Active clinical trials for "Choroidal Neovascularization"

The primary objective of the study was to investigate current criteria driving re-treatment in patients affected by Choroidal Neovascularization (CNV) secondary to Pathologic Myopia (PM) and experiencing a relapse of the disease after the first administration of ranibizumab.

Ranibizumab is derived from a murine monoclonal anti- vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) antibody and can penetrate through the many retinal cell layers following intravitreal injection. The present study is directed towards the assessment of ranibizumab administered on the same day in combination with verteporfin in patients with subfoveal CNV secondary to ARMD

To evaluate the clinical results of anti-VEGF intra-vitreal injections (IVT) in CNV secondary to pathologic myopia (PM-CNV).

The goal of this pilot study is to validate the use of the combination of Lucentis (ranibizumab) and Visudyne (verteporfin) in the treatment of choroidal neovascularization (CNV) secondary to age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and to explore the use of a volumetric analysis of the CNV lesion to determine disease activity, response to therapy, and as a tool for determining the need for retreatment.

A prospective interventional case series study was conducted on 20 eyes of 20 patients with active myopic choroidal neovascularisation (CNV) ,20 eyes with resistant diabetic macular edema and 15 eyes with non ischaemic central retinal vein occlusion(CRVO) after approval of the Ethical Committee of the Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University . All procedures were carried out under the tenets of the Helsinki Declaration. Written consent was provided by all participants after discussing the procedure, alternative treatment plans, follow-up schedules, and possible benefits and risks.

The purpose of this research study is to compare different timing therapies of Verteporfin with Bevacizumab to treat choroidal neovascularization (CNV) due to age-related macular degeneration (AMD).

This is a one-year pilot, interventional, prospective, single arm, non-randomized, multicentric (3 centers) controlled study that aims to evaluate the response of type 3 choroidal neovascularization to treatment by Aflibercept following a classic protocol.

Exudative age-related macular degeneration (ARMD) is complicated by choroidal neovascularization (CNV). Although anti-vascular endothelial growth factor treatment is the gold standard treatment, recurrence is the main limitation of the treatment. The changes of the CNV vascular structure is expected to provide information regarding recurrence. In the eyes that the vascular structure is clearly seen in indocyanine green angiography (ICGA), the vascular changes after ranibizumab injections will be investigated prospectively.

Study the effectiveness of the treatment detachment of retinal pigment epithelium secondary to polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy. Efficacy will be assessed by regression of polyp area after twelve months, compared to baseline. Treatment under study is a triple therapy with: 1) reduced-fluence photodynamic therapy (PDT), 2) intravitreal (IVT) triamcinolone and, 3) IVT ranibizumab, for the treatment of detachment of the retinal pigment epithelium (PED) secondary to Polypoidal Choroidal Vasculopathy (PCV).

Angioid streaks are rare lesions associated to retinal pigment epithelium degenerations. They can be caused by general diseases as pseudoxanthoma elasticum, Paget's disease or drepanocytosis. Choroidal neovascularization (CNV) represents the most frequent complication for those patients. It leads to a rapid and important loss of visual acuity. CNV in angioid streaks represent the fourth leading cause of CNV in young patients. CNV in angioid streaks is treated at the moment with off-label anti-VEGF (Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor) therapy and could also benefit from aflibercept (EYLEA), a new anti-VEGF currently indicated in AMD. Case reports suggest that such patients would not need as many injections as in AMD. ASTRID is an open-label, single arm, prospective, multicenter, phase II study. The main objective is to demonstrate the effectiveness in clinical terms after 52 weeks of treatment with aflibercept on the visual acuity of patients affected by CNV in angioid streaks. A specific dosage regimen is designed to achieve maximum efficiency. The patients are followed on a monthly basis until 52 weeks. Six injections are mandatory, the other ones are injected only in case of active CNV.