Active clinical trials for "Macular Degeneration"

Because a possible synergism of radiation and inhibitors of vascular endothelial growth factor has been shown in cancer patients and patients with wet macular degeneration, this pilot study is being conducted to determine whether treating wet macular degeneration with a combination of Lucentis and proton beam irradiation is safe. Lucentis is an inhibitor of vascular endothelial growth factor which was recently FDA approved for treatment of wet macular degeneration. It appears to be the most effective therapy thus far for wet macular degeneration among all drugs FDA approved for this condition. If no major safety issues are associated with this combination therapy, a larger study will be conducted to determine whether this combination therapy is more effective than Lucentis monotherapy.

This study is designed to access the safety and efficacy of multiple injections of KH902 at variable dosing regimens in patients with CNV due to neovascular AMD.

This study is an evaluation of the short term effects on CNV perfusion of a same-day administration of photodynamic therapy (PDT) with Visudyne® and an intravitreal injection of Lucentis® (ranibizumab, 0.3 mg). An evaluation of the short term effects on CNV perfusion of this combined treatment is needed for better understanding of treatment effects.

This study will evaluate efficacy and safety for monthly ranibizumab 0.5 mg intravitreal injections in Asian patients with subfoveal choroidal neovascularization secondary to age-related macular degeneration.

The purpose of this study is to look at the safety and effectiveness of CNTF implants on vision in participants with atrophic macular degeneration. This research is being done because there are no effective therapies for people with atrophic macular degeneration. Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a condition that affects the macula, the central part of the retina that we use for seeing details. There are two types of AMD, one is the wet type in which new blood vessels grow, also known as choroidal neovascularization (CNV), but the other is the dry type in which the healthy cells die, and that is the target of this study. This is called atrophic macular degeneration. The implant is a small capsule that contains human retinal pigment epithelium cells. These cells have been given the ability to make CNTF and release it through the capsule membrane into the surrounding fluid. In this study, two different CNTF dose levels will be used: a high dose and a low dose, as well as a sham surgery (or placebo) group.

A study to determine the safety and tolerability of pazopanib eye drops. The study will also determine how the drug is absorbed and metabolized over time. Repeat doses of eye drops will be administered to healthy adult volunteers over a 14-day period with one additional dose given on the 15th day of the session. Three groups of subjects may receive either active drug or placebo (drops without drug). The first group of subjects will receive a maximum of 1.6mg of pazopanib or placebo. The dose of drug to be given to the next two groups will be determined based on the results of the first group of subjects. The last group of subjects will be of Japanese descent.

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of the dose concentration and administration frequency of Anecortave Acetate (AA) on visual acuity (VA) and lesion size when administered by posterior juxtascleral depot (PJD) every 3 months (AA 15 mg) or 6 months (AA 15 mg, AA 30 mg) in patients with exudative age-related macular degeneration (AMD).

Othera Pharmaceuticals' Othera (OT)-551 antioxidant eye drop has the potential for chronic treatment of the dry form of age-related macular degeneration. This pilot study of up to 10 eye drop tolerant participants with bilateral geographic atrophy is designed to characterize the effect of 0.45% concentration of OT-551 eye drops given 3 times a day on the progression of geographic atrophy area over a two-year period. Participants will have one eye randomized to receive the eye drop and the fellow eye will be observed only.

This was an open-label, multicenter, extension study of intravitreally administered ranibizumab in two cohorts. The first cohort (reported here) enrolled patients with primary or recurrent Choroidal Neovascularization (CNV) secondary to Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) who completed the treatment phase of a Genentech sponsored study (FVF2598g (NCT00056836), FVF2587g (NCT00061594), or FVF2428g (NCT00056823)). The second cohort enrolled patients with macular edema secondary to Retinal Vein Occlusion (RVO) who completed the 6-month treatment and 6-month observation phases (12 months total) of a Genentech sponsored study (FVF4165g (NCT00486018) or FVF4166g (NCT00485836)). The results of the second cohort are reported separately (NCT01442064). The first cohort of this study enrolled two subsets of patients: ranibizumab experienced and ranibizumab-naive. Patients were enrolled within 14 days of completion of the 24 month treatment phase of the previous study.

The PrONTO Study was designed to evaluate the response of neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD) patients to intravitreal Lucentis using Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) imaging. OCT was then used to determine the need for retreatment after 3 monthly injections of Lucentis. Patients would be followed for 2 years.