Safety and Efficacy of a New Therapy as Adjunctive Therapy to Anti-vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (Anti-VEGF) in Subjects With Wet Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD)

NCT ID: NCT00775411

Last Updated: 2012-09-03

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE2

Total Enrollment

44 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2008-11-30

Study Completion Date

2010-04-30

Brief Summary

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The study will evaluate the safety and efficacy of the intravitreal dexamethasone implant as adjunctive therapy to Anti-VEGF treatment in the study eye of treatment naïve subjects with choroidal neovascularization secondary to age-related macular degeneration. Subjects will be followed for 26 weeks.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Choroidal Neovascularization Age-Related Maculopathy

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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700 µg dexamethasone and ranibizumab

700 µg dexamethasone intravitreal injection at Day 1 in the study eye. Ranibizumab injection at Week 2 or 3 per specified criteria and starting at Week 4 at the investigator's discretion in the study eye.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

dexamethasone

Intervention Type DRUG

700 µg dexamethasone intravitreal injection at Day 1 in the study eye.

ranibizumab

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

Ranibizumab injection at Week 2 or 3 per specified criteria and starting at Week 4 at the investigator's discretion in the study eye.

Interventions

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dexamethasone

700 µg dexamethasone intravitreal injection at Day 1 in the study eye.

Intervention Type DRUG

ranibizumab

Ranibizumab injection at Week 2 or 3 per specified criteria and starting at Week 4 at the investigator's discretion in the study eye.

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

Other Intervention Names

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Posurdex Lucentis®

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* 50 years of age or older with active subfoveal choroidal neovascularization (CNV) secondary to AMD
* Central retinal thickness ≥ 300 µm
* Visual acuity between 20/400 and 20/32
* Eligible for Anti-VEGF therapy

Exclusion Criteria

* Previous treatment for CNV due to AMD
* High eye pressure
* Glaucoma
* Uncontrolled systemic disease
* Known allergy to the study medications
* Recent eye surgery or injections in the eye
* Female subjects that are of childbearing potential
Minimum Eligible Age

50 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Allergan

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Medical Director

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Allergan

Locations

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San Antonio, Texas, United States

Site Status

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Site Status

Manila, , Philippines

Site Status

Countries

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United States Australia Philippines

Other Identifiers

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206207-019

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id