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Phase 1 Follow-on Study of AAV2-hRPE65v2 Vector in Subjects With Leber Congenital Amaurosis (LCA) 2

A Phase 1/2 interventional study of voretigene neparvovec-rzyl in Leber Congenital Amaurosis, sponsored by Spark Therapeutics, Inc.. Active, not recruiting at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 8 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-04-29.

Sponsored by Spark Therapeutics, Inc. (part of Hoffmann-La Roche) · Phase 1/2, Interventional, and Treatment

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Phase
Phase 1/2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
12
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
8 Years and older
Sex
All
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Where this study stands

Counted across the records on this site · 2026-11-15

Among 23 studies in Leber Congenital Amaurosis with a site in United States — 4 open to participants now, 9 under way, 3 of them phase 3. Leber Congenital Amaurosis · United States.

Planned enrollment
12th of 16
12 · median 18
Started
2010
with 1 other
Phase 1/2
9 of 23
1 open now
Registered
6th of 23
by date
Lead sponsor
4 of 23
Spark Therapeutics, Inc.

Among the 23 studies in Leber Congenital Amaurosis with a site in United States, this one is the 12th largest by planned enrollment of the 16 interventional ones that give a count, is one of 2 that started in 2010, is one of 9 in phase 1/2, and was the 6th registered.

Leber Congenital Amaurosis

32 studies on the registry are indexed under Leber Congenital Amaurosis; 4 are open to participants now.

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Open to participants now

4 of the 23 studies in Leber Congenital Amaurosis with a site in United States are open now. Recruiting first, the newest first:

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Who these studies take

Of the 4 Leber Congenital Amaurosis studies recruiting now, 4 set no upper age limit and none stop at 75 or younger; 3 take children under 18; 1 takes healthy volunteers.

This study: 8 Years and older · all sexes · no healthy volunteers.

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Study summary

The study is a follow-on to a Phase 1 dose-escalation and safety study.

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The study is a follow-on to a Phase 1 dose-escalation and safety study (closed to enrollment as of June 2009). Up to twelve adults and children with a molecular diagnosis of biallelic RPE65 mutations, who have participated in the earlier Phase 1 study, and who meet all study eligibility criteria, will receive AAV2-hRPE65v2 vector in the previously uninjected, contralateral eye to evaluate the safety of bilateral, sequential subretinal administration of AAV2-hRPE65v2.

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Conditions studied

  • Leber Congenital Amaurosis
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Who can participate

Ages eligible
8 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  • Prior participation in Phase 1 study with unilateral, subretinal administration of AAV2-hRPE65v2.
  • Visual acuity equal to or greater than light perception.
  • Sufficient viable retinal cells in contralateral, previously uninjected eye, as determined by non-invasive means, such as optical coherence tomography (OCT) and/or ophthalmoscopy. Must have either: 1) an area of retina within the posterior pole of > 100 µm shown on OCT; 2) ≥ 3 disc areas of retina without atrophy or pigmentary degeneration within the posterior pole; or 3) remaining visual field within 50 degrees of fixation.
  • Willingness to adhere to protocol and long-term follow-up as evidenced by written or parental permission and subject assent (where applicable).

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Unable or unwilling to meet requirements of the study.
  • Participation in any other study of an drug within the past six months.
  • Use of retinoid compounds or precursors that could potentially interact with the biochemical activity of the RPE65 enzyme; individuals who discontinue use of these compounds for 18 months may become eligible.
  • Prior intraocular surgery within six months.
  • Known sensitivity to medications planned for use in the peri-operative period.
  • Pre-existing eye conditions, such as glaucoma, or complicating systemic diseases that would preclude the planned surgery or could interfere with the interpretation of study. Complicating systemic diseases would include those in which the disease itself, or the treatment for the disease, can alter ocular function. Examples are whose treatment could affect central nervous system function (for example: radiation treatment of the orbit; leukemia with CNS/optic nerve involvement). Subjects with diabetes or sickle cell disease would be excluded if they had any manifestation of advanced retinopathy (e.g. macular edema or proliferative changes). Also excluded would be subjects with immunodeficiency (acquired or congenital) as there could be susceptibility to opportunistic infection (such as CMV retinitis).
  • Individuals of who are pregnant or unwilling to use effective for four months following vector administration.
  • Any other condition that would not allow the potential subject to complete follow-up examinations during the course of the study and, in the opinion of the investigator, makes the potential subject unsuitable for the study.
  • Subjects will NOT be excluded based on their gender, race, or ethnicity.
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Investigational drug or device

