Use of Spectral OCT in Combination Therapy

NCT ID: NCT01025063

Last Updated: 2017-10-30

Study Results

Results pending

The study team has not published outcome measurements, participant flow, or safety data for this trial yet. Check back later for updates.

Basic Information

Get a concise snapshot of the trial, including recruitment status, study phase, enrollment targets, and key timeline milestones.

Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

15 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2008-01-31

Study Completion Date

2009-12-31

Brief Summary

Review the sponsor-provided synopsis that highlights what the study is about and why it is being conducted.

This study will investigate the safety and efficacy of treatment of choroidal neovascularization (CNV) due to age-related macular degeneration (AMD) with a combination of ranibizumab (Lucentis) and verteporfin PDT (Visudyne), as compared with ranibizumab monotherapy.

Detailed Description

Dive into the extended narrative that explains the scientific background, objectives, and procedures in greater depth.

Conditions

See the medical conditions and disease areas that this research is targeting or investigating.

Choroidal Neovascularization

Keywords

Explore important study keywords that can help with search, categorization, and topic discovery.

Spectral OCT Choroidal Neovascularization Lucentis Visudyne PDT anti-VEGF

Study Design

Understand how the trial is structured, including allocation methods, masking strategies, primary purpose, and other design elements.

Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

Review each arm or cohort in the study, along with the interventions and objectives associated with them.

Lucentis (PRN group)

No interventions assigned to this group

Lucentis (3 Injections over three months)

No interventions assigned to this group

PDT (Reduced Fluence) and Lucentis

No interventions assigned to this group

Eligibility Criteria

Check the participation requirements, including inclusion and exclusion rules, age limits, and whether healthy volunteers are accepted.

Inclusion Criteria

* Ability to give informed consent
* Patients with visual acuity of 20/40-20/320 in the study eye
* Subfoveal choroidal neovascularization (CNV) must be at least 50% of the total lesion size.
* Total area of lesion components other that CNV must be less than 50% of the total lesion size.
* The lesion must be \< 5400microns in greatest linear dimension (GLD).
* Lesion size \< 10 DA
* Occult with no classic CNV lesions must have presumed recent disease progression:

1. Blood associated with the lesion at baseline
2. Loss of visual acuity in the previous 3 months: a: \> 5 letter loss (ETDRS equivalent) or b: 2 or more lines using a snellen or equivalent chart
3. \> 10% increase in GLD as assessed by fluorescein angiography in the previous 3 months

Exclusion Criteria

* Presence of angioid streaks, presumed ocular histoplasmosis syndrome, pathologic myopia (-8 or more with evidence of posterior segment abnormalities consistent with pathologic myopia), or CNV secondary to causes other than AMD
* Geographic atrophy in the study eye
* Tear (rip) of the retinal pigment epithelium
* Presence of fibrosis, hemorrhage, pigment epithelial detachments, or other hypofluorescent lesions obscuring greater than 50% of the CNV lesion
* Intraocular surgery within 6 weeks of enrollment
* Active or history of ocular inflammation or infection in the study eye within the last 30 days
* Subretinal hemorrhage \> 50% of the total lesion
* History of submacular surgery, or transpupillary thermotherapy in the study eye
* Patients with intraocular pressure greater than 30 mm/Hg on 2 pressure-lowering medications
* Patients with severe disciform scarring
* History of intraocular surgery in the study eye including pars plana vitrectomy, except for uncomplicated cataract surgery within 60 days prior to screening
* History of YAG laser posterior capsulotomy in the study eye within 30 days prior to screening
* Inability to make study visits
* Advanced glaucoma, uncontrolled glaucoma in the study eye (defined as intraocular pressure, IOP ≥ 25 mmHg) despite treatment with two or more topical pharmacological anti-glaucomatous medication)
* Allergies to porphyrins or a known hypersensitivity to any component of Visudyne®
* Patients with porphyria
* Pregnancy or lactation
Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

Meet the organizations funding or collaborating on the study and learn about their roles.

Novartis

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role collaborator

Barnes Retina Institute

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

Identify the individual or organization who holds primary responsibility for the study information submitted to regulators.

Rhonda Weeks

Gaurav K. Shah, MD

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Other Identifiers

Review additional registry numbers or institutional identifiers associated with this trial.

CBPD952AUS18T

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id