A Phase 3 interventional study of M-CHFM and CHFM in Macular Telangiectasia Type 2, sponsored by Neurotech Pharmaceuticals. Recruiting at 6 sites in 2 countries. Open to participants aged 21 Years to 80 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-11-05.
Sponsored by Neurotech Pharmaceuticals · Phase 3, Interventional, and Treatment
The overall purpose of this global, multicenter, two cohort, central image evaluator masked study is to characterize the clinical safety and efficacy of NT-501 manufactured using the Medica - Clinical Hollow Fiber Membrane (M-CHFM) for the treatment of MacTel and to evaluate whether its safety profile and efficacy are comparable to those of NT-501 manufactured using the Clinical Hollow Fiber Membrane (CHFM).
This Phase 3 study consists of two cohorts:
69 studies on the registry are indexed under Telangiectasis; 12 are open to participants now.
This study's planned enrollment of 60 is above the median of 30 across 59 interventional studies indexed under Telangiectasis.
Browse Telangiectasis studies →Neurotech Pharmaceuticals is the lead sponsor of 13 studies on the registry; 2 are open to participants now.
Of its 8 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 7 (88%) have results posted.
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The criteria were revised on the registry on Nov 3, 2026. See what changed
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To participate in this study, the potential subject and at least 1 of their eyes must meet all of the following criteria:
Exclusion Criteria
To participate in this study, the potential subject must not meet any of the following criteria. The ocular exclusion criteria are related to the study eye (unless indicated for either eye):
Underlined terms in the criteria open these too. Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.
You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.
Anti-inflammatory medicines such as prednisone, prednisolone and dexamethasone — not the anabolic steroids used for muscle.
Studies differ in what they allow: check which steroid medicines, routes (tablets, injections, creams, inhalers, eye drops) and doses this study accepts.
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.
Informed consent
Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.
You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Corticosteroids (steroids)
Anti-inflammatory medicines such as prednisone, prednisolone and dexamethasone — not the anabolic steroids used for muscle.
Studies differ in what they allow: check which steroid medicines, routes (tablets, injections, creams, inhalers, eye drops) and doses this study accepts.
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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.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Previously enrolled Cohort 1 participants received M-CHFM and will undergo evaluations of safety and efficacy from pre-surgery through month 24 or in the event of NT-501 explantation for any reason.
Combination Product: M-CHFM
Participants are randomized 1:1 to receive M-CHFM. Participants will undergo evaluations of safety and efficacy from pre-surgery through month 12 or in the event of NT-501 explantation for any reason.
Combination Product: M-CHFM
Participants are randomized 1:1 to receive CHFM (US commercially available ENCELTO). Participants will undergo evaluations of safety and efficacy from pre-surgery through month 12 or in the event of NT-501 explantation for any reason.
Combination Product: CHFM
Single implantation of NT-501 manufactured using the Medica - Clinical Hollow Fiber Membrane (M-CHFM)
Single implantation of NT-501 manufactured using the Clinical Hollow Fiber Membrane (CHFM)
Also known as: ENCELTO
Cohort 1 (Extension) - Rate of change in EZ area loss as measured by en face imaging by Spectral-Domain Optical Coherence Tomography
Rate of change in EZ area loss as measured by en face imaging by Spectral-Domain Optical Coherence Tomography (SD-OCT) in the study eye of NT-501 in participants who received NT-501 with M-CHFM
Time frame: Baseline to 24 months
Cohort 2 (Expansion) - Rate of change in EZ area loss as measured by en face imaging by Spectral-Domain Optical Coherence Tomography
Rate of change in EZ area loss as measured by en face imaging by Spectral-Domain Optical Coherence Tomography (SD-OCT) in the study eye of NT-501 in participants who received NT-501 with M-CHFM as compared to NT-501 with CHFM
Time frame: Baseline to 12 months
Cohort 1 (Extension) - Incidence of ocular and non-ocular adverse events
Incidence of ocular and non-ocular adverse events (AEs) and serious adverse events (SAEs)
Time frame: Baseline to 24 months
Cohort 2 (Expansion) - Incidence of ocular and non-ocular adverse events
Incidence of ocular and non-ocular adverse events (AEs) and serious adverse events (SAEs)
Time frame: Baseline to 12 months
Cohort 1 (Extension) - Percentage of participants with a loss of 15 letters or more in best-corrected visual acuity
Percentage of participants with a loss of 15 letters or more in best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) using the Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study (ETDRS) distance chart
Time frame: Baseline to 24 months
Cohort 2 (Expansion) - Percentage of participants with a loss of 15 letters or more in best-corrected visual acuity
Percentage of participants with a loss of 15 letters or more in best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) using the Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study (ETDRS) distance chart
Time frame: Baseline to 12 months
Cohort 1 (Extension) - Aqueous CNTF Presence
Either a binary result (present/absent) for measurable CNTF or actual CNTF concentration
Time frame: Month 12 - Month 24
Cohort 2 (Expansion) - Aqueous CNTF Presence
Either a binary result (present/absent) for measurable CNTF or actual CNTF concentration
Time frame: Baseline to 12 months
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Started Mar 2025 (actual). Primary completion is estimated for May 2028, 37 months after the start.
Since we started tracking on Sep 25, 2026, the dates moved once, on Oct 26, 2026: primary completion May 2026 → May 2028 and completion Jul 2026 → Jul 2028.
Earlier changes are on the record history on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.
From the registry record's own update history. This site started tracking changes on Sep 25, 2026; for anything earlier, see the record history on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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