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A Phase 2 Efficacy and Safety Study of GAL-101, 2% Ophthalmic Solution in Non-foveal Geographic Atrophy Secondary to Non-neovascular AMD

A Phase 2 interventional study of GAL-101 and Placebo in Geographic Atrophy of the Macula, sponsored by Galimedix Therapeutics Inc. Recruiting at 24 sites in 8 countries. Open to participants aged 55 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-11-10.

Sponsored by Galimedix Therapeutics Inc · Phase 2, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Started Jan 2025; still recruiting 1 year 10 months later.
Updated Nov 10, 2026Primary completion movedStudy completion moved+3 moreGo to Updates ↓
Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
110
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
55 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) affects millions of elderly patients. When advanced, there is Geographic Atrophy (GA) in the retina. This means that there is an area with a loss of light-sensitive cells, called photoreceptors. That part of the retina can no longer see. Atrophy begins as a small spot in the retina distant from the fovea which is the part of the retina responsible for sharp central vision. The GA grows, and when it reaches the fovea, vision is severely diminished, and details cannot be seen anymore. The purpose of the eDREAM study is to understand if GAL-101 can slow the growth of GA and prevent it from reaching the fovea. GAL-101 is given as eyedrops. eDREAM patients will administer study eyedrops every day. Patients will be assigned by chance (randomly) to receive either eye-drops that contain the new medication, GAL-101, or eyedrops without the active drug (Placebo). Neither patients nor doctors will know which treatment was assigned to each patient until the end of the study.

Read the detailed description

In this study, if both eyes qualify for the study, the eye with the better BCVA will be defined as the study eye. If both eyes qualify for the study and have identical BCVA, then the eye with higher baseline peripheral retinal degenerations (PRD) will be defined as the study eye. If baseline PRD is identical, then the right eye (OD) will be defined as the study eye. Only the study eye will be dosed with the Investigation Medicinal Product (IMP).

During visits, patients will administer 3 applications of 1 drop of GAL-101 or a matching Placebo that does not contain the active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) at 5-minute intervals (i.e., 1st application, wait 5 minutes, 2nd application, wait 5 minutes, 3rd application), under the supervision of trained and authorized study personnel. In between visits, patients will be instructed to administer 2 applications of 1 drop at 5-minute intervals once a day.

The study will be comprised of a 12- to 24-month treatment period determined individually according to patients' overall placement in global study randomization. All patients will participate at least 12 months of treatment. The visit schedule includes the following: Screening visits (Visit 1a and 1b) for image capture and confirmation of study eligibility by a reading center; Baseline/Randomization/Day 1 (Visit 2); a phone call at 2 weeks; and on-treatment clinic visits for safety and efficacy evaluations at 1 month, 3 months, 6 months, 9 months, and 12 months. Patients will continue to attend on-treatment clinic visits at 3-month intervals after 12 months until the last patient randomized in the study has completed 12 months of study treatment.

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Conditions studied

  • Geographic Atrophy of the Macula

Keywords

  • AMD
  • Geographic Atrophy
  • Age Related Macular Degeneration
  • Amyloid-Beta
  • Eye-drops
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In context

Geographic Atrophy

188 studies on the registry are indexed under Geographic Atrophy; 52 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 110 is above the median of 70 across 141 interventional studies indexed under Geographic Atrophy.

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Lead sponsor

Galimedix Therapeutics Inc is the lead sponsor of 3 studies on the registry; 2 are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

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

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Inclusion criteria

  • ≥55 years of age
  • Willing and able to provide written
  • Willing and able to comply with the study schedule and study assessments
  • Able to successfully administer ophthalmic solution or have an appropriate designee (e.g., family member, health care professional) who can administer ophthalmic solution
  • BCVA of ≥50 letters in the study eye using Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study (ETDRS) chart (i.e., 20/100 Snellen equivalent). Criterion will be confirmed at Baseline
  • Refractive error between +3 and -6 diopters spherical equivalent in the study eye
  • Sufficiently clear ocular media and adequate pupillary dilation to permit quality fundus imaging of the study eye, in the opinion of the Investigator. Criterion will be confirmed at Baseline
  • Diagnosed with non-foveal GA secondary to non-neovascular AMD in the study eye, as confirmed by the reading center

    1. Well-delineated cumulative GA area between 1.25 and 12.0 mm2
    2. If GA is multifocal, at least 1 lesion ≥1.25 mm2
    3. GA lesions must be located outside a ≥100 µm radius from the center point of the fovea (i.e., this area must have intact retinal pigment epithelium [RPE] and outer retina)
    4. GA lesions must be located (partially or wholly) within a 2000 µm radius from the center point of the fovea
    5. GA lesions must be completely located within FAF imaging field (field 2 to 30-degree image centered on the fovea). GA lesion borders must be >300 µm from image edges
    6. GA lesions must be >300 µm from the optic disc and/or peripapillary atrophy
    7. Area of PRD must be cumulatively between 7.25 and 25.0 mm2

