Business objective change, no safety or efficacy concerns

The purpose of this study is to assess the Safety and Efficacy of IONIS-FB-Lrx for up to 120 patients with Geographic Atrophy secondary to Age Related Macular Degeneration

This study will assess changes in complement factor B over a 69-week treatment period in a patient population 55 and older with well-demarcated Geographic Atrophy secondary to Age Related Macular Degeneration

Key Inclusion Criteria:

1. Must have given written informed consent and be able to comply with study requirements
2. Females must be non-pregnant and non-lactating, and either surgically sterile or post-menopausal. Males must be surgically sterile or, if engaged in sexual relations with a female of child bearing potential, the subject must be using an acceptable contraceptive method from the time of signing the informed consent form until at least a period of 13 weeks after the last dose of Study Drug (ISIS 696844 or placebo)
3. Well-demarcated Geographic Atrophy due to Age Related Macular Degeneration

Key Exclusion Criteria:

1. Clinically-significant abnormalities in medical history
2. Diagnosis of primary or secondary immunodeficiencies of B lymphocyte function, splenectomy, glomerulonephritis or history of recurrent meningococcal disease
3. Diabetes mellitus or thyroid disease unless well controlled for a period of at least 3 months
4. Clinically-significant abnormalities in screening laboratory values
5. Unwillingness to be administered, or history of a serious reaction to protocol required vaccines
6. Known history of or positive test for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis C or chronic hepatitis B
7. History or presence of a disease other than AMD in study eye

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