Status:

TERMINATED

Study of Talaporfin Sodium Photodynamic Therapy to Treat Advanced Age Related Macular Disease

Lead Sponsor:

Light Sciences LLC

Conditions:

Macular Degeneration

Choroidal Neovascularization

Eligibility:

All Genders

50+ years

Phase:

PHASE1

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine the safety and tolerability of Talaporfin Sodium (LS11) Photodynamic Therapy in patients with late stage Age-Related Macular Disease (AMD).

Detailed Description

This Phase 1 study is a safety and tolerability investigation of LS11 photodynamic therapy in subjects with persistent leaking neovascular membranes in patients with AMD who have a visual acuity of 20...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Age 50 or older
  • Subject is able to sign informed consent
  • Ability to complete 6 month trial
  • Present with advanced AMD and persistently leaking CNV
  • Adequate hematologic, renal and liver function
  • Negative pregnancy test
  • Subject is able to safely undertake all protocol directed instructions
  • Visual acuity of 20/200 (logMAR 1.0)(6/60) or worse

Exclusion

  • Concomitant eye disease in eye to be treated
  • Prior ocular radionuclide treatments
  • Known allergic or hypersensitivity reactions to light and/or fluorescein and iodine or shellfish
  • History of investigational drug or therapy including biologics within 30 days prior to the study drug dosing
  • Women who are pregnant or lactating, or women of childbearing years not taking adequate contraception precautions
  • History of porphyria, systemic lupus erythematosus, or xeroderma pigmentosum
  • History of clinically significant cardiovascular abnormalities, including myocardial infarction in the past 6 months, uncontrolled arrhythmias, uncontrolled congestive heart failure
  • Concomitant use of other drugs known to produce skin photosensitivity, e.g. tetracycline, sulfonamides, phenothiazines, sulfonylureas, thiazide diuretics and griseofulvin, St. John's Wort
  • Subjects with high or pathological myopia with an axial length \> 26mm or a refractive error of \>/= -8.00D
  • Subjects with glaucoma and vision loss in either eye
  • Subject with a history of other choroidal leakage, e.g. histoplasmosis
  • Subjects with significant media opacity
  • Subjects diagnosed with diabetic retinopathy
  • Subjects who have had eye surgery within the past 3 months
  • Subjects who have received PDT treatment for AMD in the treatment eye
  • Any disease or condition that the sponsor or the investigator believes will impact the subject's ability to adhere to the study schedule
  • Subjects participating in any concurrent trial

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

December 1 2004

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

End Date :

January 1 2006

Estimated Enrollment :

27 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00102115

Start Date

December 1 2004

End Date

January 1 2006

Last Update

March 12 2010

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Texas Retina

Dallas, Texas, United States, 75231