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Presence or history of choroidal neovascularization (CNV). Criterion will be confirmed at Baseline
  2. History of laser therapy in the macular region, regardless of indication
  3. History of herpes zoster
  4. Ophthalmic disease or condition that requires or is likely to require surgery during the study period
  5. GA with cumulative area \<1.25 mm2
  6. Any GA lesion within 100 µm radius from the center point of the fovea
  7. Axial length >26 mm
  8. Any ocular disease or condition other than non-neovascular AMD that may, in the opinion of the Investigator, interfere with study assessments, patient adherence to the study schedule, or interpretation of study data (e.g., epiretinal membrane, macular hole, glaucomatous optic neuropathy, etc.)
  9. Intraocular surgery (including cataract extraction and crystalline lens replacement) within 3 months before Visit 1a or yttrium aluminum garnet (YAG) surgery within 2 months before Visit 1a, or planned either during the study period
  10. Use of pegcetacoplan or avacincaptad pegol within 6 months before Visit 1a, or planned use during the study period
  11. Use of any prescription or over-the-counter ophthalmic medication within 1 month before Visit 1a or planned use during the study period
  12. Use of rigid contact lenses within 1 month before Visit 1a or planned use during the study period

    Non-study Eye:

  13. BCVA of \<5 letters using ETDRS chart (i.e., 20/800 Snellen equivalent)

    Either Eye:

  14. History of uveitis
  15. GA secondary to any condition other than non-neovascular AMD
  16. History of active ocular infection or inflammation within 3 months before Visit 1a or Baseline. Criterion will be confirmed at Baseline
  17. Underwent treatment for AMD within 6 months before Visit 1a

    General Exclusion Criteria:

  18. History of therapeutic radiation to the cranium
  19. Known allergy or to the investigational medicinal product (IMP) or any of its
  20. History of malignant disease
  21. Use of hydroxychloroquine within 1 month before Visit 1a, or planned use during the study period
  22. Participated or plan to participate in any other IMP study within 1 month before Visit 1a or during the study period
  23. Use of lutein >10 mg per day or zeaxanthin >2 mg per day within 1 month before Visit 1a, or planned use during the study period
  24. Any medical condition (including mental), in the opinion of the Investigator, that could interfere with study assessments, patient adherence to the study schedule, or interpretation of study data
  25. Screening laboratory values, in the opinion of the Investigator, that make the patient unsuitable for study participation
  26. Pregnant, nursing, or planning a pregnancy during the study. Criterion will be confirmed at Baseline
  27. Unwilling or unable to use an acceptable method of throughout the study if a woman of (WOCBP) or if a sexual partner of a WOCBP
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Contraception

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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.

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Study design

Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Quadruple (Participant, Care provider, Investigator, Outcomes assessor)
Enrollment
110 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    GAL-101 ophthalmic solution

    Patient will apply daily 2 eye drops of GAL-101 at 5 minutes interval

    Drug: GAL-101

  • Placebo comparator
    Placebo

    Patient will apply daily 2 eye drops ofPlacebo at 5 minutes interval

    Drug: Placebo

Interventions

  • DrugGAL-101

    Patient will apply daily 2 eye drops of GAL-101 at 5 minutes interval

  • DrugPlacebo

    Patient will apply daily 2 eye drops of Placebo at 5 minutes interval

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Efficacy of GAL-101 ophthalmic solution in reducing the rate of change in GA lesion size.

    Comparison between groups of annual rate of change in the area of GA as measured by fundus autofluorescence (FAF).

    Time frame: From baseline to last on-treatment visit (48 up to 96 weeks)

Secondary outcomes

  1. Efficacy of GAL-101 ophthalmic solution in reducing the rate of change in photoreceptor degeneration (PRD) in eyes with GA

    Comparison between groups of annual rate of change in the area of PRD as measured by optical coherence tomography (OCT)

    Time frame: From baseline to last on-treatment visit (48 up to 96 weeks)

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Study locations

22 of 24 sites recruiting
  • Retina-Vitreous Associates Medical Group
    Beverly Hills, California 90211, United States
    Recruiting
    • Rahul Araza · Contactraraza@laretina.com · (310) 289-2478
    • David Boyer, MD · Principal investigator
  • Bay Area Retina Associates
    Walnut Creek, California 94598, United States
    Recruiting
  • Cumberland Valley Retina Consultants
    Hagerstown, Maryland 21740, United States
    Suspended

    Not enrolling at this site — choose another above.