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It may be new, or already approved and being studied for another use, dose or form. Criteria often leave out people who took part in another study of one within a recent period, commonly 30 days or five half-lives.

Cancer (malignancy)

Malignancy means cancer. Criteria about another or earlier malignancy ask whether you have had a different cancer, usually within a set number of years.

Some are commonly allowed, such as treated skin cancers other than melanoma and early cancers removed completely — check the exceptions this study lists.

Childbearing potential

Able to become pregnant: from the first period until menopause, unless permanently unable to through surgery (removal of the womb, or of both ovaries or both fallopian tubes).

Criteria for people of childbearing potential usually ask for a negative pregnancy test and for contraception during the study and for a time after it.

Contraception

Ways of preventing pregnancy. “Highly effective” methods fail less than 1% of the time a year when used correctly — for example an IUD or an implant.

Criteria usually say which methods count and how long to keep using them after the last dose, sometimes for male participants too. Some studies accept a partner’s vasectomy if it was confirmed successful and that person is the participant’s only sexual partner.

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Study design

Phase
Phase 1 / Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
12 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    voretigene neparvovec-rzyl (AAV2-hRPE65v2)

    Administration of study agent (AAV2-hRPE65v2) to the previously, uninjected contralateral eye:

    Biological: voretigene neparvovec-rzyl

Interventions

  • One time, subretinal administration of 1.5E11 vg AAV2-hRPE65v2 vector in 300 microliters to the contralateral, previously uninjected eye.

    Also known as: AAV2-hRPE65v2

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Adverse events as a measure of safety and tolerability

    The primary outcome measures are safety and tolerability. Secondary outcome measure(s) include changes in visual function as measured by subjective, psychophysical tests and by objective, physiologic tests.

    Time frame: 15 years

Secondary outcomes

  1. Visual acuity

    The primary outcome measures are safety and tolerability. Secondary outcome measure(s) include changes in visual function as measured by subjective, psychophysical tests and by objective, physiologic tests.

    Time frame: 15 years

  2. Visual field

    The primary outcome measures are safety and tolerability. Secondary outcome measure(s) include changes in visual function as measured by subjective, psychophysical tests and by objective, physiologic tests.

    Time frame: 15 years

  3. Pupillary light response

    The primary outcome measures are safety and tolerability. Secondary outcome measure(s) include changes in visual function as measured by subjective, psychophysical tests and by objective, physiologic tests.

    Time frame: 15 years

  4. Mobility testing

    The primary outcome measures are safety and tolerability. Secondary outcome measure(s) include changes in visual function as measured by subjective, psychophysical tests and by objective, physiologic tests.

    Time frame: 15 years

  5. Full-field light threshold sensitivity testing

    The primary outcome measures are safety and tolerability. Secondary outcome measure(s) include changes in visual function as measured by subjective, psychophysical tests and by objective, physiologic tests.

    Time frame: 15 years

  6. Contrast sensitivity

    The primary outcome measures are safety and tolerability. Secondary outcome measure(s) include changes in visual function as measured by subjective, psychophysical tests and by objective, physiologic tests.

