treatments. This review summarizes the current landscape of gene therapeutic approaches to develop novel treatments for these blinding conditions. Specifically, we provide an update on several ongoing or completed clinical trials on gene-specific or gene-agnostic approaches, including recombinant adeno-associated viral vector-mediated delivery of the full gene or gene editing and antisense oligonucleotide components into the eye. We also discuss the initial clinical trial results of the use of the different approaches to ocular delivery, including subretinal, intravitreal, and suprachoroidal delivery. While long-term clinical trial data and refined clinical endpoints are essential to assess the efficacy, safety, and durability of these strategies, the data so far underscore the immense potential of gene therapy to revolutionize the management of retinal diseases in patients living with these debilitating conditions.

Indexed as

Eye DiseasesGenetic TherapyAnimalsClinical Trials as TopicDependovirusGene EditingGenetic VectorsGene Transfer TechniquesHumansMacular Degenerationage-related macular degenerationretinaretinal degeneration

Identifiers

PMID40965251
PMCPMC13089423

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