RST-001 Phase I/II Trial for Advanced Retinitis Pigmentosa
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02556736 |
Recruitment Status :
Active, not recruiting
First Posted : September 22, 2015
Results First Posted : June 23, 2021
Last Update Posted : October 6, 2022
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Advanced Retinitis Pigmentosa | Drug: RST-001 | Phase 1 Phase 2 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 14 participants |
Allocation: | N/A |
Intervention Model: | Single Group Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Phase I/IIa, Open-Label, Dose-Escalation Study of Safety and Tolerability of Intravitreal RST-001 in Patients With Advanced Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP) |
Actual Study Start Date : | December 14, 2015 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | June 1, 2020 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | September 2, 2024 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Group 1
Single intravitreal injection of RST-001
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Drug: RST-001
RST-001 is a gene therapeutic delivered by intravitreal injection |
- Number of Participants With Any Grade 3 or Greater Adverse Event (AE) Considered Related to RST-001. [ Time Frame: Baseline (Day 1) to 6 Months ]
The U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services' Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events grades AEs from 1 (Mild) to 5 (Death related to AE).
Grade 3 is defined as "Severe or medically significant but not immediately life-threatening; hospitalization or prolongation of hospitalization indicated; disabling; limiting self care Activities of Daily Living (ADL)

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion criteria:
Participants must meet all of the following criteria.
- Age >= 18 years
- Signed and dated written informed consent obtained from the patient.
- Ability to comply with testing and all protocol tests.
Exclusion criteria:
Any one of the following will exclude patients from being enrolled into the study:
- Unable or unwilling to meet requirements of the study;
- Participation in a clinical study (ocular or non-ocular) with an investigational drug, agent or therapy in the past six months

To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT02556736
United States, California | |
University of California, San Francisco- Dept. of Ophthalmology | |
San Francisco, California, United States, 94143 | |
United States, North Carolina | |
Duke Eye Center | |
Durham, North Carolina, United States, 27710 | |
United States, Ohio | |
Cincinnati Eye Institute | |
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, 45242 | |
United States, Texas | |
Retina Foundation of the Southwest | |
Dallas, Texas, United States, 75231 |
Study Director: | Hanh Badger, PharmD | Allergan |
Documents provided by AbbVie:
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Responsible Party: | AbbVie |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT02556736 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
RST-001-CP-0001 |
First Posted: | September 22, 2015 Key Record Dates |
Results First Posted: | June 23, 2021 |
Last Update Posted: | October 6, 2022 |
Last Verified: | September 2022 |
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