ProQR Announces Positive Interim Results from Phase 1/2 Clinical Trial of QR-110 in LCA10 Patients, and Plans to Start a Phase 2/3 Pivotal Trial

ProQR Therapeutics (Nasdaq:PRQR), a company dedicated to changing lives through the creation of transformative RNA medicines for the treatment of severe genetic rare diseases, today announced results from a planned interim analysis of its Phase 1/2 trial of QR-110 in patients with Leber’s congenital amaurosis 10 (LCA10) due to the p.Cys998X mutation in the CEP290 gene.

As quoted in the press release:

LCA10 typically leads to childhood blindness and has no available treatment options. In the trial, QR-110 demonstrated rapid and sustained improvement in vision in patients with LCA10, as measured by visual acuity and the mobility course performance, as well as being well-tolerated with no serious adverse events recorded. Results from this interim analysis were presented earlier today at the Retinal Degeneration 2018 meeting in Killarney, Ireland, by principal investigator Artur Cideciyan, Ph.D., research professor of ophthalmology at the Scheie Eye Institute, University of Pennsylvania.

“The results of this interim analysis are encouraging and met our decision criteria to stop enrollment in this study and progress to a pivotal Phase 2/3 trial,” said David Rodman, M.D., executive vice president of research and development of ProQR.

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