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Photodynamic Therapy Alone Versus Combined With Intravitreal Bevacizumab for Age-related Macular Degeneration

This study has been completed.
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Kumamoto University
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT01032109
First received: December 12, 2009
Last updated: December 14, 2009
Last verified: May 2008
History of Changes

December 12, 2009
December 14, 2009
October 2006
May 2008   (final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Visual acuity [ Time Frame: The comparison between baseline and 12-month ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
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Photodynamic Therapy Alone Versus Combined With Intravitreal Bevacizumab for Age-related Macular Degeneration
Verteporfin Photodynamic Therapy Alone Versus Combined With Intravitreal Bevacizumab for Neovascular Age-related Macular Degeneration

The purpose of this study is to compare 12-month results of two single initial treatments—photodynamic therapy with verteporfin alone and this therapy combined with intravitreal bevacizumab—for neovascular age-related macular degeneration, not including patients with polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy who were presumed to have age-related macular degeneration.
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Interventional
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Allocation: Non-Randomized
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Treatment
Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Drug: Bevacizumab
A single intravitreal injection of 1.25 mg of bevacizumab (0.05 mL of solution prepared from Avastin, 100 mg/4 mL vial) was performed within 2 weeks after PDT treatment.
Other Name: Avastin
Experimental: Bevacizumab
Intervention: Drug: Bevacizumab
Hara R, Kawaji T, Inomata Y, Tahara J, Sagara N, Fukushima M, Tanihara H. Photodynamic therapy alone versus combined with intravitreal bevacizumab for neovascular age-related macular degeneration without polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy in Japanese patients. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2010 Jul;248(7):931-6. Epub 2010 Mar 10.

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Completed
45
May 2008
May 2008   (final data collection date for primary outcome measure)

Inclusion Criteria:

  • choroidal neovascularization caused by age-related macula degeneration
  • no previous treatment
  • a follow-up at least 12 months
  • a baseline visual acuity ranging from a letter score of 0 to 70 on the Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study chart

Exclusion Criteria:

  • choroidal neovascularization caused by other eye diseases
  • ocular surgery within the past 3 mouths
  • history of uveitis
  • intraocular pressure higher than 25 mmHg, or glaucoma
  • history of systemic or ocular thromboembolic events.
Both
50 Years and older
No
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Japan
 
NCT01032109
PCBK610
No
Takahiro Kawaji, Department of Ophthalmology, Kumamoto University Graduate School & Medical Sciences
Kumamoto University
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Principal Investigator: Takahiro Kawaji, MD, PhD Department of Ophthalmology, Kumamoto University Graduate School & Medical Sciences
Kumamoto University
May 2008

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