Stargardt Disease · registered primary completion 2026-09-28 · NCT05956626
Management has concluded there is substantial doubt about the company's ability to continue as a going concern.
Total liabilities of $141M exceed total assets of $124M as of 2026-06-30 — stockholders' equity is negative.
$130M of convertible notes outstanding at 6.75%, maturing May 15, 2034. Conversion price $2.68 against a share price near $1.40 — 1.9x above the current price.
339,110,401 shares outstanding against 461,506,849 if every outstanding option, warrant and convertible were exercised. In that case 26.5% of a gain in enterprise value would accrue to those holders rather than to current shareholders.
The registered primary endpoint for NCT06388200 differs between the first version (2024-04-24) and the current one (2026-07-30), after the registered study start of 2024-06-18. Removed: Number of participants with change in functional vision in the study eye of RP subjects as assessed by LDNA @ 52 weeks; Number of participants with change in functional vision in the study eye in…. Added: Change in functional vision from baseline to week 52 in pooled analysis when study eyes in treatment group were compared to study eyes in untreated control @ 52.
Registered design for NCT05956626: randomized, single-masked, 51 participants (estimated). Primary outcome: Change from baseline in atrophic lesion size as measured by Fundus Auto Fluorescence. 1 further primary outcome(s) registered.
Cash of $100M against operating outflow of $16M per quarter gives roughly 6.1 quarters of runway, clearing the registered primary completion 0.4 quarters out by 5.7 quarters.
Designations disclosed: RMAT, Breakthrough Therapy, Fast Track, Orphan Drug. These accelerate review and, for Orphan, confer exclusivity if approved; none is evidence of efficacy.
The company has stated a potential approval target of fourth quarter of 2027.
4 distinct molecules in 6 active company-sponsored trials; OCU400 accounts for 5 of them at Phase 1/Phase 2/Phase 3.
Programs receiving under $250k of research spend in the quarter: NeoCart, COVAXIN, Inhaled mucosal vaccine platform, OCU200.