drugset / Trial / NCT01217944

Efficacy and Safety of Ranibizumab in Patients With Visual Impairment Due to Choroidal Neovascularization Secondary to Pathologic Myopia

NCT01217944 ↗

Phase 3 Completed 277 enrolled Novartis Pharmaceuticals
RandomizedParallel-groupTriple-blindTreatment

Summary

This study is designed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of two different dosing regimens of 0.5 mg ranibizumab given as intravitreal injection in comparison to verteporfin PDT in patients with visual impairment due to choroidal neovascularization (CNV) secondary to pathologic myopia (PM).

Timeline

Start
2010-10
Primary completion
2012-08
Completion
2012-08

Outcome

Met primary endpoint

paper Ranibizumab treatment in groups I and II was superior to vPDT based on mean average BCVA change from baseline to month 1 through month 3 PMID 24326106 ↗

paper group I: +10.5, group II: +10.6 vs. group III: +2.2 Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study [ETDRS] letters; both P<0.0001 PMID 24326106 ↗

Drugs

EvaluationDrugModalityDoseRoute
Subject Ranibizumab Monoclonal antibody 0.5 mg Intravitreal
Comparator Verteporfin Other / unclassified 6 mg/m2 Intravenous

Indications