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NCT Number: NCT05170048

Study to Evaluate Safety and Efficacy of EG-301 in Patients With Nonfocal Geographic Atrophy Secondary to Dry-AMD

This is a parallel, randomized, open-label, controlled study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of oral EG-301 in patients with intermediate non-exudative (dry) age-related macular degeneration (dAMD).

Ninety patients will be randomly allocated in a 2:1 ratio to one of two treatment arms for at least 6 months duration. The two treatment arms are:

1. AREDS2 supplements (Control Group, N=30) 2. AREDS2 supplements plus EG-DPMP-01 150 mg daily (Experimental Group, N=60)

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Key information

Age range

50 year–75 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 2

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Key Inclusion Criteria:

  • Male or female patients, 50 to 75 years of age at screening visit
  • Subject has signed the Informed Consent form
  • Subjects with intermediate nonfocal geographic atrophy secondary to Non-Exudative (dry) AMD having ETDRS BCVA between 35 and 80 letters read (equivalent to 20/25 - 20/200 on Snellen Chart) with the level of vision caused by the non-exudative AMD and no other factor/s
  • Subjects with symptomatic decrease in visual acuity in the last 12 months
  • Subjects with confirmed diagnosis of geographic atrophy (GA) secondary to dAMD in the study eye* as evidenced by the following characteristics:
  • Non-center involving GA lesions that reside completely within the FAF imaging field (field 2, 30 degree image centered on the fovea)
  • Total GA area is ≥2.5 and ≤ 17.5 mm2 (1 and 7 disk areas [DA])
  • If GA is multifocal, at least one focal lesion must be >1.25 mm2 (0.5 DA)
  • Combination of areas of RPE disturbances described as a pattern of hyper or hypo-pigmentation in the junctional zone of GA. Absence of hyper-autofluorescence is exclusionary
  • Subjects with evidence of reasonably well-preserved areas of RPE by clinical examination and well-defined RPE and outer segment ellipsoid line by OCT examination in the central 1 mm of the macula as confirmed by the central reading center. More specifically, reasonably well- preserved central 1 mm of the macula means:
  • The RPE and outer retinal layers throughout the central 1 mm are intact
  • No signs of NVAMD such as intraretinal or sub retinal fluid, or sub retinal hyper-reflective material
  • No serous pigment epithelium detachments >100 microns in height
  • Sufficiently clear ocular media, adequate pupillary dilation, fixation to permit quality fundus imaging, and able to cooperate sufficiently for adequate ophthalmic visual function testing and anatomic assessment

Key Exclusion Criteria:

  • Females who are pregnant, nursing, planning a pregnancy during the study or who are of childbearing potential not using a reliable method of contraception and/or not willing to maintain a reliable method of contraception during their participation in the study. Women of childbearing potential with a positive urine pregnancy test administered at baseline are not eligible to receive study drug
  • Prior cataract surgery is allowed up to 90 days before the baseline visit, but refractive surgery in either eye may not be conducted during the study.
  • Subject with exudative AMD or choroidal neovascularization (CNV), including any evidence of retinal pigment epithelium rips, detachments or evidence of neovascularization anywhere in either eye based on SD-OCT imaging and/or fluorescein angiography as assessed by the Reading Center
  • Subjects who had anti-VEGF IVT in either eye in the past 90 days
  • Subjects who have received any drug or herbal medicine known to inhibit CYP2D6 enzyme activity prior to the first dose of the investigational drug (the patient can be enrolled if the washout period is ≥5 half-lives of the CYP2D6 inhibitor), or subjects who need to continue receiving these medications during the study period. (Refer to Appendix 1 for a list of CYP2D6 inhibitors)
  • Subjects with moderate or severe renal impairment as indicated by an estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) <60 mL/min, calculated by using the Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration (CKD-EPI)

Treatment and study plan

EG-301

Drug

The investigation drug, EG-301 Tablets 150mg, is for oral use.

AREDS2 supplements

Dietary Supplement

AREDS2 supplement is the stand of care

Primary outcomes

  1. Adverse Events Assessment using CTCAE v5.0

    Time frame: Evaluation in 26 weeks treatment period, and 4 weeks safety follow up period.

    Number of Participants With Treatment-Related Adverse Events as Assessed by NCI CTCAE v5.0, toxicities will be characterized in terms including seriousness, causality, toxicity grading, and action taken with regard to trial treatment.

  2. GA lesion size change

    Time frame: From baseline to Week 26 treatment period

    The mean change in GA lesion size as measured by a) fundus autofluorescence (FAF) by an independent central reading center (CRC), and b) SD-OCT

  3. Overall retinal sensitivity

    Time frame: From baseline to Week 26 treatment period

    Change in overall retinal sensitivity as measured by microperimetry using macular integrity assessment (MAIA)

  4. BCVA in number of letters

    Time frame: From baseline to Week 26 treatment period, and 4 weeks safety follow up period.

    The mean change in BCVA in the number of letters as assessed by the Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study (ETDRS) protocol

  5. Low luminance visual acuity (LLVA)

    Time frame: From baseline to Week 26 treatment period

    The mean change in low luminance visual acuity (LLVA) in number of letters as assessed by the ETDRS protocol

  6. Binocular reading speed

    Time frame: From baseline to Week 26 treatment period

    Binocular reading speed as assessed by the Minnesota Low-Vision Reading Test (MNRead) Charts

  7. Binocular critical print size

    Time frame: From baseline to Week 26 treatment period

    Binocular critical print size as assessed by the Minnesota Low-Vision Reading Test (MNRead) Charts

  8. NEI-VFQ score

    Time frame: From baseline to Week 26 treatment period

    Change in NEI-VFQ score

Secondary outcomes

  1. Plasma levels of bioactive lipids

    Time frame: From baseline to Week 26 treatment period

    Changes in plasma levels of bioactive lipids, including sphingolipids, ceramides, and lysophosphatidic acids

  2. Plasma levels of beclin-1 levels

    Time frame: From baseline to Week 26 treatment period

    Changes in plasma levels of beclin-1 levels as measured by the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) method with a human beclin-1 ELISA kit

  3. Complement factor levels

    Time frame: From baseline to Week 26 treatment period

    Changes in complement factor levels, including plasma concentrations of activation products C3d, Ba, C3a, C5a, and SC5b-9.

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

Charles Lee, M.D., Ph.D.

CONTACT

[email protected]

2404064016

Xin Du, Ph.D.

CONTACT

[email protected]

2404064016

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Evergreen Therapeutics, Inc.

Industry

Registry information

Official study title

A Phase 2, Parallel, Randomized, Open-label, Controlled Study of EG-301 150 mg Daily in Patients With Nonfocal Geographic Atrophy Secondary to Dry-AMD

Important dates

Study start
2026
Primary completion
2028
Study completion
2028
First posted
Dec 27, 2021
Registry last updated
Dec 8, 2025

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