  • Ophthalmological Center After S.V. Malayan
    Yerevan, 0048, Armenia
    Recruiting
    • Ani Babayan · Contactbabayanani88@yahoo.com · +37494909990
    • Lilit Voskanyan, MD, PhD · Principal investigator
  • Centre Rétine Gallien
    Bordeaux, 33000, France
    Recruiting
    • Manon Demeurs · Contactarc@retinegallien.com · 33 (5) 56 11 32 25
    • Eric Fourmaux, MD · Principal investigator
  • Hopital de La Croix-Rousse Service D'Ophtalmologie Groupement Hospitalier Nord Hospices Civils de Lyon
    Lyon, 69317, France
    Recruiting
    • Roxane Bai · Contactroxane.bai@chu-lyon.fr · +33 (0)4 26 73 27 02
    • Laurent KODJIKIAN, MD · Principal investigator
  • Centre Monticelli Paradis d'Ophtalmologie
    Marseille, 13008, France
    Recruiting
    • Agné Devin Dr. · Contactagne.retine@gmail.com · 049116 05 84
    • François Devin, MD · Principal investigator
  • Centre Ophtalmologique Odéon
    Paris, 75006, France
    Recruiting
    • Sumeyye OZALTUN · Contactozalt.sumeyye@gmail.com
    • Favard, MD · Contact
    • Catherine Favard, MD · Principal investigator
  • Centre médico-chirurgical de Touraine
    Tours, 37540, France
    Recruiting
  • Akhali Mzera Limited
    Tbilisi, 0162, Georgia
    Recruiting
    • Revaz Bezarashvili · Contactrezieye@gmail.com · (+995) 555 55 54 82
    • Shalva Skhirtladze, MD · Principal investigator
  • Caucasus Medical Centre LLC
    Tbilisi, 0186, Georgia
    Recruiting
    • Sopio Tsiklauri, MD · Contactsoffia01@yahoo.com · (+995) 595 974 774
    • Mikheil Omiadze, MD, PhD · Principal investigator
  • Universitäts-Augenklinik Bonn
    Bonn, 53127, Germany
    Recruiting
    • Joanna Czauderna Study Coordinator · ContactJoanna.Czauderna@ukbonn.de · 0228 287-11493
    • Kristina Pfau, MD · Principal investigator
  • Universitätsklinikum Freiburg Klinik für Augenheilkunde
    Freiburg im Breisgau, 79106, Germany
    Recruiting
  • Medizinische Hochschule Hannover Augenklinik
    Hanover, 30625, Germany
    Recruiting
  • Dietrich Bonhoeffer Klinikum
    Neubrandenburg, 17036, Germany
    Recruiting
    • Ulrike Holland · Contactaug-st2@dbknb.de · +49 395 775 13427
    • Christian Brinkmann, MD · Principal investigator
  • Universitätsklinikum Tübingen, Department für Augenheilkunde.
    Tübingen, 72076, Germany
    Recruiting
  • UNIVERSITÄTSKLINIKUM ULM Klinik für Augenheilkunde
    Ulm, 89075, Germany
    Not yet recruiting
  • UPMC Kildare Hospital Prosperous Rd Clane, Kildare Ireland
    Kildare, W91 W535, Ireland
    Recruiting
    • Hiella Akhundova · Contacthiella.a@ioes.ie · +353 89 411 2119
    • Eugene Ng, MD · Principal investigator
  • Institute of Eye Surgery (IOES Waterford)
    Waterford, X91 DH9W, Ireland
    Recruiting
    • Emmanuel Ankamah · Contactemmanuel.a@ioes.ie · +353 89 411 2119
    • Eugene Ng, MD · Principal investigator
  • Hadassah Medical Center
    Jerusalem, 9112001, Israel
    Recruiting
  • Tel Aviv Medical Center
    Tel Aviv, 6423906, Israel
    Recruiting
    • Marina Gordon · Contactmarinago@tlvmc.gov.il · 972-3-6947371
    • Omer Trivizki, MD · Principal investigator
  • Medical Retina & Imaging Unit, IRCCS MultiMedica, Ospedale San Giuseppe
    Milan, Milano 20123, Italy
    Recruiting
  • Unità di Oculistica, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele
    Milan, Milano 20132, Italy
    Recruiting
    • Adelaide Pina Study Coordinator · Contactpina.adelaide@hsr.it · 0226433545
    • Francesco Bandello, MD · Principal investigator
  • UOS Retina Medica, P.O. Britannico, IRCCS Fondazione G.B. Bietti per lo Studio e la Ricerca in Oftalmologia
    Roma, Roma 00184, Italy
    Recruiting
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Undecided

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Timeline

3 registry updates since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reachedDate before it movedWhere the date was before it movedSimilar studies: half by the dot; the band is the middle halfHalf of similar studies reached it by the dot; the band is the middle half, from a quarter to three quarters

Started Jan 2025 (actual). Primary completion is estimated for Mar 2028, 38 months after the start.

