A Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Faricimab in Participants With Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration (LUCERNE)

Completed · Phase 3 · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Wet Macular Degeneration

In brief

This study will evaluate the efficacy, safety, durability, and pharmacokinetics of faricimab administered at intervals as specified in the protocol, compared with aflibercept once every 8 weeks (Q8W), in participants with neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD).

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03823300

Run by

Hoffmann-La Roche

People needed

658

Starts

2019-03-11

Expected to finish

2022-01-07

Last updated by the study team

2025-07-11

Who can join

Age: 50 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Treatment-naïve choroidal neovascularization (CNV) secondary to age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) in the study eye
• Ability to comply with the study protocol, in the investigator's judgment
• For women of childbearing potential: agreement to remain abstinent (refrain from heterosexual intercourse) or use acceptable contraceptive measures that result in failure rate <1% per year during the treatment period and for at least 3 months after the final dose of study treatment
• Other protocol-specified inclusion criteria may apply

You may not qualify if…

• Uncontrolled blood pressure, defined as systolic blood pressure >180 millimeters of mercury (mmHg) and/or diastolic blood pressure >100 mmHg while a patient is at rest on Day 1
• Pregnancy or breastfeeding, or intention to become pregnant during the study
• CNV due to causes other than AMD in the study eye
• Any history of macular pathology unrelated to AMD affecting vision or contributing to the presence of intraretinal or subretinal fluid in the study eye
• Any concurrent intraocular condition in the study eye that, in the opinion of the investigator, could either reduce the potential for visual improvement or require medical or surgical intervention during the study
• Uncontrolled glaucoma in the study eye
• Any prior or concomitant treatment for CNV or vitreomacular-interface abnormalities in the study eye
• Prior IVT administration of faricimab in either eye
• History of idiopathic or autoimmune-associated uveitis in either eye
• Active ocular inflammation or suspected or active ocular or periocular infection in either eye
• Other protocol-specified exclusion criteria may apply

Where it is running

• Arizona Retina and Vitreous Consultants — Phoenix, Arizona, United States
• Northern California Retina Vitreous Associates — Mountain View, California, United States
• Retinal Consultants Med Group — Sacramento, California, United States
• Orange County Retina Med Group — Santa Ana, California, United States
• California Retina Consultants — Santa Barbara, California, United States
• Colorado Retina Associates, PC — Golden, Colorado, United States
• Retina Group of Florida — Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States
• Retina Care Specialists — Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, United States
• Southern Vitreoretinal Assoc — Tallahassee, Florida, United States
• Retina Associates of Florida, LLC — Tampa, Florida, United States
• Southeast Retina Center — Augusta, Georgia, United States
• Georgia Retina PC — Marietta, Georgia, United States
• Retina Consultants of Hawaii — ‘Aiea, Hawaii, United States
• University Retina and Macula Associates, PC — Oak Forest, Illinois, United States
• Prairie Retina Center — Springfield, Illinois, United States
• Raj K. Maturi, MD PC — Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
• Wolfe Eye Clinic — West Des Moines, Iowa, United States
• Maine Eye Center — Portland, Maine, United States
• The Retina Care Center — Baltimore, Maryland, United States
• Cumberland Valley Retina PC — Hagerstown, Maryland, United States
• Retina Specialists — Towson, Maryland, United States
• Ophthalmic Consultants of Boston — Boston, Massachusetts, United States
• VitreoRetinal Surgery, PLLC. — Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
• Mid Atlantic Retina - Wills Eye Hospital — Cherry Hill, New Jersey, United States
• Associated Retina Consultants — Phoenix, Arizona, United States

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