    Time frame: 15 years

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Study locations

1 site
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References and documents

Publications

  • Maguire AM, Simonelli F, Pierce EA, Pugh EN Jr, Mingozzi F, Bennicelli J, Banfi S, Marshall KA, Testa F, Surace EM, Rossi S, Lyubarsky A, Arruda VR, Konkle B, Stone E, Sun J, Jacobs J, Dell'Osso L, Hertle R, Ma JX, Redmond TM, Zhu X, Hauck B, Zelenaia O, Shindler KS, Maguire MG, Wright JF, Volpe NJ, McDonnell JW, Auricchio A, High KA, Bennett J. Safety and efficacy of gene transfer for Leber's congenital amaurosis. N Engl J Med. 2008 May 22;358(21):2240-8. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa0802315. Epub 2008 Apr 27. PubMed 18441370 ↗
  • Maguire AM, High KA, Auricchio A, Wright JF, Pierce EA, Testa F, Mingozzi F, Bennicelli JL, Ying GS, Rossi S, Fulton A, Marshall KA, Banfi S, Chung DC, Morgan JI, Hauck B, Zelenaia O, Zhu X, Raffini L, Coppieters F, De Baere E, Shindler KS, Volpe NJ, Surace EM, Acerra C, Lyubarsky A, Redmond TM, Stone E, Sun J, McDonnell JW, Leroy BP, Simonelli F, Bennett J. Age-dependent effects of RPE65 gene therapy for Leber's congenital amaurosis: a phase 1 dose-escalation trial. Lancet. 2009 Nov 7;374(9701):1597-605. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)61836-5. Epub 2009 Oct 23. PubMed 19854499 ↗
  • Simonelli F, Maguire AM, Testa F, Pierce EA, Mingozzi F, Bennicelli JL, Rossi S, Marshall K, Banfi S, Surace EM, Sun J, Redmond TM, Zhu X, Shindler KS, Ying GS, Ziviello C, Acerra C, Wright JF, McDonnell JW, High KA, Bennett J, Auricchio A. Gene therapy for Leber's congenital amaurosis is safe and effective through 1.5 years after vector administration. Mol Ther. 2010 Mar;18(3):643-50. doi: 10.1038/mt.2009.277. Epub 2009 Dec 1. PubMed 19953081 ↗
  • Bennett J, Ashtari M, Wellman J, Marshall KA, Cyckowski LL, Chung DC, McCague S, Pierce EA, Chen Y, Bennicelli JL, Zhu X, Ying GS, Sun J, Wright JF, Auricchio A, Simonelli F, Shindler KS, Mingozzi F, High KA, Maguire AM. AAV2 gene therapy readministration in three adults with congenital blindness. Sci Transl Med. 2012 Feb 8;4(120):120ra15. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.3002865. PubMed 22323828 ↗
  • Bennett J, Wellman J, Marshall KA, McCague S, Ashtari M, DiStefano-Pappas J, Elci OU, Chung DC, Sun J, Wright JF, Cross DR, Aravand P, Cyckowski LL, Bennicelli JL, Mingozzi F, Auricchio A, Pierce EA, Ruggiero J, Leroy BP, Simonelli F, High KA, Maguire AM. Safety and durability of effect of contralateral-eye administration of AAV2 gene therapy in patients with childhood-onset blindness caused by RPE65 mutations: a follow-on phase 1 trial. Lancet. 2016 Aug 13;388(10045):661-72. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)30371-3. Epub 2016 Jun 30. PubMed 27375040 ↗

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reached

Started Nov 2010 (actual). Primary completion is estimated for Oct 2027, 203 months after the start.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Sep 22, 2010
First posted
Sep 24, 2010
StartActual
Nov 2010
Primary completionEst.
Oct 2027
CompletionEst.
Oct 2027
Last update
Apr 29, 2025
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Apr 29, 2025, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT01208389
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Sep 24, 2010
Start date
Nov 2010
Primary completion
Oct 2027 (estimated)
Completion
Oct 2027 (estimated)
Last update
Apr 29, 2025

Study contacts

Clinical Director
study director · Spark Therapeutics, Inc.

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
Yes
FDA-regulated device
No
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