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UnknownNCT00100087

Safety Study for Treatment of Wet Macular Degeneration Using the TheraSight(TM) Ocular Brachytherapy System

A Safety and Feasibility Study of the TheraSight(TM) Ocular Brachytherapy System for Treatment of Age-Related Macular Degeneration

Status
Unknown
Phase
Phase 1 / Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
30 (planned)
Sponsor
Theragenics Corporation · Industry
Sex
All
Age
50 Years
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted

Summary

The study will investigate the safety and feasibility of using the TheraSight(TM) Brachytherapy System for treatment of wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD).

Detailed description

This is a multi-center randomized study of three doses of radiation (assigned 1:1:1) delivered by the TheraSight(TM) Brachytherapy System in participants with choroidal neovascularization (CNV) secondary to wet (exudative) AMD. Each participant receives a single dose of radiation delivered by one-time only brachytherapy. Participants are followed for three years after the radiation treatment.

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
DEVICEOcular Brachytherapy

Timeline

Start date
2004-10-01
First posted
2004-12-23
Last updated
2005-06-24

Locations

6 sites across 1 country: United States

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00100087. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.