Safety and Efficacy of Gene Transfer for Leber's Congenital Amaurosis  

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Maguire, Albert M. ; Simonelli, Francesca ; Pierce, Eric A. ; Pugh, Edward N. ; Mingozzi, Federico ; and Others

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: The New England Journal of Medicine (keterangan: ada di Proquest) vol. 358 no. 21 (May 2008), page 2240-2248.

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Perpustakaan FK Nomor Panggil: N08.K.2008.03 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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Leber's congenital amaurosis (LCA) is a group of inherited blinding diseases with onset during childhood. One form of the disease, LCA2, is caused by mutations in the retinal pigment epithelium–specific 65-kDa protein gene (RPE65). We investigated the safety of subretinal delivery of a recombinant adeno-associated virus (AAV) carrying RPE65 complementary DNA (cDNA) (ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT00516477 [ClinicalTrials.gov] ). Three patients with LCA2 had an acceptable local and systemic adverse-event profile after delivery of AAV2.hRPE65v2. Each patient had a modest improvement in measures of retinal function on subjective tests of visual acuity. In one patient, an asymptomatic macular hole developed, and although the occurrence was considered to be an adverse event, the patient had some return of retinal function. Although the follow-up was very short and normal vision was not achieved, this study provides the basis for further gene therapy studies in patients with LCA.

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