A Study to Compare rhuFab V2 With Verteporfin Photodynamic in Treating Subfoveal Neovascular Macular Degeneration

Summary

This is a phase III, multicenter, randomized, double-masked, active treatment-controlled study of intravitreally administered ranibizumab compared with verteporfin (Visudyne) photodynamic therapy (PDT) in treating subfoveal neovascular mascular degeneration.

Timeline

Start

2003-05

Primary completion

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Completion

2006-09

Publications

• Results Brown DM, Kaiser PK, Michels M, Soubrane G, Heier JS, Kim RY, Sy JP, Schneider S; ANCHOR Study Group. Ranibizumab versus verteporfin for neovascular age-related macular degeneration. N Engl J Med. 2006 Oct 5;355(14):1432-44. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa062655.
• Results Kaiser PK, Brown DM, Zhang K, Hudson HL, Holz FG, Shapiro H, Schneider S, Acharya NR. Ranibizumab for predominantly classic neovascular age-related macular degeneration: subgroup analysis of first-year ANCHOR results. Am J Ophthalmol. 2007 Dec;144(6):850-857. doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2007.08.012. Epub 2007 Oct 22.
• Results Brown DM, Michels M, Kaiser PK, Heier JS, Sy JP, Ianchulev T; ANCHOR Study Group. Ranibizumab versus verteporfin photodynamic therapy for neovascular age-related macular degeneration: Two-year results of the ANCHOR study. Ophthalmology. 2009 Jan;116(1):57-65.e5. doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2008.10.018.
• Results Suner IJ, Kokame GT, Yu E, Ward J, Dolan C, Bressler NM. Responsiveness of NEI VFQ-25 to changes in visual acuity in neovascular AMD: validation studies from two phase 3 clinical trials. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2009 Aug;50(8):3629-35. doi: 10.1167/iovs.08-3225. Epub 2009 Feb 28.
• Results Bressler NM, Chang TS, Fine JT, Dolan CM, Ward J; Anti-VEGF Antibody for the Treatment of Predominantly Classic Choroidal Neovascularization in Age-Related Macular Degeneration (ANCHOR) Research Group. Improved vision-related function after ranibizumab vs photodynamic therapy: a randomized clinical trial. Arch Ophthalmol. 2009 Jan;127(1):13-21. doi: 10.1001/archophthalmol.2008.562.
• Thach AB, Yau L, Hoang C, Tuomi L. Time to clinically significant visual acuity gains after ranibizumab treatment for retinal vein occlusion: BRAVO and CRUISE trials. Ophthalmology. 2014 May;121(5):1059-66. doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2013.11.022. Epub 2014 Jan 11.
• Weinberg DV, Shapiro H, Ehrlich JS. Ranibizumab treatment outcomes in phakic versus pseudophakic eyes: an individual patient data analysis of 2 phase 3 trials. Ophthalmology. 2013 Jun;120(6):1278-82. doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2012.11.042. Epub 2013 Feb 28.
• Bressler NM, Chang TS, Varma R, Suner I, Lee P, Dolan CM, Ward J, Ianchulev T, Fine J. Driving ability reported by neovascular age-related macular degeneration patients after treatment with ranibizumab. Ophthalmology. 2013 Jan;120(1):160-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2012.07.027. Epub 2012 Sep 23.
• Rosenfeld PJ, Shapiro H, Ehrlich JS, Wong P; MARINA and ANCHOR Study Groups. Cataract surgery in ranibizumab-treated patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration from the phase 3 ANCHOR and MARINA trials. Am J Ophthalmol. 2011 Nov;152(5):793-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2011.04.025. Epub 2011 Jul 26.
• Rosenfeld PJ, Shapiro H, Tuomi L, Webster M, Elledge J, Blodi B; MARINA and ANCHOR Study Groups. Characteristics of patients losing vision after 2 years of monthly dosing in the phase III ranibizumab clinical trials. Ophthalmology. 2011 Mar;118(3):523-30. doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2010.07.011.
• Barbazetto IA, Saroj N, Shapiro H, Wong P, Ho AC, Freund KB. Incidence of new choroidal neovascularization in fellow eyes of patients treated in the MARINA and ANCHOR trials. Am J Ophthalmol. 2010 Jun;149(6):939-946.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2010.01.007. Epub 2010 Apr 8.
• Bressler NM, Chang TS, Suner IJ, Fine JT, Dolan CM, Ward J, Ianchulev T; MARINA and ANCHOR Research Groups. Vision-related function after ranibizumab treatment by better- or worse-seeing eye: clinical trial results from MARINA and ANCHOR. Ophthalmology. 2010 Apr;117(4):747-56.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2009.09.002. Epub 2010 Mar 2.

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