Of 24 phase 2 interventional studies under Geographic Atrophy, half reached primary completion within 36 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 25 and three quarters within 54. This study's planned 38 months is close to that.

Since we started tracking on Sep 25, 2026, the dates moved once, on Nov 10, 2026: primary completion Mar 2027 → Mar 2028 and completion May 2027 → May 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.

Registered
Oct 23, 2024
First posted
Oct 26, 2024
StartActual
Jan 10, 2025
Primary completionEst.
Mar 30, 2028was Mar 2027
CompletionEst.
May 30, 2028was May 2027
Last update
Nov 10, 2026
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.
Sites
1 site added, 2 sites removed. 4 sites changed recruiting status (4 now recruiting)
Show 4 sites
  • Centre Ophtalmologique Odéon · Paris, FranceNot yet recruiting→Recruiting
  • Medizinische Hochschule Hannover Augenklinik · Hanover, GermanyNot yet recruiting→Recruiting
  • Universitätsklinikum Tübingen, Department für Augenheilkunde. · Tübingen, GermanyNot yet recruiting→Recruiting
  • UPMC Kildare Hospital Prosperous Rd Clane, Kildare Ireland · Kildare, IrelandNot yet recruiting→Recruiting
Show site
  • UOS Retina Medica, P.O. Britannico, IRCCS Fondazione G.B. Bietti per lo Studio e la Ricerca in Oftalmologia · Roma, Italy
Show 2 removed
  • Chichua Medical Centre Mzera LLC · Tbilisi, Georgia
  • UOS Retina Medica, P.O. Britannico, IRCCS Fondazione G.B. Bietti per lo Studio e la Ricerca in OftalmologiaUOS Retina Medica, P.O. Britannico, IRCCS Fondazione G.B. Bietti per lo Studio e la Ricerca in Oftalmologia · Roma, Italy
across 2 updates, Oct 5, 2026 – Oct 22, 2026
Primary completion
Mar 30, 2027→Mar 30, 2028
Nov 10, 2026
Study completion
May 30, 2027→May 30, 2028
Nov 10, 2026
Site contacts
Changed at 2 sites. See the sites
Show 2 sites
  • UPMC Kildare Hospital Prosperous Rd Clane, Kildare Ireland · Kildare, IrelandContact e•••@ioes.ie · •••2119→h•••@ioes.ie · •••2119
  • Institute of Eye Surgery (IOES Waterford) · Waterford, IrelandContact e•••@ioes.ie→e•••@ioes.ie
Oct 22, 2026
Show all 3 updates
  1. Nov 10, 2026
    Primary completion Mar 30, 2027→Mar 30, 2028
    Study completion May 30, 2027→May 30, 2028
    + 1 other change: verification date
  2. Oct 22, 2026
    UPMC Kildare Hospital Prosperous Rd Clane, Kildare Ireland is now Recruiting
    Site contacts Changed at 2 sites. See the sites
    Show 2 sites
    • UPMC Kildare Hospital Prosperous Rd Clane, Kildare Ireland · Kildare, IrelandContact e•••@ioes.ie · •••2119→h•••@ioes.ie · •••2119
    • Institute of Eye Surgery (IOES Waterford) · Waterford, IrelandContact e•••@ioes.ie→e•••@ioes.ie
  3. Oct 5, 2026
    1 site added, 2 sites removed. 3 sites changed recruiting status (3 now recruiting)
    Show 3 sites
    • Centre Ophtalmologique Odéon · Paris, FranceNot yet recruiting→Recruiting
    • Medizinische Hochschule Hannover Augenklinik · Hanover, GermanyNot yet recruiting→Recruiting
    • Universitätsklinikum Tübingen, Department für Augenheilkunde. · Tübingen, GermanyNot yet recruiting→Recruiting
    Show site
    • UOS Retina Medica, P.O. Britannico, IRCCS Fondazione G.B. Bietti per lo Studio e la Ricerca in Oftalmologia · Roma, Italy
    Show 2 removed
    • Chichua Medical Centre Mzera LLC · Tbilisi, Georgia
    • UOS Retina Medica, P.O. Britannico, IRCCS Fondazione G.B. Bietti per lo Studio e la Ricerca in OftalmologiaUOS Retina Medica, P.O. Britannico, IRCCS Fondazione G.B. Bietti per lo Studio e la Ricerca in Oftalmologia · Roma, Italy
    + 1 other change: verification date

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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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT06659549
Lead sponsor
Galimedix Therapeutics Inc
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Oct 26, 2024
Start date
Jan 10, 2025
Primary completion
Mar 30, 2028 (estimated)
Completion
May 30, 2028 (estimated)
Last update
Nov 10, 2026

Study contacts

Galimedix Inc. c/o Imperial CRS, MD
Contact
info@galimedix.com
+1 (301) 9179191
Luciana Summo, PhD
Contact
info@galimedix.com

Oversight

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