[HTML][HTML] Endpoints for clinical trials in ophthalmology

L Schmetterer, H Scholl, G Garhöfer… - Progress in Retinal and …, 2023 - Elsevier
With the identification of novel targets, the number of interventional clinical trials in
ophthalmology has increased. Visual acuity has for a long time been considered the gold …

[HTML][HTML] Therapy with voretigene neparvovec. How to measure success?

K Stingl, M Kempf, R Jung, F Kortuem, G Righetti… - Progress in Retinal and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Retinal gene supplementation therapy such as the first approved one, voretigene
neparvovec, delivers a functioning copy of the missing gene enabling the protein …

Spatial and temporal resolution of the photoreceptors rescue dynamics after treatment with voretigene neparvovec

K Stingl, M Kempf, KU Bartz-Schmidt… - British Journal of …, 2022 - bjo.bmj.com
Background Voretigene neparvovec is a gene therapeutic agent for treatment of retinal
dystrophies caused by bi-allelic RPE65 mutations. In this study, we report on a novel and …

[HTML][HTML] Chorioretinal atrophy growth after voretigene neparvovec retinotopically is connected to retinal functional rescue

K Stingl, M Kempf, R Jung… - … Vision Science & …, 2024 - jov.arvojournals.org
Purpose: Chorioretinal atrophy growth after voretigene neparvovec has been reported
recently with its positive correlation with successful treatment. This finding raised the …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical Phenotype of PDE6B-Associated Retinitis Pigmentosa

L Kuehlewein, D Zobor, K Stingl, M Kempf… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
In this retrospective, longitudinal, observational cohort study, we investigated the phenotypic
and genotypic features of retinitis pigmentosa associated with variants in the PDE6B gene …

Scotopic microperimetry: evolution, applications and future directions

LJ Taylor, AS Josan, M Pfau… - Clinical and …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
For many inherited and acquired retinal diseases, reduced night vision is a primary
symptom. Despite this, the clinical testing options for spatially resolved scotopic vision have …

Multi-luminance mobility testing after gene therapy in the context of retinal functional diagnostics

R Jung, M Kempf, S Holocher, FC Kortüm… - Graefe's Archive for …, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Background Voretigene neparvovec (Luxturna®) is the first approved gene therapy
for RPE65-linked Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA). Though individual effects are highly …

[HTML][HTML] Rod and cone function measured objectively by chromatic pupil campimetry show a different preservation between distinct genotypes in retinitis pigmentosa

C Kelbsch, M Kempf, R Jung, F Kortüm… - … & Visual Science, 2023 - jov.arvojournals.org
Purpose: Verifying whether specific genotypes causing retinitis pigmentosa (RP) show
differences in the preservation of rod and cone function measured by chromatic pupil …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of local rod and cone function in Stargardt disease

K Stingl, C Hoyng, M Kempf, S Kohl… - … & Visual Science, 2022 - jov.arvojournals.org
Purpose: In this study, chromatic pupil campimetry (CPC) was used to map local functional
degenerative changes of cones and rods in Stargardt disease (STGD1). Methods: 19 …

Endpoints: the beginning of a new treatment?

V Chong - Ophthalmologica, 2021 - karger.com
When we develop a new treatment for retinal diseases, we think about how to design a
clinical trial to show that the new treatment is effective for the targeted retinal diseases. The …