Study in Human iPSCs-derived RPE Cells Transplantation for Late-Stage AMD

February 11, 2026 updated by: The First Affiliated Hospital with Nanjing Medical University

Study in Human iPSCs-derived Retinal Pigment Epithelium Cells Transplantation for Late-Stage Age-Related Macular Degeneration

Phase I Study of the Safety and Preliminary Efficacy of Human induced pluripotent stem cells-derived Retinal Pigment Epithelial (HiPSC-RPE) Cells Subretinal Transplantation in Late-Stage Age-Related Macular Degeneration(AMD) Patients

Study Overview

Status

Status

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Not yet recruiting

Conditions

Conditions

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Intervention / Treatment

Intervention / Treatment

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Study Type

Study Type

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Interventional

Enrollment (Estimated)

Enrollment

The number of participants in a clinical study. The "anticipated" enrollment is the target number of participants that the researchers need for the study.
9

Phase

Phase

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  • Phase 2
  • Phase 1

Contacts and Locations

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Study Contact

Study Contact

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Study Locations

  • China
    • Jiangsu
      • Nanjing, Jiangsu, China, 210029
        • The First Affiliated Hospital with Nanjing Medical University
        • Contact:
          • Yue Wang
          • Phone Number: +86 13405818362

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

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Ages Eligible for Study

  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • (1)Age ≥50 years and ≤80 years, regardless of gender.
  • (2)Patients with atrophic AMD in the macular area (geographic atrophy >250μm, involving the foveal center); or stable non-exudative AMD patients who have undergone treatment for wet AMD or have naturally converted to non-exudative AMD (referring to patients with fibrovascular scar formation, who are unresponsive to anti-VEGF treatment, and have no macular edema on OCT and/or no fluorescein leakage on FFA), with a scar diameter not exceeding 6 PD.
  • (3)Best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) of the study eye ≥5 letters and ≤34 letters (using the ETDRS visual acuity chart).
  • (4)If both eyes meet the criteria, the more severely affected eye will be selected; if the severity is the same in both eyes, the right eye will be designated as the study eye.
  • (5)The patient or their legal representative has signed a written informed consent form.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Ocular Diseases:
  • (1)Vitreous hemorrhage in the study eye within 2 months prior to screening.
  • (2)Presence of a scar, fibrosis, or atrophy involving the fovea in the study eye, or a peripheral scar area greater than 6 PD, indicating severe irreversible visual loss.
  • (3)Presence of pseudoexfoliation syndrome, central retinal vein occlusion, intraocular hemorrhage causing visual loss, rhegmatogenous retinal detachment, macular hole, or choroidal neovascularization due to any cause in the study eye.
  • (4)Presence of a pupillary block defect (APD) in the study eye.
  • (5)Significant media opacity in the study eye that may interfere with visual function assessment or fundus examination.
  • (6)Acute infectious inflammation in either eye during the screening period.
  • (7)Patients with intraocular pressure higher than 25 mmHg despite medical treatment.
  • (8)Monocular blind patients.

Ocular Treatments:

  • (9)The study eye has undergone focal/grid laser photocoagulation within 3 months prior to screening.
  • (10)The study eye has undergone the following intraocular surgeries or laser treatments within 3 months prior to screening, such as macular translocation, cataract surgery, glaucoma filtration surgery, verteporfin photodynamic therapy, transpupillary thermotherapy, foveal laser photocoagulation, vitrectomy, optic nerve decompression, or optic nerve sheath decompression.
  • (11)Any eye has received anti-angiogenic drug treatment (including any anti-VEGF drugs) within 3 months prior to screening (e.g., Aflibercept [Eylea®], Ranibizumab [Lucentis®], Bevacizumab [Avastin®]).

Systemic Diseases, Treatments, and Other Conditions:

  • (12)Patients with an allergic reaction or history of allergy to sodium fluorescein and indocyanine green, a history of allergy to protein products used for treatment or diagnosis, and patients with allergies to two or more drugs and/or non-drug factors, or those currently suffering from allergic diseases.
  • (13)Patients with uncontrolled diabetes (fasting blood glucose ≥7.0 mmol/L or 2-hour postprandial blood glucose ≥11.1 mmol/L).
  • (14)Patients with a history of surgical procedures within 1 month prior to screening, or those with unhealed wounds, ulcers, fractures, etc.
  • (15)Patients with uncontrolled hypertension (defined as a single measurement of systolic blood pressure >180 mmHg, two consecutive measurements of systolic blood pressure >160 mmHg, or diastolic blood pressure >100 mmHg despite optimal treatment).
  • (16)Patients with a history of myocardial infarction within 6 months prior to enrollment.
  • (17)Patients with active disseminated intravascular coagulation or a significant tendency to bleed; patients who have used anticoagulant or antiplatelet aggregation drugs within 14 days prior to screening, except for aspirin/nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.
  • (18)Patients with any uncontrollable clinical issues (such as severe psychiatric, neurological, cardiovascular, respiratory, malignant tumors, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, and other systemic diseases).
  • (19)Women of childbearing age with a positive pregnancy test during the screening period. Women who wish to breastfeed during the study period, and all patients of childbearing age (male and female) who do not agree to take effective contraceptive measures (such as intrauterine devices, oral contraceptives, or condoms) throughout the study period and for 30 days after the end of the visit period.
  • (20)Patients who have participated in or are currently participating in other clinical studies within 30 days prior to screening.
  • (21)Hemoglobin <100 g/L, platelets ≤100×109/L, neutrophil count <1.0×109/L, ALT/AST >1.5×upper limit of normal (ULN), creatinine >1.3 mg/dL.
  • (22)Patients deemed unsuitable for inclusion by the investigator, or other medical conditions that limit the subject's compliance, safety, or affect the results of the study trial.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: N/A
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm

