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RecruitingNCT07362927Updated Mar 10, 2026

Safety and Efficacy Evaluation of LX111 Gene Therapy in DME Patients

An Early Phase 1 interventional study of LX111 Injection in Diabetic Macular Edema (DME), sponsored by Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine. Recruiting at 2 sites in China. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-03-10.

Sponsored by Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine · Early Phase 1, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Early Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
32
Allocation
Non-randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

The goal of this study is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of LX111 treatment of DME. This study will enroll participants aged ≥ 18 vears old to receive a single unilateral intravitreal (lVT) injection of LX111 to evaluate its safety and efficacy.

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This trial is a prospective, multicenter, dose-ranging trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of LX111 in participants with DME. The trial will be conducted in two parts: Dose Confirmation and Dose Expansion.

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Conditions studied

  • Diabetic Macular Edema (DME)
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In context

Lead sponsor

Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine is the lead sponsor of 173 studies on the registry; 105 are open to participants now.

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

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Who can participate

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

Inclusion criteria

  1. Willing to sign the informed consent, and willing to attend follow-up visits;
  2. Age ≥ 18;
  3. Type I or Type II diabetes mellitus with macular thickening secondary to DME involving the center of the fovea;
  4. CST ≥ 300 μm in the study eye at Screening;
  5. BCVA ETDRS letters between 19 and 73;
  6. Participants must have received anti-VEGF therapy within 12 months prior to screening and demonstrated a meaningful response;
  7. Male subjects whose partner is a fertile female or female subjects who are fertile, agree to take effective contraceptive measures from the screening period until the last follow-up.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Active proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR);
  2. Presence of iris neovascularization in the study eye at Screening;
  3. Retinal laser photocoagulation in the study eye within 3 months prior to Screening;
  4. Prior gene therapy in the study eye;
  5. The study eye has been treated with an intravitreal dexamethasone implant (Ozurdex®) within 6 months prior to Screening.
  6. Systemic anti-VEGF treatment within 3 months before Screening;
  7. Received an investigational drug, agent, device, or therapy (ocular or non-ocular) in the 3 months (or at least 5 half-lives, whichever is longer) prior to Screening;
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Study design

Phase
Early Phase 1
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Non-randomized
Intervention model
Sequential assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
32 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    LX111 Dose Escalation up to 2 dose levels

    Qualified participants will receive a single unilateral intravitreal injection of LX111 at Day 0.

    Genetic: LX111 Injection

  • Experimental
    LX111 Dose Expansion Dose 1

    Qualified participants will receive a single unilateral intravitreal injection of LX111 at Day 0.

    Genetic: LX111 Injection

  • Experimental
    LX111 Dose Expansion Dose 2

    Qualified participants will receive a single unilateral intravitreal injection of LX111 at Day 0.

    Genetic: LX111 Injection

Interventions

  • GeneticLX111 Injection

    LX111 is an rAAV gene therapy vector carrying a coding sequence for VEGF-trap.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Adverse events and serious adverse events in the eyes and throughout the body within 364 days after LX111 treatment

    Incidence of adverse events and serious adverse events within 52 weeks of LX111 intravitreal injection in each dose group.

    Time frame: 52 weeks

  2. Dose Limiting Toxicity

    The incidence of DLT in each dose group.

    Time frame: 4 weeks

Secondary outcomes

  1. Mean changes in BCVA from Baseline

    The mean changes of BCVA scores on the ETDRS chart at different timepoints after LX111 treatment compared with baseline.

    Time frame: 12 weeks, 36 weeks, 52 weeks

  2. Mean changes in Central Subfield Thickness (CST) from Baseline

    The mean changes of CST at different timepoints after LX111 treatment compared with baseline.

    Time frame: 12 weeks, 36 weeks, 52 weeks

  3. The percentage of participants who received anti-VEGF supplemental injection within 52 weeks after LX111 treatment

    The proportion of participants who received anti-VEGF supplemental injection within 52 weeks after LX111 treatment

    Time frame: 52 weeks

  4. Proportion of participants achieving an improvement or worsening in DR in the study eye per the ETDRS-DRSS on ultra-wide field fundus photography.

    To evaluate the effect of LX111 on DR (ETDRS-DRSS) over time.

    Time frame: 52 weeks

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Study locations

1 of 2 sites recruiting
  • Shanghai General Hospital
    Shanghai, China
    • Li Su · Contact · li.su@shgh.cn · +86 02136126254
    • Li Su · Principal investigator
    Recruiting
  • Zhongshan Hospital
    Shanghai, China
    Not yet recruiting
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Mar 10, 2026, 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
NCT07362927
Lead sponsor
Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine
Collaborators
Innostellar Biotherapeutics Co.,Ltd
Responsible party
Xiaodong Sun (Professor, Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine) — Principal investigator
First posted
Jan 23, 2026
Start date
Mar 2026 (estimated)
Primary completion
Sep 2027 (estimated)
Completion
Sep 2031 (estimated)
Last update
Mar 10, 2026

Study contacts

Li Su
Contact
li.su@shgh.cn
+86 02136126254

Oversight

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