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
Last Update Posted : March 25, 2020
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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 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date : | December 3, 2020 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | April 24, 2035 |

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 |
- Safety [ Time Frame: 6 month from start of study treatment ]Absence of any grade 3 or greater AE considered related to RST-001.
- To establish the maximum tolerated dose of RST-001 [ Time Frame: Up to 24 months from start of study treatment ]Determined by a safety review
- To evaluate the preliminary efficacy of RST-001 in patients with advanced RP [ Time Frame: Up to 24 months from start of study treatment ]Preliminary efficacy data will be obtained through ocular evaluations (e.g., number of participants with changes in visual function)

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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 |
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
Responsible Party: | Allergan |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT02556736 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
RST-001-CP-0001 |
First Posted: | September 22, 2015 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | March 25, 2020 |
Last Verified: | March 2020 |
gene therapy optogenetics channelrhodopsin retina retinitis pigmentosa |
Retinitis Retinitis Pigmentosa Retinal Diseases Eye Diseases |
Eye Diseases, Hereditary Retinal Dystrophies Retinal Degeneration Genetic Diseases, Inborn |