Ranibizumab (Lucentis) for Polypoidal Choroidal Vasculopathy

Summary

This Phase I/II safety study is designed to investigate the safety and efficacy of ranibizumab (Lucentis) in the treatment of polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV), a potentially blinding eye disease that involves the growth of tiny, abnormal blood vessels under the retina. These abnormal blood vessels can bleed or leak fluid, causing disruption of normal retinal function and vision loss. Ranibizumab is a drug that is FDA-approved for the treatment of wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and is injected directly into the eye. Given the efficacy of ranibizumab in the treatment of wet AMD, and the postulated similarity between the disease mechanisms involved in both wet AMD and PCV, we believe ranibizumab will have a beneficial effect on visual function in patients with PCV.

Timeline

Start

2006-05

Primary completion

2010-12

Completion

2010-12

Publications

• Marcus DM, Singh H, Lott MN, Singh J, Marcus MD. Intravitreal ranibizumab for polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy in non-Asian patients. Retina. 2013 Jan;33(1):35-47. doi: 10.1097/IAE.0b013e3182618be0.

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