Ranibizumab Supplementing Panretinal Photocoagulation as Treatment for Iris/Angle Neovascularization in Retinal Ischemic Disease
Completed · Phase 1/Phase 2
Conditions studied: Retinal Ischemia
In brief
The object of the study is to compare treatment of iris/angle neovascularization with panretinal photocoagulation (laser) to treatment with panretinal photocoagulation and an anti-angiogenic drug: ranibizumab.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00841373
- Run by
- Southern New England Retina Associates
- People needed
- 1
- Starts
- 2007-07-01
- Expected to finish
- 2010-01-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2014-11-19
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- All subjects must meet the following criteria to be eligible for study entry:
- Signed informed consent and authorization of use and disclosure of protected health information
- Age = 18 years
- Presence of iris neovascularization and or angle neovascularization due to any retinal ischemic disease that is new onset or noted to progress recently on the slit lamp examination or gonioscopy
- Best corrected visual acuity in the study eye 20/20 (Snellen equivalent using EDTRS protocol at 4 meters) to light perception. Only one eye will be enrolled in the study. If both eyes are eligible, the investigator will select the eye to be enrolled. Visual acuity in the non-study eye must be better than no light perception
- Patient is able and willing to return for all scheduled visits
You may not qualify if…
- Use of intraocular or periocular injection of steroids (for, example triamcinolone) in the study eye within 3 months of the study
- Use of intraocular injection of anti-angiogenic drugs in the study eye and or participation in a clinical trial using an antiangiogenic treatment within 45 days from the enrollment in the study.
- Acute endophthalmitis within 1 month.
- Recent rhegmatogenous retinal detachment or macular hole surgery within last 2 months
- Uncontrolled uveitis in the last month.
- Treatment with PRP within 2 weeks of the study enrollment.
Where it is running
- Southern New England Retina Associates — Providence, Rhode Island, United States
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