Geographic Atrophy

The company’s ANX007 global pivotal program in geographic atrophy is expected to start in mid-2024. It is the first pivotal trial to use vision preservation as a primary outcome measure in GA.

In a letter to shareholders, Ricciardi provided updates on Cognition’s 2024 pipeline and expected advances for several diseases.

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Dr Charles Wykoff presents the results of a post hoc microperimetry analysis from the OAKS study demonstrating the effectiveness of pegcetacoplan in preserving visual function.

Dr Charles Wykoff discussed the study design and key findings from the GALE study, an extension of the pivotal phase 3 OAKS and DERBY trials for pegcetacoplan in geographic atrophy.

The drug is being evaluated on its safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics of intravitreal single-rising doses and multiple doses as a potential treatment for GA.

Prevent Blindness is providing free geographic atrophy educational resources for patients, care partners and healthcare professionals, including a new episode of its Focus on Eye Health Expert series.

Mohammed Genead, MD, CEO of Aviceda spoke with the Ophthalmology Times team about the company's Phase II/III SIGLEC trial part 1 results, which were shared at this year's American Academy of Ophthalmology meeting.

An anchored matching-adjusted indirect comparison may aid therapeutic decision-making.

Patients treated every other month with the drug also showed a similar decrease in the rate of GA progression compared with sham treatment.

According to the study, pegcetacoplan injection reduced nonsubfoveal GA lesion growth by over 40% (monthly) in Year 3 compared to projected sham in the GALE extension study.

They believe that these phenotypic differences in GA should be considered in different ethnicities because they may have implications in research and in interventions to slow progression of GA.

The purpose of this investigation was 2-fold: to estimate the costs of treating GA with pegcetacoplan and to identify possible utility measures to compare treatments for GA.

This compound will be evaluated for the treatment of geographic atrophy (GA). The company shared that the first-in-human study is set to commence in 2024.

According to the company, AVD-104 is an engineered glycan (sialic acid) nanoparticle designed to target the self-pattern recognition receptors on overly activated retinal immune cells, specifically macrophages and microglia.

These continued studies also demonstrate a well-tolerated safety profile in a broad population of more than 1,200 patients.

Phase 2/3 SIGLEC trial are underway. Data shared at EURETINA 2023 shows continued safety with no drug-related adverse events thus far in cohorts 1, 2, 3, and 4.

The use of silicone-free syringes advised with these drops.

Visual acuity changes and conversion to neovascular AMD determined over 3 years in large patient cohort.

The authors of a case series say silicone oil droplets from silicone used to lubricate the McKesson syringes is the most likely cause of the droplets presumed to cause the floaters.

G6501 is a suspension of human allogeneic retinal pigmented epithelial (RPE) cells currently in development for the treatment of GA secondary to age-related macular degeneration (AMD).

The company announced preliminary US net revenues of about $74 million for the injection, approved by the FDA earlier this year.

Kriya is developing a one-time gene therapy designed to block complement C3 and C5, which are clinically validated substrates targeted by FDA approved therapies, to delay the progression of geographic atrophy.

According to a news release, the J-code for SYFOVRE will become effective on October 1, 2023.

To educate patients on the disease, the company has enlisted the help of actor Eric Stonestreet and his mother, Jamey.