Participant Group / Arm

A group or subgroup of participants in a clinical trial that receives a specific intervention/treatment, or no intervention, according to the trial's protocol.
Intervention / Treatment

Intervention / Treatment

A process or action that is the focus of a clinical study. Interventions include drugs, medical devices, procedures, vaccines, and other products that are either investigational or already available. Interventions can also include noninvasive approaches, such as education or modifying diet and exercise.
Experimental: HiPSC-RPE cells
Subretinal transplantation of HiPSC-RPE cells in experimental eye
Biological: HiPSC-RPE cells
HiPSC-RPE cells transplantation directly into the subretinal space of one eye (experimental eye) in a single transplant procedure
Drug: Erlotinib (150 mg daily)
Subjects began oral administration of erlotinib one day before surgery at a dose of 150 mg once daily for a total duration of 1 month.
Drug: Prednisone
Prednisone was initiated 3 days prior to surgery at a dose of 30 mg/day (5 mg per tablet, 6 tablets daily) and continued for 6 weeks, with the dose tapered by one tablet per week until discontinuation.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

In a clinical study's protocol, the planned outcome measure that is the most important for evaluating the effect of an intervention/treatment. Most clinical studies have one primary outcome measure, but some have more than one.
Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Number of subjects with adverse events
Time Frame: Two years following transplantation
Descriptive analysis of frequency and types of adverse events experienced by each subject during the study period.
Two years following transplantation

Secondary Outcome Measures

Secondary Outcome Measures

In a clinical study's protocol, a planned outcome measure that is not as important as the primary outcome measure for evaluating the effect of an intervention but is still of interest. Most clinical studies have more than one secondary outcome measure.
Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Assessment of visual acuity using the Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study (ETDRS) visual acuity chart.
Time Frame: From enrollment to the end of visiting at 2 years
Visual acuity will be assessed using the Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study (ETDRS) visual acuity chart. Scores range from 0 to 100 letters, where higher scores represent better visual acuity.
From enrollment to the end of visiting at 2 years
Assessment of visual function changes-microperimetry
Time Frame: From enrollment to the end of visiting at 2 years
Microperimetry results within 2 degrees and 4 degrees.
From enrollment to the end of visiting at 2 years

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

Sponsor

The organization or person who initiates the study and who has authority and control over the study.
The First Affiliated Hospital with Nanjing Medical University

Investigators

Investigators

A researcher involved in a clinical study. Related terms include site principal investigator, site sub-investigator, study chair, study director, and study principal investigator.
  • Principal Investigator: Songtao Yuan, M.D., The First Affiliated Hospital with Nanjing Medical University

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Estimated)

Study Start

The actual date on which the first participant was enrolled in a clinical study. The "anticipated" study start date is the date that the researchers think will be the study start date.
February 10, 2026

Primary Completion (Estimated)

Primary Completion

The date on which the last participant in a clinical study was examined or received an intervention to collect final data for the primary outcome measure. Whether the clinical study ended according to the protocol or was terminated does not affect this date. For clinical studies with more than one primary outcome measure with different completion dates, this term refers to the date on which data collection is completed for all the primary outcome measures. The "anticipated" primary completion date is the date that the researchers think will be the primary completion date for the study.
June 1, 2028

Study Completion (Estimated)

Study Completion

The date on which the last participant in a clinical study was examined or received an intervention/treatment to collect final data for the primary outcome measures, secondary outcome measures, and adverse events (that is, the last participant's last visit). The "anticipated" study completion date is the date that the researchers think will be the study completion date.
December 31, 2028

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

First Submitted

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January 9, 2026

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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February 11, 2026

First Posted (Actual)

First Posted

The date on which the study record was first available on ClinicalTrials.gov after National Library of Medicine (NLM) quality control (QC) review has concluded. There is typically a delay of a few days between the date the study sponsor or investigator submitted the study record and the first posted date.
February 18, 2026

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

Last Update Posted

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February 18, 2026

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

The most recent date on which the study sponsor or investigator submitted changes to a study record that are consistent with National Library of Medicine (NLM) quality control (QC) review criteria. It is the responsibility of the sponsor or investigator to ensure that the study record is consistent with the NLM QC review criteria.
February 11, 2026

Last Verified

Last Verified

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October 1, 2025

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

Other Study ID Numbers

Identifiers or ID numbers other than the NCT number that are assigned to a clinical study by the study's sponsor, funders, or others. These numbers may include unique identifiers from other trial registries and National Institutes of Health grant numbers.
  • JSPH-iPSCs-RPE-001

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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