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Condition (MeSH)

Optic Atrophies, Hereditary

ClinicalTrials.gov lists 63 trials for Optic Atrophies, Hereditary or a narrower condition beneath it.

MeSH D015418 Nervous System Diseases C10 C11 C16
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Phase 1 Phase 1 4 Phase 1/2 Phase 1/2 8 Phase 2 Phase 2 10 Phase 2/3 Phase 2/3 3 Phase 3 Phase 3 8 Phase 4 Phase 4 1 Not applicable Not applicable 7 Observational Observational 19 Phase 1 Phase 1 4 Phase 1/2 Phase 1/2 8 Phase 2 Phase 2 10 Phase 2/3 Phase 2/3 3 Phase 3 Phase 3 8 Phase 4 Phase 4 1 Not applicable Not applicable 7 Observational Observational 19

Trials per phase

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5 of the 63 trials are tagged with Optic Atrophies, Hereditary itself; the rest are tagged with a narrower condition beneath it.

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When did Optic Atrophies, Hereditary trials start? (19)

Shown in this order: most recent first, 1990 onwards. 2026 is partial: trials registered with a 2026 start date so far, not a full year.

Trials over time, by phase

  • Phase 1
  • Phase 1/2
  • Phase 2
  • Phase 2/3
  • Phase 3
  • Phase 4
  • Not applicable
  • Observational

Top of scale: 8

2005: 1 trials (Phase 3 1) 2007: 1 trials (Phase 2 1) 2008: 1 trials (Not applicable 1) 2010: 2 trials (Observational 1, Phase 1 1) 2011: 8 trials (Observational 4, Not applicable 2, Phase 2 1, Phase 1/2 1) 2012: 1 trials (Observational 1) 2013: 1 trials (Observational 1) 2014: 3 trials (Phase 2 1, Phase 1/2 1, Phase 1 1) 2015: 1 trials (Phase 2 1) 2016: 8 trials (Observational 3, Not applicable 1, Phase 4 1, Phase 3 2, Phase 2 1) 2017: 3 trials (Phase 2/3 1, Phase 1/2 2) 2018: 6 trials (Observational 2, Not applicable 1, Phase 3 2, Phase 2 1) 2019: 4 trials (Observational 1, Not applicable 1, Phase 2/3 1, Phase 1/2 1) 2021: 2 trials (Phase 2/3 1, Phase 2 1) 2022: 1 trials (Observational 1) 2023: 4 trials (Not applicable 1, Phase 2 1, Phase 1/2 2) 2024: 4 trials (Observational 1, Phase 3 1, Phase 2 1, Phase 1 1) 2025: 4 trials (Observational 2, Phase 3 1, Phase 1/2 1)

Trials registered with a start date in each year, 1990 onward, stacked by phase (complete years only; the current partial year is in the table's notes). The table below lists the same counts, most recent years first.

Trials started per year
Year Trials started
2026 (partial year) 4
2025 4
2024 4
2023 4
2022 1
2021 2
2019 4
2018 6
2017 3
2016 8

No forecast is made for this condition: it averages 3.6 trial starts a year over the five years to September, under the 5 a year the method needs.

Prediction, not a registry value: median of 34 months from start to primary completion across 6 trials still running at the 2026-10-09 snapshot; registered median of 30 months across 33 trials with a primary completion typed Actual. Source: ClinicalTrials.gov / AACT (CTTI), public domain.

What phase are Optic Atrophies, Hereditary trials in? (9)

Shown in this order: phase order.

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Trials by phase
Phase Trials
Phase 1 4
Phase 1/2 8
Phase 2 10
Phase 2/3 3
Phase 3 8
Phase 4 1
Not applicable 7
Observational 19
Expanded access 3

How many Optic Atrophies, Hereditary trials are recruiting? (8)

Shown in this order: the order a trial moves through, from not yet recruiting to unknown.

Trials by recruitment status
Status Trials
Not yet recruiting 4
Recruiting 12
Active, not recruiting 5
Completed 26
Terminated 6

Status as registered on ClinicalTrials.gov. Each trial is counted once.

Which lead sponsors run the most Optic Atrophies, Hereditary trials? (7)

Shown in this order: most trials first. Lead sponsors the registry classes as industry, NIH, US federal, other government or network. A hospital or university the registry files as government can appear here. Sponsors it classes as academic or other are shown on the full page, because that class cannot separate an institution from a named investigator.

Lead sponsors
Sponsor Trials
GenSight Biologics 8
Santhera Pharmaceuticals 8
Laboratoires Thea 3
PYC Therapeutics 3
Amgen 2

Which drugs are being tested for Optic Atrophies, Hereditary? (4)

Shown in this order: most trials first. One row per drug, matched to a single molecule under all its names, ranked by number of trials.

Drugs tested
Drug Trials
GS010 6
Idebenone 5
sepofarsen 4
(Cystagon) Cysteamine Bitartrate 2

Interventions as named in the registry (11)

Shown in this order: most trials first.

Interventions as named in the registry
Drug Trials
rAAV2-ND4 3
NR082 Injection 2
PYC-001 2
Retrospective case-control analysis 1
Nicotinamide treatment 1

These are the names sponsors entered on ClinicalTrials.gov that we have not matched to a single molecule. Some are drugs under a brand or code name; others are procedures, doses or arm labels.

Which serious adverse events do Optic Atrophies, Hereditary trials report? (10)

Shown in this order: most subjects affected first. Subjects affected summed across trials, a cross-trial signal, not a rate.

Serious adverse events in this condition's trials
Adverse event Subjects affected Trials
Total 34 1
Cataract 6 1
Vomiting 5 2
Convulsion 4 2
Dehydration 3 2

Which publications cover Optic Atrophies, Hereditary? (11)

Shown in this order: major-topic papers first, then newest, then most linked to trials.

Publications
Publication Journal Year Major topic
Motor and functional evaluation of patients with spastic paraplegia, optic atrophy, and neuropathy (SPOAN). Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria 2010 Yes
OPA3, mutated in 3-methylglutaconic aciduria type III, encodes two transcripts targeted primarily to mitochondria. Molecular genetics and metabolism 2010 Yes
Gene therapy restores vision in a canine model of childhood blindness. Nature genetics 2001 Yes
Do idebenone and vitamin therapy shorten the time to achieve visual recovery in Leber hereditary optic neuropathy? Journal of neuro-ophthalmology : the official journal of the North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society 2000 Yes
[Leber optic neuropathy in women and children]. Der Ophthalmologe : Zeitschrift der Deutschen Ophthalmologischen Gesellschaft 1999 Yes

Sub-conditions in MeSH (3)

MeSH descendants one level down with at least one trial, most trials first.

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Not measured: delivery record.

Checked, with nothing recorded for this condition: prevalence and rare-disease identity.

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