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CompletedNCT01217944

Efficacy and Safety of Ranibizumab in Patients With Visual Impairment Due to Choroidal Neovascularization Secondary to Pathologic Myopia

A 12 Month, Phase III, Randomized, Double-masked, Multicenter, Active-controlled Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Two Different Dosing Regimens of 0.5 mg Ranibizumab vs. Verteporfin PDT in Patients With Visual Impairment Due to Choroidal Neovascularization Secondary to Pathologic Myopia

Status
Completed
Phase
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
277 (actual)
Sponsor
Novartis Pharmaceuticals · Industry
Sex
All
Age
18 Years
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted

Summary

This study is designed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of two different dosing regimens of 0.5 mg ranibizumab given as intravitreal injection in comparison to verteporfin PDT in patients with visual impairment due to choroidal neovascularization (CNV) secondary to pathologic myopia (PM).

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
DRUGRanibizumab0.5 mg ranibizumab intravitreal injection
DRUGVerteporfin PDTVerteporfin (6 mg/m2) intravenous infusion
DRUGSham RanibizumabEmpty vial to mimic the intravitreal injection
DRUGSham verteporfin PDTSham vPDT intravenous infusion of dextrose 5% solution followed by light application (PDT).

Timeline

Start date
2010-10-01
Primary completion
2012-08-01
Completion
2012-08-01
First posted
2010-10-08
Last updated
2014-02-10
Results posted
2013-10-18

Locations

74 sites across 20 countries: Austria, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Singapore, Slovakia, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey (Türkiye), United Kingdom

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT01217944. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.