E.1 Medical condition or disease under investigation |
E.1.1 | Medical condition(s) being investigated |
Male and female patients ≥50 years of age with subfoveal choroidal neovascularisation lesions secondary to age related macular degeneration, either predominantly classic or occult with no classic component. |
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MedDRA Classification |
E.1.3 | Condition being studied is a rare disease | No |
E.2 Objective of the trial |
E.2.1 | Main objective of the trial |
The objective is to demonstrate safety. Adverse events will be recorded as a similar way as in patient treated only with standard of care.
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E.2.2 | Secondary objectives of the trial |
Efficacy of combined photodynamic therapy with Visudyne and anti-VEGF intravitreal injections with Lucentis for subfoveal choroidal neovascularisation in age related macular degeneration in cases with indication for Visudyne treatment as a standard of care. All patients accepting participation in the trial will receive Visudyne treatment and a first intravitreal injection the same day, and will receive a second intravitreal injection after 1 month and a third 1 month later. Thereafter further treatment will be discussed with the patient and depents on the evoluation of the disease as defined by usual care in the Medical Retina section of the Department Ophthamology of the U.Z. Leuven.
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E.2.3 | Trial contains a sub-study | No |
E.3 | Principal inclusion criteria |
1.Patients 50 years of age or greater and woman post menopausal. 2. Patients with subfoveal choroidal neovascularisation lesions secondary to AMD, either predominantly classic with VA > 0.1 (Snellen) or occult with no classic component and with VA < 0.4 and > 0.1 3. CNV lesion in the study eye is ≤5400 microns in greatest linear dimension. 4. Willing to return for scheduled visits for a 4 month period. 5. Only one eye will be assessed in the study. |
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E.4 | Principal exclusion criteria |
1. Patients who have a BCVA of < 0.1 in both eyes. 2. Prior treatment in the study eye with verteporfin, external-beam radiation therapy, subfo-veal focal laser photocoagulation, vitrectomy, submacular surgery, or transpupillary ther-motherapy. 3. Previous or current intravitreal drug delivery (e.g., intravitreal corticosteroid injection or device implantation) in the study eye. 4. Laser photocoagulation (juxtafoveal or extrafoveal) in the study eye within one month preceding Day 1. 5. Concomitant use of chronic NSAIDs or steroids (by any route) for the duration of study participation (chronic use is defined as multiple doses taken daily for three or more con-secu¬tive days at any time during the study). Note that ASA (aspirin) taken as “low dose” up to 100 mg qd for prophylaxis of MI and/or stroke is permitted during study. 6. Current use or of likely need for systemic medications known to be toxic to the lens, ret-ina or optic nerve, including Deferoxamine, Chloroquine/ hydroxychloroquine (Plaquenil), Tamoxifen, Phenothiazines and Ethambutol is excluded. 7. History of glaucoma filtration surgery, corneal transplant surgery or extracapsular ex¬traction of cataract with phacoemulsification within six months preceding Day One, or a his¬tory of post-operative complications within the last 12 months preceding Day One in the study eye (, uveitis, cyclitis etc.) . 8. History of uncontrolled glaucoma in the study eye (defined as intraocular pressure ≥ 25 mmHg despite treatment with anti-glaucoma mediation). 9. History of submacular surgery or other surgical intervention for AMD in the study eye within two months preceding Day 1. 10. Aphakia or absence of the posterior capsule in the study eye. 11. Previous violation of the posterior capsule in the study eye is also excluded unless it oc-curred as a result of YAG posterior capsulotomy in association with prior, posterior cham-ber intraocular lens implantation. 12. Spherical equivalent of the refractive error in the study eye demonstrating more than –8 diopters of myopia. 13. Presence of a retinal pigment epithelial tear involving the macula in the study eye 14. Angioid streaks or precursors of CNV in either eye due to other causes, such as ocular histoplasmosis, trauma, or pathologic myopia. 15. Active intraocular inflammation (grade trace or above) in the study eye. 16. Any active infection involving eyeball adnexa. 17. Vitreous hemorrhage or history of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment or macular hole (Stage 3 or 4) in the study eye.
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E.5 End points |
E.5.1 | Primary end point(s) |
The primary objective is to demonstrate the safety of the combined therapy of photodynamic therapy with Visudyne and intravitreal injection of ranibizumab. Secondary endpoint is efficacy determined: 1) by the mean change in best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) from baseline to month 12; 2) changes of visual field determined with microperimetry (MP1) and 3) morphologic changes determined with Optical Coherence Tomography, fundus photography and fluoresceine angiography.
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E.6 and E.7 Scope of the trial |
E.6 | Scope of the trial |
E.6.1 | Diagnosis | No |
E.6.2 | Prophylaxis | No |
E.6.3 | Therapy | No |
E.6.4 | Safety | Yes |
E.6.5 | Efficacy | Yes |
E.6.6 | Pharmacokinetic | No |
E.6.7 | Pharmacodynamic | No |
E.6.8 | Bioequivalence | No |
E.6.9 | Dose response | No |
E.6.10 | Pharmacogenetic | Information not present in EudraCT |
E.6.11 | Pharmacogenomic | No |
E.6.12 | Pharmacoeconomic | No |
E.6.13 | Others | No |
E.7 | Trial type and phase |
E.7.1 | Human pharmacology (Phase I) | No |
E.7.1.1 | First administration to humans | Information not present in EudraCT |
E.7.1.2 | Bioequivalence study | Information not present in EudraCT |
E.7.1.3 | Other | Information not present in EudraCT |
E.7.1.3.1 | Other trial type description | |
E.7.2 | Therapeutic exploratory (Phase II) | No |
E.7.3 | Therapeutic confirmatory (Phase III) | Yes |
E.7.4 | Therapeutic use (Phase IV) | No |
E.8 Design of the trial |
E.8.1 | Controlled | Yes |
E.8.1.1 | Randomised | Yes |
E.8.1.2 | Open | No |
E.8.1.3 | Single blind | No |
E.8.1.4 | Double blind | Yes |
E.8.1.5 | Parallel group | Yes |
E.8.1.6 | Cross over | No |
E.8.1.7 | Other | No |
E.8.2 | Comparator of controlled trial |
E.8.2.1 | Other medicinal product(s) | No |
E.8.2.2 | Placebo | No |
E.8.2.3 | Other | Yes |
E.8.2.3.1 | Comparator description |
0.3 mg ranibizumab (active control) |
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E.8.3 |
The trial involves single site in the Member State concerned
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E.8.4 | The trial involves multiple sites in the Member State concerned | No |
E.8.5 | The trial involves multiple Member States | No |
E.8.6 Trial involving sites outside the EEA |
E.8.6.1 | Trial being conducted both within and outside the EEA | No |
E.8.6.2 | Trial being conducted completely outside of the EEA | Information not present in EudraCT |
E.8.7 | Trial has a data monitoring committee | Information not present in EudraCT |
E.8.8 |
Definition of the end of the trial and justification where it is not the last
visit of the last subject undergoing the trial
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E.8.9 Initial estimate of the duration of the trial |
E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned years | 2 |
E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned months | |
E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned days | |
E.8.9.2 | In all countries concerned by the trial years | 2 |