Status:

COMPLETED

Safety and Efficacy of Ranibizumab in Japanese Patients With Subfoveal Choroidal Neovascularization Secondary to Age-related Macular Degeneration

Lead Sponsor:

Novartis

Conditions:

Subfoveal Choroidal Neovascularization(CNV) Secondary to Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD)

Eligibility:

All Genders

50+ years

Phase:

PHASE1

PHASE2

Brief Summary

Open-label Multicenter, Phase I/II Study comprising three phases (single dose, multiple dose and extension phase), Assessing the Safety and Efficacy of Ranibizumab (RFB002) in Japanese Patients With S...

Detailed Description

The safety and tolerability of single intravitreal injections of ranibizumab was evaluated in patients enrolled in the single dose phase (Group A). Patients who successfully completed the single dose ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Inclusion Criteria
  • Male or female patients 50 years of age or greater
  • Patients with primary or recurrent subfoveal CNV secondary to AMD
  • Patients who have a BCVA score between 73 and 24 letters in the study eye using ETDRS-like grading charts (approximately 20/40 to 20/320)
  • Exclusion Criteria
  • 1\. No prior treatment in the study eye with verteporfin, external-beam radiation therapy, subfoveal focal laser photocoagulation, vitrectomy, or transpupillary thermotherapy
  • Extension Phase
  • Inclusion criteria:
  • Personally provided written informed consent to participate in the extension phase.
  • Patients with subfoveal CNV secondary to AMD who had completed the multiple dose phase in either of the ranibizumab groups (Group A or B).
  • Patients could participate in the extension phase even if they failed to do so on the day of the exit visit in the multiple dose phase (Group A and B), regardless of the time elapsed until the participation in the extension phase.
  • Exclusion criteria:
  • Received anti-angiogenic drugs (bevacizumab, pegaptanib, ranibizumab, anecortave acetate, corticosteroids or protein kinase C inhibitors, etc.) or
  • Participated in any clinical study of an investigational drug other than this one during the period between the exit visit of the multiple dose phase and the start in the extension phase, if they failed to be enrolled into the extension on the day of the exit visit. Patients were to be excluded even when the fellow eye was treated with any of these drugs.

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    April 1 2005

    Trial Type :

    INTERVENTIONAL

    Allocation :

    ACTUAL

    End Date :

    January 1 2009

    Estimated Enrollment :

    88 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT00284089

    Start Date

    April 1 2005

    End Date

    January 1 2009

    Last Update

    February 24 2011

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    Novartis

    Tokyo, Japan