Researcher
Dr Kate Ahmad
Research Institution
Royal North Shore Hospital
Project Name
Drug Treatment In Patients With OPA1 Related Dominant Optic Atrophy Plus
Project Details
Dr Ahmad and Professor Carolyn Sue will conduct a pilot clinical trial investigating a potential therapy for patients with Dominant Optic Atrophy and Dominant Optic Atrophy Plus as a result of OPA1 mutations. Dominant Optic Atrophy is a mitochondrial disorder and causes visual loss, often beginning in childhood. It can cause additional neurological signs such as deafness, ataxia and peripheral neuropathy. This is one of the first therapeutic clinical trials to take place in Australia in the field of mitochondrial research.
