Neovascular or wet age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) is a degenerative ocular disease associated with the infiltration of abnormal blood vessels in the retina from the underlying choroid layer and is a leading cause of blindness in patients over 65 years of age. The abnormal angiogenic process in nAMD is stimulated and modulated by vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF). Treatment of nAMD requires frequent intravitreal (IVT) injections of VEGF inhibitors (anti-VEGF) administered every 4-16 weeks. ADVM-022 (AAV.7m8-aflibercept) is a gene therapy product being developed for the treatment of nAMD and offers the potential for sustained intraocular expression of aflibercept following a single IVT injection. ADVM-022 is designed to reduce the current treatment burden which often results in undertreatment and vision loss in patients with nAMD receiving anti-VEGF therapy in clinical practice.
This Phase 2, multi-center, randomized, double-masked, parallel group study is designed to evaluate the safety, tolerability, and efficacy of a single IVT injection of ADVM-022 at one of two doses (2 × 10\^11 vg/eye \[2E11\] or 6 × 10\^10 vg/eye \[6E10\]) accompanied by one of four prophylactic corticosteroid treatment regimens. Anti-VEGF treatment-experienced study participants meeting the eligibility criteria that will be randomized between the 2E11 vg/eye and 6E10 vg/eye ADVM-022 doses each with 4 prophylaxis arms for a total of 8 treatment arms, and only one eye per study participant will be selected as the study eye. Safety, tolerability, and efficacy will be evaluated for a period of approximately 5 years from baseline.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
69
Adverum Clinical Site 178
Phoenix, Arizona, United States
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Encino, California, United States
Incidence of ocular and non-ocular adverse events
Incidence of ocular and non-ocular adverse events
Time frame: Up to Week 52
Severity of ocular and non-ocular adverse events
Severity of ocular and non-ocular adverse events
Time frame: Up to Week 52
Mean change in best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) from Baseline
BCVA measured by Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study (ETDRS)
Time frame: Baseline up to Week 52
Percentage of participants from Baseline who lose/gain at least 5, 10 or 15 letters in BCVA
BCVA measured by ETDRS
Time frame: Baseline up to 5 years
Mean change in BCVA from Baseline
BCVA measured by ETDRS
Time frame: Baseline up to 5 years
Percentage of participants who are supplemental aflibercept injection-free
Supplemental anti-VEGF treatments required post therapy
Time frame: Baseline up to 5 years
Percent reduction in annualized anti-VEGF injections
Supplemental annualized anti-VEGF treatments required post therapy to the year prior
Time frame: Baseline up to 5 years
Mean change in Central Subfield Thickness (CST) from Baseline
To evaluate the effect of ADVM-022 on CST
Time frame: Baseline up to 5 years
Percentage of participants without CST fluctuations
To evaluate the effect of ADVM-022 on CST
Time frame: Baseline up to 5 years
Mean number of CST fluctuations from Baseline
To evaluate the effect of ADVM-022 on CST
Time frame: Baseline up to 5 years
Percentage of participants without post-prophylactic inflammation
To assess the long-term safety and tolerability of a single IVT injection of ADVM-022
Time frame: Baseline up to 5 years
Incidence of ocular and non-ocular adverse events
To assess the long-term safety and tolerability of a single IVT injection of ADVM-022
Time frame: Up to 60 months
Severity of ocular and non-ocular adverse events
To assess the long-term safety and tolerability of a single IVT injection of ADVM-022
Time frame: Up to 60 months
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