Benzinga | Sep 27, 2021 09:05AM EDT

Adverum To Present Data From ADVM-022 Clinical Trials At Upcoming Medical Conferences

Adverum Biotechnologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADVM), a clinical-stage gene therapy company targeting unmet medical needs in ocular and rare diseases, today announced the presentation of new clinical data on ADVM-022 intravitreal (IVT) injection gene therapy from the OPTIC trial in wet age-related macular degeneration (wet AMD) and the INFINITY trial in diabetic macular edema (DME) at upcoming medical conferences. Adverum is planning clinical development of ADVM-022 at the 2 x 10^11 vg/eye and a lower dose in patients with wet AMD. As previously disclosed, the company is no longer planning to develop ADVM-022 in DME.



Presentation of New Long-term OPTIC Data in Wet AMD

Event: Retina Society's 54th Annual Scientific Meeting

Title: ADVM-022 Intravitreal Gene Therapy for Neovascular AMD - Phase 1 OPTIC Study

Date: October 1, 2021

Time: 3:00 pm CT (4:00 pm ET)

Presenter: Arshad M. Khanani, M.D., M.A., managing partner and director of clinical research, Sierra Eye Associates; clinical associate professor, University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine

Presentation of INFINITY Data in DME

Event: American Society of Retina Specialists (ASRS) 39th Annual Scientific Meeting

Title: Intravitreal Gene Therapy for Diabetic Macular Edema (DME) With ADVM-022: First-Time Data Presentation of Prospective, Randomized Phase 2 INFINITY Trial

Date: October 9, 2021

Time: 10:28 am CT (11:28 am ET)

Presenter: Charles C. Wykoff, M.D., Ph.D., director of research, Retina Consultants of Texas; chairman of research and clinical trials, Retina Consultants of America; deputy chair for ophthalmology, Blanton Eye Institute and associate clinical professor of ophthalmology, Weill Cornell Medical College, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas

Encore Presentation of OPTIC Data in Wet AMD

Event: ASRS 39th Annual Scientific Meeting

Title: Intravitreal Gene Therapy for Neovascular AMD with ADVM-022: Results of the Phase 1 OPTIC Trial

Date: October 11, 2021

Time: 8:50 am CT (9:50 am ET)

Presenter: Dante Pieramici, M.D., FASRS, partner, California Retina Consultants

Adverum intends to issue press releases concurrent with the presentation at Retina Society on October 1 and at ASRS on October 9, and plans to post all three data presentations on the Publications page in the Pipeline section of the company's website.